APPENDIX X.
THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY CONSOLIDATION ACT
RELATING TO MECHAJvICS' LIENS AGAINST THE CITY CON¬
TINUED IN FORCE BY §§ 1608, 1609, 1610 OF THE GREATER NEW
YORE CHARTER, ante.
LAWS 1882, Ch, 410.
"Who entitled to. Subject-matter of lien,
§ 1824, Any person or persons who shall hereafter, as laborer,
mechanic, merchant, or trader, in pursuance of, or in conformity with
the terms of any contract made between any person or persons and the
city, perforin any labor or furnish any material toward the performance
or completion of any contract made with the city, on complying with the
next section, shall have a lien for the value of such labor or materials,
or either, upon the moneys in the control of the city, due or to grow due
nnder said contract with said city to the full value of such claim or
demand, and these liens may be filed and become an absolute lien to the
full and par value of all such work and materials, to the extent of the
amount due or to grow due on said contract, in favor of every person or
persons who shall be employed or furnish materials to the person or per¬
sons with whom the said contract with the city is made, or the
sub-contractors of said person or persons, their assigns or legal represen¬
tatives, provided that the city shall not be required to pay a greater
amount than the contract price or value of the work and the materials
furnished, when no specific contract is made in the performance of said
work by the contractor.
I., 1878, ch. 315, § 1 (Comp, 1489),
(a) A corporation as well as a natural person is entitled to a lien under
this section, Gaskell v. Beard, 58 Hun, 101; s. c, 11 N. Y. Supp. 399. See
Bassler v. Putney, 53 N, Y. Super, (J. & S.) 456.
"When notice of claim may be filed.
§ 1825, At any time before the whole work to be performed by the
contractor for the city is completed or accepted by the city, and within
thirty days after the same is so corapleted or accepted, any claimant
may file with the head of the department or bureau having charge of
said work, and with the comptroller, notices stating the residence of the
claimant, verified by his oath or affirmation, stating the amount claimed,
from whom due, and if not due, when it will be due, giving the amount
of the demand after deducting all just credits and offsets, with the name
of the person by whom employed, or to whom materials were furnished;
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