SEC. 10. When upon complaint or otherwise the commissioner of labor statistics has reason to believe that this act is being violated, he shall advise the prosecuting attorney of the county in which such alleged violation has occurred, of that fact, giving the information in support of his conclusions, and the prosecuting attorney shall at once institute the proper legal proceeding to compel compliance with this act, any person offending against the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding ten hundred dollars and not less than fifty dollars, or to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding twelve months nor less than ten days, or both. SEC. 11. It shall be lawful for any person, persons or corporation to furnish evidence as to the violation upon the part of any person, persons or corporation. and upon the conviction of such person, persons or corporation, one-half of the fine provided for by this act, which shall be secured, shall be paid to the commissioner of labor statistics, to be used by him in investigating and securing information regarding violations of this act, and in paying expenses of securing convictions for violation thereof.

SEC. 12. Nothing in this act shall effect the products of the prisons or other penal institutions of the State of Indiana.

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MCCLAIN'S ANNOTATED STATUTES OF 1880, EDITION OF 1884.

TITLE VI, CHAPTER 1.-Exemption from taxation.

SECTION 797 (as amended by chapter 97, acts of 1886). The following classes of property are not to be taxed, and they may be omitted from the assessments herein required:

4. Animals not hereafter specified, the wool shorn from sheep belonging to the person giving the list, his farm produce harvested within one year previous to the listing, private libraries not exceeding three hundred dollars in value, family pictures, kitchen furniture, beds and bedding requisite for each family, all wearing apparel in actual use, and all food provided for the family; but no person from whom a compensation for board or lodging is received or expected, is to be considered a member of a family within the intent of this clause;

6. The farming utensils of any person who makes his livelihood by farming, and the tools of any mechanic, not in either case to exceed three hundred dollars in value:

7. Government lands entered or located, or lands purchased from the State, shall not be taxed for the year in which the entry, location, or purchase is made; 8. The homestead not to exceed $500 in value, of the widow of any federal soldier or sailor who died during the late war while in service or who has since died of wounds received or disease contracted while in such service. Provided That the provisions of this act shall only apply to persons who do not own other real estate than such homestead.

TITLE IX, CHAPTER 2.-Incorporation of trade unions, etc.

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TITLE X, CHAPTER 5.-Liability of railroad companies for injuries of employees. (a)

SEC. 1307. Every corporation operating a railway shall be liable for all damages sustained by any person, including employees of such corporation, in consequence of the neglect of agents, or by any misinanagement of the engineers or other employees of the corporation, and in consequence of the willful wrongs, whether of commission or omission of such agents, engineers, or other employees, when

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such wrongs are in any manner connected with the use and operation of any railway, on or about which they shall be employed, and no contract which restricts such liability shall be legal or binding.

TITLE XII, CHAPTER 3.—Industrial education in agricultural college.

SEC. 1621 (as amended by chapter 27, acts of 1884). There shall be adopted and taught at the State Agricultural College a broad, liberal and practical course of study in which the leading branches of learning shall relate to agriculture and the mechanic arts, *

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Industrial expositions in schools.

(Page 519, chapter 64, acts of 1874, fifteenth general assembly.)

SEC. 1. It shall be the duty of the board of directors of independent school districts, and the subdirector of each subdistrict, if they should deem it expedient, under the direction of the county superintendent, to introduce and maintain an industrial exposition in connection with each school under their control within this State.

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SEC. 2. These expositions shall consist of useful articles made by the pupils, such as samples of * * drawing, iron and wood work of all kinds, from a plain box or horseshoe to a house or steam engine in miniature; also, all other useful articles known to the industrial world, or that may be invented by the pupils,

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SEC. 6. These expositions [shall] be held in the schoolroom upon a school day as often as once a term, and not oftener than once a month.

TITLE XIII, CHAPTER 8.-Exemption from execution, etc.-Homesteads.

SEC. 1988. Where there is no special declaration of the statute to the contrary, the homestead of every family, whether owned by the husband or wife, is exempt from judicial sale.

SEC. 1989. A widow or widower, though without children, shall be deemed a family while continuing to occupy the house used as such at the time of the death of the husband or wife.

SEC. 1991. The homestead is liable for taxes accruing thereon, and, if platted as hereinafter directed, is liable only for such taxes and subject to mechanics' liens for work, labor, or material, done or furnished exclusively for the improvement of the same, and the whole or a sufficient portion thereof inay be sold to pay the

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SEC. 1992. The homestead may be sold on execution for debts contracted prior to the purchase thereof, but it shall not in such case be sold except to supply the deficiency remaining after exhausting the other property of the debtor liable to execution.

SEC. 1993. The homestead may be sold for debts created by written contract, executed by the persons having the power to convey and expressly stipulating that the homestead is liable therefor, but it shall not in such case be sold except to supply the deficiency remaining after exhausting the other property pledged for the payment of the debt in the same written contract.

TITLE XIV, CHAPTER 3.-Labor day.

SEC. 2094 (as amended by chapter 45, acts of 1890). ** * the first Monday in September to be known as " 'Labor Day," * shall be regarded as holi

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Mechanics' liens.

(Page 596, chapter 100, acts of 1876, sixteenth general assembly.)

SEC. 2. No person shall be entitled to a mechanic's lien, who, at the time of executing or making the contract for furnishing material or performing labor, as hereinafter provided, or during the progress of the work, erection, building or other improvement, shall take any collateral security on such contract. But after the completion of such work, and when the contractor or other person shall have become entitled to claim, or have a lien, the taking collateral or other security shall not effect the right to such mechanic's lien, unless such new security shall be by express agreement given and received in lieu of the mechanic's lien.

SEC. 3 (as amended by chapter 16, acts of 1894). Every mechanic, or other person, who shall do any labor upon, or furnish any materials, machinery, or fixtures

for, any building, erection or other improvement upon land, including those engaged in the construction or repair of any work of internal improvement and those engaged in grading any land or lot, by virtue of any contract with the owner, his agent, trustee, contractor, or subcontractor, upon complying with the provisions of this chapter, shall have for his labor done, or materials, machinery or fixtures furnished, a lien upon such building, erection or improvement, and upon the land belonging to such owner on which the same is situated, or upon the land or lot so graded, to secure the payment of such labor done, or materials, machinery, or fixtures furnished.

SEC. 4. The entire land upon which any such building, erection, or other improvement is situated, including that portion of the same not covered therewith, shall be subject to all liens created by this chapter, to the extent of all the right, title and interest owned therein by the owner thereof, for whose immediate use or benefit such labor was done or things furnished, and when the interest owned in said land by such owner of such building, erection or other improvement is only a lease hold interest, the forfeiture of such lease for the nonpayment of rent, or for noncompliance with any of the other stipulations therein, shall not forfeit or impair such liens so far as concerns such buildings, erections and improvements, but the same may be sold to satisfy said lien, and be moved within thirty days after the sale thereof by the purchaser.

SEC. 5. And when such material shall have been furnished or labor performed, in the construction, repair, or equipment of any railroad, canal, viaduct, or other similar improvement, the lien therefor shall extend and attach to the erection, excavations, embankments, bridges, roadbed, and all land upon which the same may be situated, including the rolling stock thereto appertaining and belonging; all of which, except the easement or right of way, shall constitute the building, erection or improvement provided and mentioned in this statue [statute].

SEC. 6. Every person, whether contractor or subcontractor, who wishes to avail himself of the provisions of this statute, shall file with the clerk of the district court of the county in which the building, erection or other improvement to be charged with the lien is situated, a just and true statement or account of the demand due him after allowing all credits, setting forth the time when such material was furnished or labor performed, and when completed, and containing a correct description of the property to be charged with the lien, and verified by affidavit. Such verified statement or account must be filed by a principal contractor, within ninety days, and by a subcontractor within thirty days from the date on which the last of the material shall have been furnished, or the last of the labor was performed. But a failure or omission.to file the same within the periods last aforesaid, shall not defeat the lien, except against purchasers or encumbrancers in good faith without notice, whose rights accrued after the thirty or ninety days, as the case may be, and before any claim for the lien was filed; Provided, That where a lien is claimed upon a railway, the subcontractor shall have sixty days from the last day of the month in which such labor was done or material furnished, within which to file his claim therefor.

SEC. 7. To preserve his lien as against the owner and to prevent payments by the latter to the principal contractor or to intermediate subcontractors, but for no other purpose, the subcontractor must, within the thirty days as provided in section six serve upon such owner, his agent or trustee, a written notice of the filing of said claim, which notices may be served by any sheriff or constable, or other person; and if the party to be served, his agent or trustee is out of the county wherein the property is situated a return of that fact by the officer shall constitute sufficient service from and after it is filed with the clerk. But the lien of the subcontractor may at any time be vacated and discharged by the owner, contractor, or intermediate subcontractor, filed [filing] with the clerk of the said district court a bond in twice the amount of the sum for which the mechanic's lien is claimed and filed with two or more sureties to be approved by the clerk, conditioned for the payment of any sum for which the mechanic may obtain judgment upon the demand of which such statement or account has been filed. But if no claim for a lien is filed within the periods herein before provided and the notice thereof is not served, or if such thing being done and the bond as above provided is filed, then the owner or contractor may thereafter proceed, make payments and adjust their claims, without regard to the lien of the subcontractor, and nothing in this act contained shall be construed to require the owner to pay a greater amount or in any other manner, or at earlier dates than those provided in his contract. But the liens created by this act are for the full enforcement thereof for the use and benefit of the holders of said liens.

SEC. 8. A subcontractor may at any time after the expiration of said thirty days, file his claim for a mechanic's lien, with the clerk of the district court, as

herein before provided, and give written notice thereof to the owner, his agent or trustee, as provided in section seven, and from and after the service of such notice his lien shall have the same force and effect, and be prosecuted or vacated by bond, as if filed within the thirty days; but shall be enforced against the property or upon the bond, if given by the owner only to the extent of the balance due from the owner to the contractor at the time of the service of such notice upon the owner, his agent or trustee. But if in such case the bond is given by the contractor or person contracting with the subcontractor filing the claim for a lien, such bond shall be enforced to the full extent of the amount found due the subcontractor.

SEC. 9. The mechanics' lien provided for by this statute shall take priority as follows:

First. As between person claiming mechanic s liens upon the same property, according to the order of the filing of the statements and accounts therefor.

Second. They shall take priority to all garnishments upon the person of the owner for the contract debt, made prior or subsequent to the commencement of the furnishing of the material or performance of the labor, without regard to the date of filing the claim for mechanic's lien.

Third. They shall be preferred to all other liens or incumbrances which may be attached to or upon such building, erection or other improvements, or either of them, and to the land upon which they are situated, made subsequent to the commencement of said building, erection or other improvement. Provided, That the rights of purchasers, encumbrance (r)s and other persons, who acquire interests in good faith for valuable consideration, and without notice after the expiration of the time for filing claims for liens as provided in section six, shall be prior and paramount to the claims of all contractors or subcontractors, who have not, at the date such rights and interests were acquired, filed their claims for mechanics' liens.

Fourth. The liens for the things aforesaid or the work, including those for additions, repairs and betterments, shall attach to the buildings, erections or improvements for which they were furnished or done, in preference to any prior lien or encumbrance or mortgage upon the land upon which such erection, building, or improvement belongs, or is erected or put. If such material was furnished or labor performed in the erection or construction of an original and independent building, erection, or other improvement commenced since the attaching or execution of such prior lien, encumbrance, or mortgage, the court may in its discretion order and direct such building, erection, or improvement to be separately sold under execution, and the purchaser may remove the same within such reasonable time as the court may fix. But if in the discretion of the court such buildings should not be separately sold, the court shall take an account and ascertain the separate values of the land, and the erection, building, or other improvement, and distribute the proceeds of sale so as to secure to the prior mortgage or other lien, priority upon the land, and to the mechanic's lien, priority upon the building, erection, or other improvement. If the material furnished or labor performed was for addition to, repairs of, or betterments upon buildings, erections or other improvements, the court shall take an account of the values before such material was furnished or labor performed, and the enhanced value caused by such additions, repairs, or betteriments, and, upon the sale of the premises, distribute the proceeds of sale so as to secure to the prior mortgage or lien priority upon the land and improvements as they existed prior to the attaching of the mechanic's lien, and to the mechanic's lien priority upon the enhanced value caused by such additions, repairs or betterments. In case the premises do not sell for more than sufficient to pay off the prior mortgage or other lien, the proceeds shall be applied on the prior mortgage or other liens.

SEC. 10. Every person for whose immediate use or benefit any building, erection, or other improvement is made, having the capacity to contract, including guardians of minors, or other persons, shall be included in the word "owner" thereof. SEC. 11. All persons furnishing things or doing work provided for by this act shall be considered subcontractors, except such as have therefor contracts directly with the owner, proprietor, his agent or trustee.

SEC. 12. Any person having filed a claim for a lien by virtue of this chapter, may at once bring suit to enforce the same, or upon any bond given in lieu thereof, in the district or circuit court of the county wherein the property is situated.

SEC. 13. Upon the written demand of the owner, his agent or contractor, served on the person claiming the lien requiring him to commence suit to enforce such lien, such suit shall be commenced in thirty days thereafter, or the lien shall be forfeited. The mechanic's liens are assignable, and shall follow the assignment of the debt; and where such lien is for personal services, the same shall be exempt from execution, as now provided for such services.

SEC. 14. The clerk of the district court shall endorse upon every account or statement the date of its filing, and make the abstract thereof in a book by him to be kept for that purpose, and properly indexed, containing the date of its filing, the name of the person filing the lien, the amount of the lien, the name of the person against whom the lien is filed, and a description of the property to be charged with the same.

TITLE XV, CHAPTER 2.-Earnings of married women.

SEC. 2211. A wife may receive the wages of her personal labor and maintain an action therefor in her own name, and hold the same in her own right;

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TITLE XVIII, CHAPTER 2.—Judgment for wages not to be stayed.

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TITLE XVIII, CHAPTER 2.-Exemption from execution, etc.-Personal property. SEC. 3072 (as amended by chapter 49, acts of 1882). If the debtor is a resident of this State and is the head of a family, he may hold exempt from execution the following property: All wearing apparel of himself and family kept for actual use and suitable to their condition and the trunks or other receptacles necessary to contain the same; one musket or rifle and shotgun; all private libraries, family bibles, portraits, pictures, musical instruments, and paintings, not kept for the purpose of sale; a seat or pew occupied by the debtor or his family in any house of public worship: an interest in a public or private burying ground, not exceeding one acre for any defendant; two cows and calf; one horse, unless a horse is exempt as hereinafter provided; fifty sheep and the wool therefrom, and the materials manufactured from such wool; six stands of bees; five hogs, and all pigs under six months; the necessary food for all animals exempt from execution, for six months; all flax raised by the defendant on not exceeding one acre of ground and the manufactures therefrom; one bedstead and the necessary bedding for every two in the family; all cloth manufactured by the defendant, not exceeding one hundred yards in quantity; household and kitchen furniture, not exceeding two hundred dollars in value; all spinning wheels and looms, one sewing machine and other instruments of domestic labor kept for actual use; the necessary provisions and fuel for the use of the family for six months; the proper tools, instruments, or books of the debtor, if a farmer, mechanic, surveyor, clergyman, lawyer, physician, teacher, or professor; the horse, or the team, consisting of not more than two horses or mules, or two yoke of cattle, and the wagon or other vehicle, with the proper harness or tackle, by the use of which the debtor, if a physician, public officer, farmer, teamster, or other laborer habitually earns his living; and to the debtor, if a printer, there shall also be exempt a printing press and the types, furniture, and material necessary for the use of such printing press and a newspaper office connected therewith, not to exceed in all the value of twelve hundred dollars. Any person entitled to any of the exemptions mentioned in this section does not waive his rights thereto by failing to designate or select such exempt property or by failing to object to a levy thereon, unless failing or refusing so to do when required to make such designation or selection by the officers about to levy.

SEC. 3074. The earnings of such debtor for his personal services, or those of his family, at any time within ninety days next preceding the levy, are also exempt from execution and attachment.

SEC. 3075. There shall be exempt to an unmarried person not the head of a family, and to nonresidents, their own ordinary wearing apparel and trunk necessary to contain the same.

SEC. 3077. None of the exemptions prescribed in this chapter shall be allowed against an execution issued for the purchase money of property claimed to be exempt, and on which such execution is levied.

TITLE XX, CHAPTER 12.-Liens on rafts.

SEC. 3445. Any raft found in the waters of this State, shall be liable for all debts contracted by the owner, agent, clerk, or pilot thereof, on account of work done or services rendered for such raft.

SEC. 3446. Claims growing out of either of the above causes shall be liens upon the raft, its tackle, and appendages, for the term of twenty days from the time the right of action therefor accrued.