IN SENATE.
Saturday, April 11, 1835.MECHANICS LIEN.
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Mr. ZIMMERMAN moved to take up the bill H. R. 314, and said: This bill is in the interest of the laboring men. Under the present law, in the construction of Rail Roads, Sub-Contractors and laboring men are at the mercy of the first Contractors for their pay, and thus tens of thousands of poor laboring men have been defrauded out of their just earnings. This bill provides that whoever performs any labor or furnishes material for the construction of Rail Roads through the State of Indiana, shall have the right to a lien on the right of way and franchises of such Road to the extent of the claim due such person. It is the sacred duty of this Legislature to protect the laboring man. A law of this character ought to have adorned our statute books years ago. I hope this Senate will not adjourn before passing this important bill.
