Chapter 770 — Liens
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Sec. 0.01. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Miners Lien Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
Sec. 1.
That every laborer or miner who shall perform labor in opening and developing any coal mine, including sinking shafts, constructing slopes or drifts, mining coal and the like, shall have a lien upon all the property of the person, firm or corporation owning, constructing or operating such mine, used in the construction or operation thereof, including real estate, buildings, engines, cars, mules, scales and all other personal property, for the value of such labor for the full amount thereof, upon the same terms, with the same rights and to be secured and enforced as mechanics' liens are secured and enforced.
(Source: Laws 1895, p. 242.)
