Section 26. Subordination of liens after agreement with owner  


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  • In case an
      owner of real property shall execute  to  one  or  more  persons,  or  a
      corporation,  as  trustee or trustees, a bond and mortgage or a note and
      mortgage affecting such property in whole or in part, or  an  assignment
      of  the moneys due or to become due under a contract for a building loan
      in relation to such property, and in case such mortgage, if  any,  shall
      be  recorded in the office of the register of the county where such real
      property is situated, or if such county has  no  register  then  in  the
      office of the clerk of such county, and in case such assignment, if any,
      shall  be filed in the office of the clerk of the county where such real
      property is situated;  and  in  case  lienors  having  mechanics'  liens
      against  said  real property, notices of which have been filed up to and
      not later than fifteen days after the recording of such mortgage or  the
      filing  of  such assignment, and which liens have not been discharged as
      in this article provided, shall, to the extent of  at  least  fifty-five
      per  centum of the aggregate amount for which such notices of liens have
      been so filed, approve such bond and mortgage or such note and mortgage,
      if any, and such assignment, if any, by an instrument or instruments  in
      writing, duly acknowledged and filed in the office of such county clerk,
      then  all  mechanics'  liens  for  labor performed or material furnished
      prior to the recording of such mortgage or filing  of  such  assignment,
      whether  notices  thereof  have been theretofore or are thereafter filed
      and which have not been discharged as in this article provided, shall be
      subordinate to the lien of such trust bond and mortgage  or  such  trust
      note  and  mortgage  to  the  extent  of  the  aggregate  amount  of all
      certificates of interest therein issued by such trustee or trustees,  or
      their   successors,   for  moneys  loaned,  materials  furnished,  labor
      performed and any other indebtedness incurred after said trust  mortgage
      shall have been recorded, and for expenses in connection with said trust
      mortgage,  and  shall  also  be  subordinate to the lien of the bond and
      mortgage or note and mortgage, given to secure the amount agreed  to  be
      advanced  under  such  contract for a building loan to the extent of the
      amount which shall be advanced by the holder of such bond  and  mortgage
      or  such  note  and  mortgage  to  the  trustee  or  trustees,  or their
      successors, under such assignment. The provisions of this section  shall
      apply  to  all  bonds  and  mortgages  and  notes  and mortgages and all
      assignments of  moneys  due,  or  to  become  due  under  building  loan
      contracts executed by such owner, in like manner, and recorded or filed,
      from  time to time as hereinbefore provided. In case of an assignment to
      trustees under the provisions of this section, the  trustees  and  their
      successors  shall  be  the agents of the assignor to receive and receipt
      for any and all sums advanced by the holder of the  building  loan  bond
      and  mortgage  or the building loan note and mortgage under the building
      loan contract and such assignment. No lienor  shall  have  any  priority
      over  the  bond  and  mortgage  or note and mortgage given to secure the
      money agreed to be advanced under a building loan contract or  over  the
      advances  made thereunder, by reason of any act preceding the making and
      approval of such assignment.