Any laborer, servant, or employee desiring to enforce his claim for wages under this article shall present a statement under oath showing the amount due, the kind of work for which the wages are due, and when performed to the officer, person, or court charged with the property within twenty days after the seizure thereof on any execution or writ of attachment or within sixty days after same has been placed in the hands of any receiver or trustee, and thereupon it is the duty of the person or court having or receiving such statement to pay the amount of the claim to the person entitled thereto.L. 03: p. 143, § 2. R.S. 08: § 6999. C.L. § 4244. CSA: C. 97, § 218. CRS 53: § 80-12-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-16-2.