THE INNKEEPERS ACT, 1878. (An Act for the further relief of Innkeepers, 8th August, 1878.) Whereas it is just and expedient to give, in addition to the present right 41 and 42 Vict., C. 38. of lien, a power of sale under certain circumstances to keepers of hotels, inns, and licensed public-houses upon and in respect of goods and chattels deposited with them or upon the tenements and premises occupied by them: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords, Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows; that is to say : 1. Landlord, etc., may with him after six weeks. The landlord, proprietor, keeper or manager of any hotel, inn, or dispose of goods left licensed public-house shall, in addition to his ordinary lien, have the right absolutely to sell and dispose by public auction of any goods, chattels, carriages, horses, wares or merchandise which may have been deposited with him or left in the house he keeps, or in the coach-house, stable, stableyard, or other premises appurtenant or belonging thereunto, where the person depositing or leaving such goods, chattels, carriages, horses, wares or mer chandise shall be or become indebted to the said innkeeper either for any board or lodging or for the keep and expenses of any horse or other animals left with or standing at livery in the stables or fields occupied by such innkeeper: Provided that no such sale shall be made until after the said goods, chattels, carriages, horses, wares or merchandise, shall have been for the space of six weeks in such charge or custody or in upon such premises without such debt having been paid or satisfied, and that such innkeeper, after having been paid or satisfied, and that such inukeeper, after having out of the proceeds of such sale, paid himself the amount of any such debt, together with the costs and expenses of such sale, shall on demand pay to the person depositing or leaving any such goods, chattels, carriages, or horses, wares or merchandise, the surplus (if any) remaining after such sale: Provided, further, that the debt for the payment of which sale is made shall not be any other or greater debt than the debt for which the goods or other articles could have been retained by the innkeeper under his lien : Provided, also, that at last one month before any such sale the landlord, proprietor, keeper or manager shall cause to be inserted in London Newspaper circulating in the district where such goods, chattels, carriages, horses, wares or merchandise, or some of them shall have been de posited or left, an advertisement containing notice of such intended sale, and giving shortly a description of such goods and chattels intended to be sold, together with the name of the owner or person who deposited or left the name when known. Short Title. 2 This Act may be cited as the Innkeepers Act, 1878. Note. This Statute is not extended to British India, though its principles may be followed here. CHAPTER XV. FORM OF LEASES. For lease of House and Grounds (Short Form). Be it remembered that A. ofhereby agrees to let, for- -years from the -7. clear of all ex and B. of- —to take all at the yearly rent of day of 19 isting and future taxes, rates and outgoings, and to be payable by equal half-yearly or quarterly payments on the day of—-, and the day of—in every year; the first of such payments to be made on the- -day of-next, and that the said B. shall keep the premises, and at the end of the term give them up in the same order and repair as they are now in [and shall keep them insured against fire in a sum not less than £., and when required produce the policy of such insurance, and the receipts for the premiums In Witness. Rouse's Practical Man., p. 11, 17th Ed. Agreement for letting a Cottage. Parties-(A landlord, and B tenant). The landlord agrees to let and the tenant to take the cottage and garden situate at [now in the occupation of—] from the day offor the term of one year [or quarter of a year], and so on from year to year [or from quarter to quarter], until the demise shall be determined at the end of the first or any subsequent year [or the second or any succeeding quarter of a year] by either party giving to the other calendar months' previous notice in writing to determine the same, or on breach by the lessee of his agreements as hereinafter provided, at the yearly [or quarterly] rent ofl. [clear of all deductions] payable, &c. The tenant agrees to pay the said rent on the days and in the manner aforesaid. To whitewash inside and out and to keep the premises in good and tenantable repair. To cultivate the garden in a proper manner. Not to take any lodgers without the previous written consent of landlord. Not to use the said cottage as a shop. To permit the landlord and his agent to enter at any time to view the condition of the permises, and to quietly yield up the same on the determination of the tenancy in such and repair, as aforesaid: Provided that on breach of any of the tenant's agreements herein contained, the landlord may re-enter on any part of the said premises in the name of the whole, and thereupon this demise shall cease. Rouse, p. 29. In Witness. Note.-The conditions as to repair need not be put in unless the tenant undertakes special liability, as it is against the general practice in India for tenants to repair houses at their own cost. The condition as to the house being converted into a shop should only be put in when the tenant agrees to be bound by it. For hire of a furnished house. The lessor agress to let, and the lessee to take all Rouse, p. 19, No. in of that (third floor or) dwelling house and premises situate and being -street, in the parish of—in the county furnished as stated in the inventory hereto, for [calendar months], commencing on the -day of -next at the [monthly] rent of- -l. on possession being taken. The lessee agrees 2. To pay the said rent to the lessor in manner aforesaid. 3. To re-place and make good all breakages, deficiencies and damage to the furniture, fittings, fixtures and |