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![VICE CHEATS ITS VOTARIES. 831 non-payment, where the tenant remains upon tte premises, can be taken till the next day. 2863. No consideration will waive the payment of the rent, should the landlord insist on demanding it. Even should the house be burnt,—blown or fall down, the tenant is still liable for rent: and the tenancy can only be void- able by the proper notice to quit, the same as if the house remained in the most perfect condition. 2864. The landlord himself is the person most proper to demand rent; he may employ another person, but if he does, he must authorise him by letter, or by power of attorney; or the demand may be objected to. 2865. When an agent has been duly authorised, a receipt from him for any subsequent rent, is a legal acqiuttance to the tenant, notwithstanding the land- lord may have revoked the authority under which the agent acted, unless the landlord should have given the tenant notice thereof. 2866. A tender of rent should be in the current coin of the kingdom. But a tender of Bank of England notes is good, even in cases of distress. 2867. Pormof a Receipt for Rent.—Received of Mr. R. A. the sum of ten pounds ten shillings, for a quarter’s rent due at Lady-day last, for the house. No. , street. £10 IPs. [stamp] L. O. 2868. If the receipt be given by an agent, it should be signed, G. C. Agent for L. O., landlord of the above premises. 2869. Be careful of your last quar- ter’s receipt for rent, for the production of that document bars all prior claim. Even when arrears have been due on former quarters, the receipt, if given for the last quarter, precludes the land- lord from recovery thereof. 2870. NOTICE TO QUIT.—When either the landlord or tenant intends to terminate a tenancy, the way to proceed is by a notice to quit, which is drawn up in the two following ways :— 2871. Form of a Notice to Quit from a Tenant to his Landlord.—Sir,—I hereby give you notice, that on or before the day of next, I shall quit and deliver uj possession of the house and premises I now hold of you, situate at , in the parish of , in the county of . Dated the day of , 1S5. Witness, G. C. L. O. To Mr. R. A. 2872. Notm from Landlord to his Tenant.-— Sir,—I hereby give you notice to quit th% house and appurtenances, which you now hold of me, situate No. , on or before — next. Dated 18 . (Signed) R. A. (landlord.) To Mr. L. O. 2873. An opinion is very generally entertained, however, that a quarter’s warning to quit, where the house is of small rental, is sufficient notice, but where the rent is payable quarterly, or at longer intervals, this is a mistake; for unless a special agreement is made defining the time to be ^ven as a warn- ing, six months’ notice to quit must be given, to expire on the same day of the year upon which the tenancy com- menced. Where the rent is payable weekly or monthly, the notice to quit will be good if given for the week or month, provided care be taken that it expires upon the day of the week or month of the beginning of the tenancy. 2874. Form of Notice from a Landlord to his Tenant to Quit, or pay an increased Rent.— To Mr. R. A., Sir,—I hereby give you notice to deliver up possession, and quit on or be- fore ' ■ ■ ■ ■, the [here state the house or apart- men(\ and appurtenances, which you now hold of me, in [mser^ the name of street, <fce.] and in default of your compliance there- with, I do and will insist on your paying me for the same, the [annual or monthlyl rent of ^an additional rental of ^pounds per annum, [over and above the present annual rental,] rent, for such time as you shall detain the key and keep possession over the said notice. Witness my hand, this —day of 185 Witness G. C. L. O. 2874*. If a tenant holds over, after receiving a sufficient notice to quit, in writing^ he becomes liable to pay double the yearly value; if he holds over after having himself given even parole notice to quit, he is liable to pay double rent. 2875. LODGINGS AND LODGERS](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21527829_0367.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
