LEASES.

AGREEMENTS.

Farm.

in repair.

Landlord to

view the state

of repairs.

abatement is to be made by reason thereof. AND also, a covenant to keep the said messuage, barns, buildings, and premises, with the appurtenances, in substantial and tenantable repair, in all things, during the said term, (damage by fire, storm, or Keep premises tempest only excepted), the said (lessor) his heirs or assigns, finding rough timber for that purpose; and also to insure the same against loss by fire, in the sum of £ with liberty for the said (lessor) his heirs or assigns, or his or their surveyor, alone or with others, to enter upon the premises at all seasonable times, (giving three days previous notice thereof) to examine into the state of the repairs thereof, and also at any time in the last six months of the said term, upon like notice, to take an inventory of fixtures, and also to affix upon some conspicuous part of the premises, notice of the premises being to be letten at the expiration of the said term, and to show them to all persons desiring to see the same. AND further, that the said (lessee) shall not assign Tenant not to over, underlet, or otherwise part with the said assign without premises, or his interest therein, or any part thereof, without the consent in writing of the said (lessor) his heirs or assigns, so that the same be not unreasonably withheld, nor any sum of money, or other premium required for granting the same. AND in the said lease shall also be contained all To use the land usual and other proper covenants, on the part of like manner, the said (lessee) [his executors, administrators, and assigns], for using and managing the said demised land, ground, and premises, in a husband

consent.

in a husband

&c.

LEASES.

AGREEMENTS.

Farm

like manner, in all respects, and in particular (1) covenants to cut down and destroy all noxious weeds growing thereon; to lay open and spread the ant-hills and mole-hills; drain the wet and springy parts of the lands; tether and fold upon the said premises the sheep and other manurable cattle which shall be kept thereon; spend and use upon the premises, and convert into dung or compost with neat beast or other cattle, the hay, straw, chaff, fodder, and estover, which shall be produced therefrom, and spread and bestow the same upon the lands most requiring the same; prune and make new the quick and other hedges, and protect the same and the young trees from cattle and other injury; keep the orchards well stocked with fruit trees of the best kind. AND also, &c. (2). AND also covenants that the said (lessee) [his executors, administrators, or assigns], shall not cut down or destroy any timber or timber like trees, (except for necessary repairs) nor cut or plash the quick hedges, under years growth; nor grow more than two successive crops

Covenants to be inserted.

Tilling, &c.

(1) The covenants proper to be introduced in a lease of this kind must, of course, depend on the nature of the land demised, and various other circumstances, which it were impossible here to predicate. I have therefore inserted, indiscriminately, such as are most frequently found in farming leases, leaving the selection to be made by those who may have the framing of each particular lease.

(2) Add here such covenants relative to cropping, tilling the ground, planting young timber, &c. &c. as the nature of the farm may require.

AGREEMENTS.

Farm.

of corn, grain, or pulse, on the arable land, with- LEASES. out a summer tilling, and sowing turnips thereon, and feeding off the same, the first or second of the said crops to be wheat, and the other two, barley, oats, or pulse, and the last of the said crops to be mixed with clover and trefoil seed; nor take more than crops off the said lands, without laying down the same with clover or other grass for the space of one year: nor mow for hay any of the meadow or pasture grounds oftener than once in each year; nor the clover, or other artificial grass, sown on the arable land of the second year's lying; nor convert into tillage any of the meadow or pasture land. AND also covenants that the said (lessee) [his executors, administrators, and assigns], will, in the last year of the said demise, lay all the corn in the barns, and thresh out the same in the ensuing winter, upon the said premises, and leave the straw and chaff for the said (lessor) [his heirs and assigns], without any allowance for the same, and spread and dispose of the dung and compost produced in the last year of the said term, in such manner as the said (lessor) [his heirs or assigns], shall direct; and at the end of the said term, leave one half of the hay of the last year's growth for the benefit of the said (lessor) [his heirs or assigns], on being allowed the value thereof. And in which said lease shall also be contained a proviso or liberty for the said (lessor) his heirs or assigns, to enter at all times upon the demised premises, to fell timber, and to fish, hunt and sport on the said

LEASES.

AGREEMENTS.

Farm.

premises, and to prosecute depredators, in the name of the said (lessee) [his executors, administrators, or assigns]. And also in the last summer of the said term, to sow any of the land with turnips; and in the last year of the said term to sow clover or other grass seeds with the corn sown by the said (lessee) [his executors, administrators, or assigns], to be harrowed in by him and them; and also within the said last year of the term, take inventories of fixtures; and fix up notices of the premises being to be letten, as and when the said (lessor) [his heirs or assigns] shall think proper, and with free ingress, egress, and regress for all or any of the said purposes. AND Power of entry also, &c. (1). AND in the said indenture of lease shall be contained a proviso empowering the said (lessor) [his heirs or assigns], to re-enter upon the said premises as of his former estate, in case the said rent shall be in arrear for days, or the said (lessee) [his executors, administrators, or assigns], shall, without such consent as aforesaid, assign or part with the said premises, or any interest therein, or fail in observing any of the covenants or agreements therein contained, or shall become bankrupt, or insolvent. TOGETHER with all such other reasonable covenants, clauses, and agreements, by and on the part of the said (lessee) [his executors, administrators, or assigns], as are

on non-payment of rent, &c.

(1) Insert here such other privileges as may be required on the part of the lessor.

LEASES.

AGREEMENTS.

Farm.

counterpart of

be contained on

lessor.

the lease.

rent if premises

consumed by

fire.

usual or proper in leases of a like nature. AND the said (lessee) doth hereby [for himself, his executors, administrators, or assigns], promise and agree to execute a counterpart of the said lease. AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER DECLARED AND AGREED, To execute a that the said lease shall contain on the part of the the lease. said (lessor) his heirs and assigns, a covenant that Covenants to the said (lessor) hath lawful and full authority to the part of the grant the said lease. AND also a proviso for the Right to grant suspension or abatement of the reserved rent, Suspension of during so much of the said term as any part of the said premises shall remain uninhabitable or useless, by reason of fire, storm, or tempest; with reference to arbitration in case of any dispute in respect of the time or proportion of such suspension or abatement. AND also a covenant or agreement on the part of the said (lessor) his heirs or assigns, to rebuild or repair such part of the said premises as shall be so consumed or damaged. AND also that the said (lessee) may at all times Lessee may dig during the said demise, dig and take away marle and clay for the improvement of the lands demised, and also sufficient gravel to keep the roads in and upon the said premises in good repair. AND also to plash and take the quick hedges and May have ununderwood, growing upon the said premises, and loppings for the tops of pollard trees, and trimmings of timber trees, for reasonable estovers, viz. cart, fire, and hedge bote; and provide or allow upon the said premises, or within three miles thereof, necessary rough timber, on the stem, and bricks, tiles, and

Lessor to re

build if burnt

down.

for marle, &c.

derwood and

estovers.