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11 GEO. 2, CAP. 19, DISTRESS OF CROPS. 985 which shall be in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and thirty eight, it shall and may be lawful to and for every Lessor or Landlord, Lessors or Landlords, or his, her, or their Steward, Bailiff, Receiver, or other Person or Persons impowered by him, her, or them, to take and seize as a Dis- tress for Arrears of Rent, any Cattle or Stock of their respec- tive *Tenant or Tenants, feeding or depasturing upon 735 any Common, appendant or appurtenant, or any ways belong- ing to all or any Part of the Premisses demised or holden; and also to take and seize all Sorts of Corn and Grass, Hops, Roots, Fruits, Pulse, or other Product whatsoever, which shall be growing on any Part of the Estates so demised or holden, as a Distress for Arrears of Rent; and the same to cut, gather, make, cure, carry, and lay up, when ripe, in the Barns, or other Place on the Premisses so demised or holden; and in case there shall be no Barn or proper Place on the Premisses so demised or holden, then in any other Barn or proper Place which such Lessor or Landlord, Lessors or Land- lords shall hire or otherwise procure for that Purpose, and as near as may be to the Premisses; and in convenient Time to appraise, sell, or otherwise dispose of the same, towards Satisfaction of the Rent for which such Distress shall have been taken, and of the Charges of such Distress, Appraise- ment, and Sale, in the same Manner as other Goods and Chattels may be seized, distrained and disposed of; and the Appraisement thereof to be taken when cut, gathered, cured and made, and not before. IX. Provided always, That Notice of the Place where the Goods and Chattels so distrained shall be lodged or deposited, shall, within the Space of one Week after the lodging or depos- iting thereof in such Place, be given to such Lessee or Tenant, or left at the last Place of his or her Abode; and that if after any Distress for Arrears of Rent .so taken, of Corn, Grass, Hops, Roots, Fruits, Pulse, or other Product which shall be growing as aforesaid, and at any time before the same shall be ripe and cut, cured, or gathered, the Tenant or Lessee, his or her Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, shall pay or cause to be paid to the Lessor or Landlord, Lessors or Landlords, for whom such Distress shall be taken, or to the Steward or other Person usually employed to receive the Rent of such Lessor or Lessors, Landlord or Landlords, the whole Rent which shall |
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Alexander's British statutes in force in Maryland. 2d ed., 1912
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