GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1831

where no such period or term shall appear in evidence; it

CHAP. 318.

being hereby provided that the said notice of thirty days
shall be deemed sufficient after the termination of said estate

Thirty days notice

sufficient

pur autre vie in the place of the notice required by sail

original act; and in order to the benefit of the proceeding

aforesaid, for recovery of the possession of the demised

premises; and that no other notice shall, in order to such

proceeding or to terminate such tenancy by sufferance, or

at will or tenancy aforesaid, for no fixed or definite period,

be necessary as to said tenancy, and that from and after

thirty days from the day of service of such notice, the tenant

in cases of such tenancies shall be deemed to be holding

over; and this act, and said original act shall be taken to

extend to the executors and administrators of said tenant

This act extend

for years or for a lesser period pur autre vie or tenant at

to executory ad.
ministrators &c. of

will or by sufferance, and all persons claiming said demised

tenants

premises under and by virtue of said tenant for years or for

a lesser period pur autre vie or tenants, at will or by suffer-

ance before or after such tenant's death, and the person or

persons entitled to said demised premises in remainder or

otherwise, after determination of the tenancy of such tenant,

pur autre vie, or other tenancy in this act mentioned, shall

be deemed and taken to be lessors within the provisions of

this act, and of said original act, and as such to be entitled

to the benefits of the same.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted. That in all cases of tenancy, as

Tenants failing to

hereinbefore or by the said original act provided, if the

quit.

tenant shall after notice fail to quit at the end of the term,

or at the period when he shall begin as aforesaid, to be

holding over, such tenant, his executors or administrators

may at the election of the lessor, his heirs, executors, ad-

ministrators or assigns be held as a tenant, and bound to pay

Bound to pay
double rent.

double the rent to which the said tenancy was subject, and

payable and recoverable in all respects, and to every effect

as if by the original agreement, or the understanding as to

such tenancy, said double rent were the reserved rent of

the let, or demised premises according to the terms and

conditions of payment of such originally reserved rent.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That no proceedings under

Proceedings be-

this act, or the act to which this a supplement, had before

fore magistrater
not to be set and

any justices of the peace, and removed by certiorari to any

on appeal for want

court, shall by such court be reversed or set aside for mat-

of form

ter of form, and any case thus removed by certiorari if the

proceedings thereunder shall be set aside, or appear to be

substantially defective shall be preceded with, in such

county court in the same manner, and to the same effect up-

on the claim and complaint, and merits, and upon evidence