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of mere croppers, whose leases shall be held to expire, when the crop Is harvested ; 

 if the crop is corn, it shall not be later than the flrst day of December, unless 

 otherwise agreed upon. But where an agreement is made fixing the time of the 

 termination of the tenancy, whether in writing or not, it shall cease at the time 

 agreed upon, without notice. When a tenant can not be found in the county, the 

 notice above required may be given to any sub-tenant or other person in posses- 

 sion of the premises, or. if the premises be vacant, by affixing the notice to any out- 

 side door of the dwelling house thereon, or other building, if there be no dwelling- 

 house, or in some conspicuous position on the premises, if there be no building. 



LANDLORDS LIEN. 

 Sec. 2992. A landlord shall have a lien for his rent upon all crops grown 

 upon the leased premises, and upon any other personal property of the tenant 

 which has been used or kept thereon during the term and not exempt from execu- 

 tion, for the period of one year after a year's rent, or the rent of a shorter period, 

 falls due ; but such lien shall not in any case continue more than six months after 

 the expiration of the term. In the event that a stock of goods or merchandise, or 

 a part thereof, subject to a landlord's lien, shall be sold under judicial process, 

 order of court, or by an assignee under a general assignment for benefit of credi- 

 tors, the lien of the landlord shall not be enforceable against said stock or portion 

 thereof, except for the rent due for the term already expired, and for rent to be 

 paid for the use of demised premises for a period not exceeding six months after 

 date of sale, any agreement of the parties to the contrary notwithstanding. 



ATTACHMENT. 



Sec. 2993. The lien may be elYected by the commencement of an action, 

 within the period above described, for the rent alone, in which action the land- 

 lord will be entitled to a writ of attachment, upon filing with the clerk or justice 

 a verified petition stating that the action is commenced to recover rent accrued 

 within one year previous thereto upon premises described in the petition ; and the 

 procedure thereunder shall be the same, as nearly as may be, as in other cases of 

 attachment, except no bond shall be required. If a lien for rent is given in a writ- 

 ten lease or other instrument upon additional property, it may be enforced in the 

 same manner and in the same action. 



STATUTE OF FUNDS— CONTRACTS WHICH MUST BE RENDERED IN WRITING. 

 Sec. 4625. Except when otherwise specially provided, no evidence of the 

 following enumerated contracts is competent, unless it be in writing and signed by 

 the party chargea or by his authorized agent : 



1. Those in relation to the sale of personal property, when no part of 

 the property is delivered and no part of the price is paid ; 



2. Those made in consideration of marriage ; 



3. Those wherein one person promises to answer for the debt, default or 

 miscarriage of another, including promises by executors to pay the debt of the 

 decedent from their own estate ; 



4. Those for the creation or transfer of any interest in lands, except leases 

 for a term not exceeding one year : 



7>. Those that are not to be performed within one year from the making 

 thereof. 



EXCEPTIONS. 



Sec. 4626. The provisions of the first subdivision of the preceding section 

 do not apply when the article of personal property sold is not at the time of the 

 contract owned by the vendor and ready for delivery, but labor, skill or money is 

 necessarily to be expended in producing or procuring the same ; nor do those of the 

 fourth sub-division apply where the purchase money, or any portion thereof, has 

 been received by the vendor, or when the vendee, with the actual or implied con- 

 sent of the vendor, has taken and held possession thereof under and by virtue of the 

 contract, or when there is any other circumstance which, by the law heretofore in 

 force, would have taken the case out of the statute of frauds. 



