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occupation ; nor is he answerable for incidental 

 wear and tear, nor accidental fire, or flood. 



He must further punctually pay the rent re- 

 served, or if none have been specifically 

 reserved, then such reasonable compensation 

 as the premises are fairly worth. In the ab- 

 sence of special agreement he must pay only 

 for the time he has had the beneficial enjoy- 

 ment, but if he has agreed to pay for an entire 

 term, as a rule nothing short of an eviction 

 will excuse him from such payment. If he is 

 evicted by a third person, or if the landlord 

 annoys him by the erection of a nuisance, or 

 renders the premises untenantable, or makes 

 his occupation so uncomfortable as to justify 

 his removal, he will be discharged from the 

 payment of rent. 



The rights and liabilities of the relation are 

 not confined to the immediate parties, but at- 

 tach to all persons to whom the estate is 

 transferred, or who may succeed to the posses- 

 sion of the premises. A landlord may not 

 violate his tenant's rights by a sale of the 

 property, nor can the tenant avoid his responsi- 

 bility by assigning his term. The purchaser 

 of the property becomes, in one case, the land- 

 lord, with all his rights and remedies, while 

 in the other the assignee of the tenant assumes 

 all the responsibilities of the latter, but the 

 original lessee is not. thereby discharged from 

 his obligations. 



The Tenancy may be terminated in a variety 

 of ways. If for a definite time, or conditioned 

 on the happening of a certain event, it expires 

 by its own limitation, and usually, when de- 

 pending upon the express conditions of a 

 lease, no notice to quit is necessary. If from 

 year to year, or at will, a notice is always 

 necessary. This must be in writing, and ex- 

 plicitly require the tenant to surrender up the 

 premises. It must be served upon the tenant 

 and afford the statutory no! ice in regard to 

 time. A breach of any of the covenants of 

 the lease will forfeit the tenant's rights, and 

 when a tenancy has been terminated, by what- 

 ever cause, the landlord's right to re-enter be- 

 comes absolute. 



EXEMPTION LAWS. 



Alabama. A homestead not exceeding 160 acres of 

 laud, or a lot in a city, town or village, with a dwelling 

 house thereon, not exceeding the value of $2,000. Per- 

 sonal property to the value of $1,000. May be selected 

 by_ the debtor. Waiver of exemption is not valid unless 

 joined in by the wife. 



Arkansas. For single person, personal property in 

 addition to wearing apparel $200. For head of a family, 

 personal property to the value of $500. 



For a head of a family outside of any town or city, 

 160 acres of land not to exceed $2,500 in value or not less 

 than 80 acres without regard to value. 



In city or town, not exceeding one acre of the value 

 of $2,500, or not less than one fourth of an acre without 

 regard to value. 



Ai-izona. The homestead of a married person or 

 had of a family in the country, not exceeding 160 acres. 



with improvements, not to exceed $2,500. Personal prop- 

 erty of married person, $500 besides wearing apparel, 

 and of a person unmarried, $200 and wearing apparel. 



California. The homestead on which debtor resides, 

 to the value of $5,000, if he is the head of a family ; if 

 not, to the value of $1,000. Personal property exempt 

 includes chairs, tables, desks and books, $200 ; necessary 

 household and kitchen furniture, sewing machines, 

 stoves, beds, etc. ; provisions for family for three 

 months, three cows, four hogs, two horses, oxen or 

 mules ; seed, grain, and vegetables for sowing, not above 

 $200 in value ; tools and implements of husbandry of 

 the debtor, not exceeding the value of $1,000 ; the neces- 

 sary instruments of a surgeon, physician, surveyor, or 

 dentist together with their professional library and 

 necessary office furniture; the professional library of 

 attorneys, judges, ministers of the gospel, editors, 

 school teachers and music teachers an I their necessary 

 office furniture ; miner's cabin, not exceeding $500 of 

 value, with all tools and gear necessary for his business, 

 not exceeding $500. Two horses or mules with harness, 

 and the miner's claim worked by him, and not exceed- 

 ing $1,000 in value, are also exempt. 



Colorado. A homestead consisting of house and lot 

 in town or city, or a farm of any number of acres, in 

 value not exceeding $2,000, is exempt if occupied by a 

 householder and head of a family, provided it has been 

 entered on record as a homestead and so specified in the 

 title. Persoaal property, including wearing apparel of 

 the debtor and his family, pictures, schoolbooks, 

 library, etc., and household furniture, not exceeding 

 $100 ; provisions for six months, tools, implements or 

 stock in trade, $200 ; one cow and calf, ten sheep and 

 necessary food for six months ; working animals up to 

 $200 ; the library and implements of a professional man 

 up to $300. The head of ,'a family may select personal 

 property to the value of $1,000 ; others, to the value of 

 $300. 



Connecticut.~Tb.ere is no homestead exemption. 

 Personal property is exempt as follows : Libraries not 

 above $500 in value ; a cow worth $150 ; ten sheep, not 

 over $50 in value ; two hogs, and 200 pounds of pork. 

 Implements of trade, the horse, harness and buggy of a 

 practicing physician, and the boat, not exceeding $200 

 in value, of a person engaged in fishing, and used for 

 that purpose, are also exempt. 



North and South Dakota. A homestead consisting 

 of not more than 160 acres, with buildings and appurte- 

 nances thereon, and personal property denned by 

 statute, aggregating in value not to exceed $1,500, is 

 exempted to a householder. A firm can claim but one 

 exemption, not a several exemption for each partner. 

 Tools and implements of a mechanic to the value of 

 $200, books and instruments of a professionalgman to 

 the value of $600, are also exempt from seizure. 



Delaware. Family pictures, family Bible, and li- 

 brary ; lot in burial ground and pew in church ; family 

 wearing apparel and tools and implements necessary to 

 carry on business, the whole not exceeding $75 in value, 

 are exempt from attachment. In addition to the above 

 the head of a family may claim $200 of personal prop- 

 erty. In Newcastle county wages of laborers are also 

 exempt. No homestead law. 



District of Columbia. Family wearing apparel ; 

 household furniture to the amount of $300 ; provisions 

 and fuel for three months; tools or instruments neces- 

 sary to carry on any trade, to the value of $200 ; library 

 and implements of a professional man or artist not 

 above $300; family pictures and library to the value of 

 $400, and a farmer's team and other utensils to .the value 

 of $100, are exempt from attachment or sale on exe- 

 cution, except for servants' or laborers' wages. There 

 is no homestead exemption. 



Florida. A homestead of 160 acres of land, together 

 with improvements, in the country, or a residence and 

 one-half acre of ground in a village or city, is exempted 

 to the head of a family. Also personal property to the 

 value of $1,000. No property is exempt from sale for 

 taxes or for obligations contracted for its purchase or 

 for the erection of improvements thereon. The wages 

 of every laborer who is the head of a family are also 

 exempt under any process of law. 



Georgia. Each head of a family, or guardian, or 

 trustee of a family of minor children, and every aged or 

 infirm person, or person having the care and support 

 of dependent females of any age, who is not the head of 

 a family, is entitled to- realty or personalty, or both, to 

 the value in the aggregate of $1,600. Said property shall 

 be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of any process 

 whatever, under the laws of this State, except for taxes, 



