LANDLORDS AND TENANTS 



The drainage of land is put into a class by itself. 

 It is required that the tenant shall give notice to 

 the landlord of his intention to construct a drain- 

 age system if he is to expect compensation under 

 the law for his improvement. This notice must 

 be given not more than three months nor less than 

 two months before the beginning of the execution 

 of the work, and during this time the landlord 

 may, if the tenant has not in the meantime with- 

 drawn the notice, "undertake to execute the im- 

 provement himself, and may execute the same in 

 any reasonable and proper manner which he 

 thinks fit, and charge the tenant with a sum not 

 exceeding five pounds per centum per annum on 

 the outlay incurred in executing the improvement, 

 or not exceeding such annual sum payable for 

 a period of twenty-five years as will repay such 

 outlay in the said period, with interest at the rate 

 of three per centum per annum, such annual sum 

 to be recoverable as rent. In default of any such 

 .... undertaking, and also in the event of the 

 landlord failing to comply with his undertaking 

 within a reasonable time, the tenant may execute 

 the improvement himself, and shall in respect 

 thereof be entitled to compensation" under the 

 Agricultural Holdings Act. 



The third class includes a large number of 



improvements for which compensation can be 



claimed under the law, without having gained the 



consent of the landlord or having given notice to 



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