72 THE BOOK OF THE LANDED ESTATE. 



29. Itemoving. All the tenants and possessors on the estates, whose leases shall 

 bear reference to these articles, shall become bound and obliged, and hereby bind and 

 oblige themselves, at the termination of their several leases, or on the irritancy there- 

 of, to flit and remove themselves, families, servants, and others resident upon their 

 respective farms or possessions, together with their goods, gear, and effects, forth and 

 from their respective farms or possessions, and leave the same void and redd, without 

 warning or process of removing to that effect ; and in case they shall counteract the 

 said obligation to remove, it shall be optional for the proprietor or his agent to pro- 

 ceed against them as law directs, or to exact, for every year thereafter that such tenant 

 or possessor shall contemptuously possess, double the rent stipulated for by the re- 

 spective leases, besides all damages and expenses which the proprietor may thereby 

 suffer, and which they become hereby bound and obliged to pay, without any modi- 

 fication. 



30. Testing Clause. The said and the several tenants who shall 

 enter into leases, agreements, missives, or minutes of tack, having reference to the 

 foregoing articles, conditions, and regulations, consent to the registration hereof in 

 the books of Council and Session, or others competent, therein to remain for preser- 

 vation ; and that all necessary execution may pass upon a clecreet to be interponed 

 hereto in common form and for that purpose they constitute 



procurators. In witness whereof, 



(Signed) 



(Signed) , witness. 



, witness. 



Payment of Rents. In article 4 it is stipulated that " the money 

 rents shall be payable at the terms of Martinmas and Whitsunday, in 

 equal portions, after the ingathering of each respective crop, except in the 

 case of the last crop of the lease, the rent of which shall be payable in 

 one sum at the term of Martinmas." In England the rents are generally 

 payable at Ladyday and Michaelmas that is, on 25th March, or 6th 

 April, and October ; but in Scotland the terms of payment are frequently 

 as stated in article 4 of the form of lease ; but in a great many cases the 

 terms of Candlemas and Lammas are preferred, and I believe that the 

 latter are the best. At Whitsunday and Martinmas that is, in May 

 and November all the farm-servants, labourers, and tradesmen's bills 

 have to be paid ; and it is a relief to many farmers to have their rent to 

 pay at another period, and not when other heavy payments take place. 

 At Candlemas or in the month of February the farmer will have had 

 time to dispose of his grain, and thus be enabled to meet his rent. At 

 the term of Lammas that is, in the month of August all his fat stock, 

 both cattle and sheep, will have been sold, and this will enable him to 

 meet his other half-year's rent. 



Game. This is a much-vexed question between landlord and tenant, 

 and such rules as shown in article 13 of the form of lease will not 



