TENURE. 



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should be kept locked, and the keys intrusted 

 only to the men authorised to move them. 



All the foregoing points having been satis- 

 factorily settled, and the landlord and tenant 

 being in accord on all debatable points, a 

 proper memorandum should be drawn up and 

 signed by both. For a mere year to year 

 tenancy, this document, although possibly not 

 in strictly legal phraseology, might be sufficient, 

 but, for a lease or agreement for a term of 

 years, a properly drawn up, stamped, and 

 executed deed is necessary. To both lessor 

 and lessee the best advice is to let the matter 

 be carried through by the solicitors ; the 

 subject is far too complicated, and the law too 

 abstruse, for laymen to be able to construe it 

 properly. Without any desire to trench on the 

 legal part of the question, and without the 

 necessary knowledge to do so, I think it would 

 be of advantage, as well to the solicitors them- 

 selves as to the parties they represent, to 

 enumerate here conditions and covenants which 

 should not be overlooked in drawing the deed. 

 Some of the points have already been referred 

 to in this chapter, and these will be set forth as 

 briefly as possible. 



After naming the parties to the lease, it 

 should specify whether the sole and exclusive 

 right of fishing is let, and whether the taking 



Lease, or con- 

 ditions of 

 lease or 

 agreement. 



