The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-08-26 00:00:00

THE NEW ACT FOR THE PROTECTION
OF LODGERS' GOODS.
fs,thasing is a copy of the act for the protection
of the goods of lodgers against distresses for rent due
to the superior landlord, which received the Royal
assent last week :

•• Whore. lodgers are subjected to great loss and injnstice
by the e‘ereise of the p:wer possessed by the superior land•
lOrd L. levy a distrew: on (heir furniture, goods and chattels
fur arrears of rent, due to such superb:r landlord by his i JJJJ us-
Mate lessee or tenant,

"Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent tlf the Lords spiritual and
temporal, and 1,1111114.118, ill the present parliament Kiliitlll-
bled-, and by the authority of the lame, as follown that is
say
- - .

1. If any superior landlord shall levy, or authorise to be
levied a distress on any furniture, goods, or chattels of any
lodger Inc arrears of lent ,in to snub superior landlord by
his immediate tenant, such lodger may serve such superior
landlord, or the bailiff or other perm,.n employed by him to
levy such distress, with a declaration in writing made by
suchilodeer. setting forth that such immediate tenant has
no right uf property or beneficial interest in the furniture,
goods, or chattels no distralued or threatened to be ills-
trained upon, and limb such furniture, goods, or chattels are
the property or in the lawful possession of sucli lodger ; and
aim/ setting terth whether inly and what rent is glue, and for
what period, from such lodger to his immediate landlord :
and such lodger may pay to the superior landlord, or to the
bailiff, or other person employed by him as aforesaid, the
rent, if any, an due as laid aforesaid, or so much thereof as
shall be sufficient to diseharge the claim of such superior
handled. And to such declaration shall be annexed a cor-
rect inventory, subsoilied by the lodger, of the furniture,
goods, and chattels referred to in the declaration ; and if any
lodger shall make or subscribe such declaration and inven-
tory, knowing the same, or either cif them, to be untrue iu
any material particular, he shall be deemed guilty of a Mi.
demeanour.

" 2. If any superior landlord, im any bailiff or other person
employed by him, shall, after being served with the before-
mentioned declaration and inventory, runt after the lodger
shall have pahl or tendered to such superior landlord, bailiff,
or other person the rent, if any, which, by the last preced-
ing Neaten such lodger is authorised -to pay, shall levy or
proceed with a distress on the furniture, pools, or chattels
al the lodger, such superior huidlord, lrrdtill, olother person
shall he deemed guilty of an illegal distress, mid the lodger
may apply too justice of the peace for an order for the resto-
ration to him if such goods and such application shall Ire
heard before a stipendiary niagistmte, or before the jnstices
In places where there is 110 stipendiary magistrate, 111141 Snell
11181.1111tIllte or justices shall inquire into the truth of such
declaration and inventory, tel shall make such order for the
recovery of the gtko,bi or otherwise ira to idle or them may
111.4111r1111, ; and distsuperior landlord shall also he liable to
an action at law at the suit of the lodger, ill which action the
truth 11i the 110011111.1011 and inventory may likewise Ire in-
quired into.

4. 3. Any yetyluvnt made by any lodier pursuant to the first
section of this act shalt be docinc.l a s alid payment on
account of any rent foe from him to Ida immediate landloid.
4. TMe art aluill not apply to Scotland."