30Right of landlord to distrain stock, &c., for arrears

30 Right of landlord to distrain stock, &c., for arrears

Every landlord or his bailiff, receiver, or other person empowered by him may take and seize as a distress for arrears of rent any cattle or stock of his tenant feeding or depasturing upon any part of the premises demised or held, and may also take and seize all sorts of corn and grass, hops, roots, fruits, pulse, or other product whatsoever which is growing on any parts of the estates so demised or held as a distress for arrears of rent, and the same may cut, gather, make, cure, carry, and lay up when ripe in the barn or other proper place on the premises so demised or held; and in case there is no barn or proper place on the said premises, then in any other barn or proper place which the said landlord hires or otherwise procures for that purpose and as near as may be to the premises; and in convenient time may sell or otherwise dispose of the same towards satisfaction of the rent for which such distress has been taken and of the charges of such distress and sale in the same manner as other goods and chattels may be seized, distrained, and disposed of.