landlord shall have right by law to enter for the nonpayment
thereof_. As proof of this power is required, the importance of
including such a power in the agreement for tenancy will be
obvious.

In the county courts the amount of rent due may be claimed, as well as
the possession of the premises, in one summons.

2722. When a tenant deserts premises, leaving one half-year's rent in
arrear, possession may be recovered by means of the police-court. The
rent must not exceed L20 per annum, and must be at least three-fourths
of the value of the premises. In cases in which the tenant has not
deserted the premises, and where notice to quit has been given and has
expired, the landlord must give notice to the tenant of his intended
application. The annual rent in this case, also, must not exceed L20.

2723. THE I. O. U.--The law is not particular as to orthography; in
fact, it distinctly refuses to recognize the existence of that
delightful science. You may bring your action against Mr. Jacob
Phillips, under the fanciful denomination of Jaycobb Fillipse, if you
like, and the law won't care, because the law goes by ear; and, although
it insists upon having everything written, things written are only
supposed in law to have any meaning when read, which is, after all, a
common-sense rule enough. So, instead of "I owe you," persons of a
cheerful disposition, so frequently found connected with debt, used to
write facetiously I. O. U., and the law approved of their so doing. An
I. O. U. is nothing more than a written admission of a debt, and may run
thus:--

15th October, 1860.
To Mr. W. BROWN.

I. O. U. ten pounds for coals.

L10. JOHN JONES.

If to this you add the time of payment, as "payable in one month from
this date," your I. O. U. is worthless and illegal; for it thus ceases
to be a mere acknowledgment, and becomes a promissory note. Now a
promissory note requires a stamp, which an I. O. U. does not. Many
persons, nevertheless, stick penny stamps upon them, probably for
ornamental effect, or to make them look serious and authoritative. If
for the former purpose, the postage-stamp looks better than the receipt
stamp upon blue paper. If you are W. Brown, and you didn't see the I. O.
U. signed, and can't find anybody who knows Jones's autograph, and Jones
won't pay, the I. O. U. will be of no use to