Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-01-14 | Page 20 | Tenants Reign over Yucatan

TENANTS TENANT REIGN I VER YUCATAN Laws Favor Renter Rather Than Landlord I I BY FREDERICK G G. G United Press Staff Correspondent MEXICO CITY Jan Tenants 13 13 Tenants reign supreme In Yucatan tan the Land of ot Topsy The laws of ot this Socialist state of ot Mexico fu are all a In ln favor r of ot the tenant and i the landlord must bow to the de desires desires desires de- de sires of ot the tenant I There are no l problems of high rentals rentals rentals rent rent- als or dispossessing Under the laws rental of ot houses for forI I habitation commerce theatres places es I of ot amusement and for tor purposes of ot charity Is declared to be of of ot public public inA inh InI in- in I terest As A long at as the tenant pays pars his renthe rent rent- he h ma may as often otten as he desires prolong I his present Contract This right however however however how how- ever ca can only be exercised by the ten- ten ant tint I A tenant can be dispossessed when ho has not paid the rental f for tor r four ur I m mr months where ere he has deliberately Inured in injured In- In the buildings where Wh r he hA hn h has via vio vin- vin fated the contract with with respect p to ct to the the use of ot the house when the contract is terminated or when the owner can P prove that vl the house ouse is Js the only one himself that he if has and that he needs it Jt for tor for tor his own living lI Rental of houses cannot exceed 7 per cent annually of the assessed valI valuation valuation val val- I of ot the house for taxation purposes purs pur- pur poses s This 7 percent includes puri 01 all allt t to io taxes to be ald paid If It the owner refuses accept this payment the renter can pay the rent nt to the treasury of the state The payment of ot deposits or bonds In connection with rental contracts is strictly Prohibited it is also prohibited prohibited a tor for the tenant to pay any bonus whatsoever b besides ldes the rental established established ned Jay by Jaw Ja w. w The law 1 also provides that in tenting renting 1 j y c r l J-l r L 1 a house louse the rental contract must be accompanied by a certificate showing the assessed valuation of the property f to and date date also l that hat the taxes have hav been paleto paid pale All repairs to keep the house in a condition must be paid by the tho owner Landlords must keep their houses occupied and the law provides that any landlord who keeps his house unoccupied unoccupied unoccupied pied even though covered by a contract contract contract con con- tract will be fined the equivalent in U. U S S. currency from 5 t to I