New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-20

A.
the inoex made sometimes uLder A, for the Christian name
and Others under B. the surname under d. for de-
the opinion OF Committee that the Indexes need eafea
revision.
The Register occupies five small rooms put ,ogvther equal
only to ote sne room Is feet square Here are e9neeed
1874 volumes Of cords most Of them large foio uode con
ant reference By members Of the bar large proportion o.
the spsoe occupied with 81 desks the cerk book
racks and desks for he numerous pe.1n. continually
constsnry engaged work requiring the exact precision
and soeu.aey Under such circumstances impossible 10
conduct the public business wchy the impsr
tsni Interests deyolyed on this office
The COUNTY CLERK.
This officer has charge the records Of the former Mayors
Court the County Court the Common Pleas the late Supreme
Court and the late Court Chanery Judgments all Courts
qured be docketed here in order become lien real
estate There also Jed this office notices OF ia pendens
SHERIFF. nolvent assignments eoectors bonds
and me hsnic-' ien-.
The ooe accommodation consist Of two rooms. by
o. the other BY There II clerks II desks 900 VOL
records Of documents the
.umus the ues Of his Office found the dockrts judgments
nd other records them falling TO pieces with leaves
repaired and placed under lock aud key they rapidly falling
into their od condition By Of frequent usage The
tees lis pendens which Il interest 70 al
ties holding and contained 100 volumes
being constantly misid and frequently consulted that
The records the late Court of ChAneey include proceedings
Of the important character connected with the title Of
real estate such as partitions foreclosures sales OF the real es
tate OF Infants the dissolution Of corporations the appointment
sbe for Many of them piled upon shelves
dark which hiss times been flooded aud the papers
Office still none lsentabe state. They situated
bs-ementrcom and the papers the rude
uIe truly ogacefu The records IN this office exposed TO
,beit ana destruction by IRE None Of the rooms are uren
covered from the shop of gold bester in this City and from
sn , o Of e COUNTY Or
Clerk freroo and by single Disaster the entire body
and wide sd ruin which might be consequent upon
calamity Is beyond appreciation.
Altogether the examination made by your Committee has dis
condition of the public Offices and records, calling for
prompt decisive remedial If syerted
the evils will on accunulatDg, and from theii increasing
magnitude each become more and more rcut 10 remedy
estate and the examination OF titles will very readily eompe-
bend the mischief result ing from the loss Of single paper
nected with proceedings PARTITION foreclosure sales Of lands
Of infants ard from the loss mulston Of records OF
deeds and Of wills and from mistakes In the indexes of
and mortgages In this City the titles large number
OF lots are IN nsny cases involved the title OF single estate
often dependent ON single will or deed partition suit and
coid This matter which the entire property interest
the community is vitality concerned There Is of a
has interest II the records of the where his Claims
prosecuted and bis rights detemned and not family
the records of The Surrogaies Office. Without doubt these
should be large and commodou their properly
sorted arranged and classified and kept safe from Depreciation
the possibility Of destruction by fire. The accumua
wealth the rapid increase of the transactions property
the wonderful expansion OF commerce. aud the
growth a our have within few wears largely mag
lifted business the public Offices OF this may
be gained Om the fact that in the surrogies Office,
vtnced 100 per cent, guardianshiPs $50 per cent and
wills 400 per cent IN ten years In the last fifty years
there have been 10 volumes of w-a the rate there
will be many in the next years In the Registers
in 1892 there copied II hbe of eonveyances and
while in 1882 there SO of akny the
in these two classes alone 70 large o
The ratio is nearly four to and If should hold good
hereafter the records will be increasing
rate hundred and fifty volumes per that
If system of esstry TO be continued provision be
made in thousands of volumes which will dist
period be accumulated in the Registers Office. The
marks applicable the records of all the Cours aud
necessary now If intend have thou ghtf regard the
future lay the basis plan Of association and
nent which will combine convenience OF reference perfect
security; IL manifest that if well
devised scheme is adopted, it will become daily
difficult Of appcston and the condition o. the record few
years hence be truly appalling.
A w. BRADFORD,
w c. WErMORL,
Nelr- York June 10, 1855. j. NATHAN.