Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-10-04
Tothe LandholGers and the legal profess
sion in Vermont.
RrrlAs0 CorsT CLEHK's oFTIcE,

ENTtEL-NEl - 1904.
L Is known only 90 a lev @. the proprie,ors Of
lands AMI land h0lleTs ia this state, that the
records Of lands uf large portion OF the town,
as well on the east side Of the mountain as on
the west. from the earli5s; settlement Of the
State 70 the Declaration Of Independence Of the
State in IL, and even since that tine, are re-
corded in this Office
The Teasous.lor this, without going into the
history Of the orgsuIra;iln Of the State, and IN
a few words, is this
The territory on the west side Of the noun
tam, which IN l1.- constituted the county Of
Charlotte, was in l77t erected into one county,
by the name Of the county Of Bennington, except
a small p.Tti1u Of which for a time was styled
the county Of Albany, and extended on the west
line Of the State TO Canada line, thence on that
line SO far on tie cast side O.: tie mountain as 70
comprise most Of the towns on that side then
settled. The remaining territory on the east
side Of the mountain was embraced IN CuUber-
land county. Many deeds also in the towns now
COMPRISED in the counties Of Windsor and Wind
ham are here recorded. Thus deeds from almost
all parts Of the State from 1901, the date Of the
earliest, continued TO be recorded IN this Office,
until the constitution in l115 and the Legisla
ture, by Act Of 1879, made provision requiring
couveyauces Of lands 70 be recorded IN the office
Of the clerk Of tie town IN which the land lives.
When these records came into the hands Of
the present incumbent Of this office, they we're
in no proper condition for reference; the first
volume was merely stitched together, unbound
with newspaper cover. and without any index
and the index OF all the volumes were very I'M
perfect and not such as are now required by
law in all town clerks Offices, were not arranged
alphabetically IN the names of grantor and
grantee, but under the towns, the names Of
many If which had been long since changed or
become obsolete Il was absolutely necessary. in
order to refer 10 them with any hope Of success,
that they should be thoroughly examined page
10y page, and such an index made SIS would en-
able one to find rot only the cy-nt0r Of deed,
bnt the grantee.
Il is also known o. but & few Of the legal pro
fession Of the State. that the d5ckets. records
ard flies Of the Supreme Court are deposited in
this Office when such court was held alternately
on the east snd west side Of the mountain in al
most every important town in the State, pre-
yious to the established organization %. the Sl-
preme Court IL each county, separately 2ai iu-
dependent Of esch other.
The dccbets came into ny hands from every
county in the State, 10 every form aul So, with
paper covers and without indexes The files be-
! inr urcmiscously tied together 10 bundles, with
I out any form or arrangement Whatever, it was
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