, 1875-09-19
Something No Fellow Can Find
Out: Were They Bought
Honestly
The Sales of the Week Show q
Little improvement in
Real Estate.
The Loan Market Duller on Account
of Slackness in Building.
How Norkingmen Might Get Cheap
Homes and Cheap Railroad
Fares.


THE ABSTRACT swlNDLE.
rr.1yrn so THAT Al VINO RUNS MA,
rr.n
r. -4r ,,.a.n;..;,,.-s h.na ~n,dA .
Inc Cocnty COMMISSIONER "@fe uAoo
serious mlEtAke II kheH purchase OF 11e 40"
e+r,rt 1,ooka ri Wiltnnns L. Thielcko, These
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books are no better tnhn the oeaoe "h1cn Tue
County Board deal out to the county paupers
,,h -;.a n.:d for then, ia mr. nortionatalr ss ex-
1ue PitIo pa1@ Ao1 I4io'AA ~ L. Wv. S1"Ns - ~
tortionAte as the sum which the county Com'
,,;es;onera. IN faithful imitation OF the Indian
- .- H., ..,u..
hing, MAKE the ta1-pa5ets pay LOT lno pa"pe1
sunn]ieR The worthlesspesa OF these records
:, tr.,, Scoun to tha rca,.estata dealers. loan
s .h.tr.,- r..1.ar. Int tha .v.r,ca
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'.. 49," ~ .s,,-~ ~r.n 90 111r W.
- - ~,,s;da-,l, liz n,;,a m ar.,oina
:.;s.1'.. t.ssa .h7tr,ct hooks -of Wi,maos 4
T-:N.-1 1- ~,':ss o1- IN +ba 1,acondar,s of;ca
ra..1 s .s aatac.;ra in .tnost ererv respect.
~ 1no3 -.,.~s-esa rou ,ha ,,r-r,,aaa ~ rara,anra
--s .,e;- r.;1,r. IA comn1r with the reouire-
-.... ~ +ha .+.tnto nn7or vhich tbev vere
-.S.h. .. ha n,oa so n1.;n thnt evan a
c.-s+1 c,,,,,,,.;on.r cou)d ha m.de tn admit it
- ,on.at
~, ,c.rc ~ ..,- ur:rvr1va.
.,,da- .,hsc,, tho Commissioners nre
s,-r,os.d ~ ,ct ia rho Racorder's act of 1874.
Ts:. ,,o~;doa that +ha Rccordsr :. sha1r keen
..r+,;n hoorx - and sec 70 .ncci6aa that
WIZ, -.on;r.a bv thu COUNTY Board. m abstract
book, whick shall show BY tracts every conreyanee CT
nc. n sne he s.. md the book and p.ao vhers
the sae Ia recorded which book shall bo Kept
to show true claim oft to each tract ana me n
otce md sec ~ provides thai when abstract books
knpt in Wv tn nf
tadag eae o. ,has aet .ne Couns nra ~ ss
.1sTacr books. to be sde in the form prescribed in
shu act It the cost Of the county, showing eonnec.
e. 20 eu.m ,.eno ~ -;1ect fe Of this .ct
Tho ,horo ara the en,v r,,ovieions Of law An
n,;c,h1e qhev ao not a,,,hor1ze the purchase of
~. -. 1hov corer univ tha conway.
,ncea atc recorded in the Rccorder's Office.
Th.v do mt corer irdenents conrt records. or
--asaaa;-os ~ a. .s,aa rh.1 do no+ covar
:-,.e ...,,,,,r a,sa ,,.a 49,
os'6n'a' JILL oooAn' y. 0 h ~'7o '
specified class OF oooks which are commonly
called .. .trAct-booEs or indices, buE are called
in theaa sectma :. abstr,ct books" There is
,h.,,,,to,r NJ ,,,ovis,or of ,aw for the nnrch,se
~oAo1014' Nv ~
OF aostfac' oooAs' VI iou'ces' nilu'oe, " eopl0e
Thar. 1,6 relates only tn the purchase OF ante
S,. -, ,,,;,,, ~. n.,. - ,n.-hat
As We shall show below, tho books purchased BY
1r;,,..,, T. r,,;a1.ta rt+.r1v fs,1 ahor+ of thu ,a
quirements Of the Law, as quoted ABOVE. If the
commissioners had authority to purcbase any
s~-,.- - aa.h. 80 - ~ ,7,saa ~ +h..,
books, they ought not 70 GUY tnese, put tney
olainIv
a.vr ro ,ro.r a1oRr
HAVE =" hEoan ~ A,oAt
to buy any such books Ihe law s4yB directly
and unsquiyocally: Prepare them By the laz.
H.. .,.t, ..,t-..% h,o,,o ,o,, oc1v t,a ,raan nm