New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-18
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
PROPOSED SYSTEM OF INDExlNG RECORDS l
NEW-YORK.

A PROPOSED SYSTEM OF INDENlNG RECORDS IN
NHw-YoRK
ALBANY, April 1.-THE report of the Com
mlssoncrs on Land Transfer was received In the Assem-
bly, to-day. These Commissioners, W. r. sonthmAyd'
John H. Riker, Frederick Law Olmstead, Charles H.
strong and Edwin J.. Coggesha were appointed last
v.ar 10 suggest reforms in transfer OF roal estate In
New. and Brooklyn. with their report they SUD
init a bill extending thor timo OF service
They state that their first thought was 10
provide some system for ndeIing records OF real estate
in New York They agreed that the lot should be the
unit Mr. Olmstead thought that the block should c
the unit on which the have for years been laid and
collected with case certainty II forms the simplest
basis for an index and II the transfers OF and Hens on
each lot are kept by themselves the addition OF any
amount OF territory will add to the indox but VIII
require no change In the system. The bill submitted
proposes that all blocks In the city shall be numbered
continuously from up. beginning with some block In
the lower part tho city, and that OF books shall
be prepared trpcatc, to DO arranged as follows;
Beginning with block l. map OF that block, "a divided
into lots taken from tho tax maps, lots numbered fr
UP be prenxed TO tho PORTIONS OF the land register
index devoted the block and Mt the head Of each sue
cecdng page the number OF lots the block In regular
with sufficient blank pages the end for carrying over
full pages or entering any lot which may DO
carried out Of the old
After these blank pages map OF block No. and ts lots
with blank pages. and Two sets oil these DOoss
be deposited In the Registers ONCE, one lot h"
indexng Of instruments recorded In books Of convey
ances the other for iudeXing instruments recorded
IN books The third set Is TO be deposited
In the County Clerks Office for indeXing notices Of lis
pendens Judgments, Hens and other instruments affecting
real estate filed III that Office. Tho preparation
OF these ndices aud tho superintendent OF
| them after the system goes into operation ~
ntrusted 10 officer 10 be known as tho Supcrhlehd
OF the Land Register Index, who is TO be couiseI
loratlaw, and Deputy superintendent who Is 70 DC
city surveyor. period Of little more than year ~
given the preparation and deposit OF these ndices
and. that the pubic may be familiar with the nam
features OF the system, the act Is not to into oper
aten until sixty days after the ndiccs have been so
prepared and deposited In their respective oinces.
Every person desiring To record instfumenl u ~
qurcd order to entte II to be recorded, to have ~
state the body thereof TO designate In separate
| instrument, may sometimes bo necessary ,
the number of the block and or lots claimed to
be affected by such Instruments The index OF the trans
fer to be made by brief entry In line stating tho
iber and page where recorded the page or each 10Y
designated affected thereby. Changes In any 10Y
are bo made la the first instance the tax maps anu
once year the to certify 10 the
superintendent OF the Lana Transfer Index all sucl
| changes which have been made down 70
| n certain fixed date IN each year, anu
the superintendent is to enter them the land register
index.