New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-08
NOT ALLoWED TO SEARCH THE RECORDS

MEN FROM THE TITLE GUARANTEE COMPANY OK
pFRrD OUT OF THE REGISTERS OFFICE.
The trouble, which for some months past
has been brewing between the Registers ONCE and the
Title Guarantee and Trust Company, came to head
Yesterday and war was declared. The object OF the
company TO guarantee titles TO land thus lessenng TO
individuals the work nvoved in searching titles For
this purpose they intend TO make new set OF indexes
to the records The present indexes arranged accord
ing 70 the names OF the persons who have recorded the
deeds and mortgages The indexes proposed by the new
company arc arranged according to the location
of the land and under each mead VIII
give references all cOnveyances and mortgages winch
have affected any particular piece OF property In
searching title under the present system is neces-
sary to hunt up every conveyance and every mortgage
made by every holder OF the property during the time
that he was seized OF It, to whether the property Is
affected by It, This work will be obyated by the pro-
posed new system II the project succeeds the fees OF
the Register and his searchers will be materially dimu'
ished This fact may for the reluctance the
Register Is said to have shown in giving the companys
empoye, access to the records. Yesterday
morning Ave employees OF the company were at
work in tho Registers Office on the new
indie when the Register ordered them TO leave the
building accompanying his order with threats OF bodily
injury If he should be disobeyed
C. H. Kelsey, secretary OF the company. gave the FOL
lowing account OF the matter TO TRIBUNE reporter
- Ahout eighteen months ago company first began
the new indexes which we hope to make. Augustus l.
Docharty was then Register He refused to allow our
men to work. the ground that they were not actually
engaged in searching titles and that their presence In
the Office Inconvenience those who were engaged IN
making actual searches. Well we had n good deal OF
| talk about this without any very satisfactory re-
sult We soon began to search titles ana
| to guarantee them, and then Dochartys oo)eo
| ton fell to the ground stii We never
succeeded in carrying on our work unmoles'e No in
I an f,..r TIA
struoted our give up any book they were eAi,
lining soon as another person sno e can onrs and to
pay whatever compensation might be just Tor keepns
the Once Pine Elimination 1peh Of the records shall bo made
the presence OF custodian and IN the manner ,hat ne
shall indicate Under tHds law .nJ ~ line as t was
necessary that he should be under the CUSTODIAN supe
ing uninterrupted, and the custodian never
pretended m to os Keep allowed @''H to work II
was simply pretext to annoy u.s. Our franchise gives
us special permission to examine all records when sh
be necessary TO the of work Accordingly
this morning we determined to bring this matter 10 a'
trial We sp five men, W II lockwood, lnomas , ~
NJ Maxwell OF these the first three are Regular az
torneys and they all had certificates Lhat iey were al
use of the THESE certificates also stated that Gsy
required give BOOK w hH w6r DC on
other book They had not been long ut work when the
Register with the custodian. came up ana ordered lhe
away. From Of them the custodian took the DOCS
that he was using, and without making any pretehce
|
The clerk then asked for another book, when was re-
fused him. lie attempted to take It.. but th'
custodian forcibly TO II away from MN
The Register then ordered him to leave tn,
Office. do tell Johnny Murray said he, that I'm
better man than John Murray is the president
way The Register threatened to strike one OF them
he should attempt to take book We consider TINS tn'
most hghhanded outrage we ever heard or lh
records public property and are open to every Gu
zen The indexes OF the records not recognized ~
the law. aud II lawyer puts faith In them, h
does at his peril Only recently one OF our seareae
was returned from the Registers office. with SloOo
mortgage omitted from IT, such being the case u seem
ony reasonable that we should DO allowed 10 make on
own indexes" ,,, .
Register Reilly had little to say upon the subject "
am responsible said he in heavy bonds Tor Tue peser
walton records. Now the men from TINS compan
might deaee or alter the records II we didn't keep srlo
watch them" -. =
How could they do so, Mr. Reilly since ink is not a
lowed In the Office T. ,, - 49,. ,oo,
very much like pencil Then again they send nve me-
aud once they tried send twenty here together;
. every law firm In NewYork should do the same the
wouldn't be room for them all -, -
But ms vet there is no overcrowdng and those mt
have orders TO give up any book that may DO called Tor
. Well I'm responsible by law for the records and
don't intend any harm shall come to them"