The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-03
BRANCH OFFICES.
PUr 1T INTO OPERATION.

The law Of 1891, which provides for the
introduction Of the Torrens system of
land transfers in counties of over 10000,
awaits enforcement. Its adoption being
optional with the individual grantee of
realty, it viii naturally make it's way
but slowly into public favor and must
depend upon individual experience in or
der to supplant to any considerable ex-
tent the system now in vogue.
The law provides for the appointment
by the district judges Of officials to be
known as examiners of title. The pro
vision of the law in this regard is as fol-
lows:
Section H. The judges of the district
court in and for the judicial districts for
which they were elected or appointed
snail appoint one or more competent at
torneyS IN each county within their dis
trlct TO be examiner Of titles and legal
advisers Of the registrar. The salary Of
examiners OF titles in each county shall
be fixed by the board of county commits
sioners, and shall be paid in the same
manner that other salaries of county en-
ployes are paid.
Before any steps can be taken to put
the Torrens system into operation It will
be necessary for the district judges to
select the officials here mentioned AMI
have their compensation decided upon by
the board of county commissioners.
Another provision of/the law which
seems to involve a prerequisite to its
practical operation is the following:
Section 9. Every register of deeds shall.
Dciore entering upon his duties as regis
trar or titles. give bond, with sufficient
SureI!es, to be approved by a Judge Of
me district court, payable to the state of
AlinneS0ta, in such sum as shall be fixed
py the board of county commissioners of
the county in which he acts, conditioned
1or the faithful discharge of his duties
ana TO deliver up all papers, books. rec
ofds ana other property belonging to the
county or apDertaining to his Office es
registrar Of titles whole sa fo and nm
Qefaced, when lawfully required so to
90; said bond shall be filed in the Office
o. me secretary OF state, and a copy
thereof shall be filed and entered upon
the records of the district court in the
county WfCrcin the register Of deeds Shall
hold his office.
1t Will thus be seen that the preliminary
steps to the operation of the Torrens svs-
tom must be taken by the judges and the
county commissioners. When these steps
have been taken there is little doubt but
that formal applications viii at once be
made to have the title of the prospective
grantees registered as provided by the
law.
The having advocated the en-
actment Of the law is naturally anxious
to have It's merits tested. We believe
that the results in point Of security to
the purchasers of real estate and of the
facility with which they can in turn
transfer the property the title to which
they hold under the Torrens system, will
DE SO satisfactory as to create speedily
a demand for the registration of land
titles under the provisions Of the new
law
1t is in no spirit of debating to either
the judges or the commissioners the time
or manner of The discharge CT the duties
prescribed by the act that the Globe
expresses the wish to sec the. prellminar-
les mentioned in the text put into opera
ton at the earliest day convenient. AS
the introduction CT the now system must
be necessarily slow. it would seem
desirable that whatever requirements are
necessary to making the t-st Of it's eff
ncacy should be realized at the earliest
convenient time