BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-02-14
EDITORIAL.

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yiour pascs & text contained IN The
bill. the young official mu;i be indulg
ing in the belief that there has passed
unno,iced his attack upon proper
Nv and hlS decided purpose 10 dcs;foy
and end all that exists
Young Milloughby does NO; evident.
ly reallze the terrible reaCh of his
project.
" He does not entertain any other
pretension than that OF abolishlng Alb
lrsto acquired property or properly
about 10 acquired bs means f pos
sc ssion or church titles not inscribed
in the Registers ofhce That Is TO say
that IN declaring obligatory The reg
istration OF property, /, does not COM
mence from now on but COOS back
from the present date.
Any citizen will have the right TO
take from another his lawful property,
if thr )ugh carolessness o1 because be
has not deemed it advisable TO register
his title, or If he has not been abe to
secure title or is Whiting TO secure il,
or if the possession which he holds is
enc not require d by the law.
With one stroke Of the pen, the
young Treasurer attempts TO destroy
the scientific system upon which is
bazed the W providing for the re
gistration Of property.
His act 70 longer converts it into an
obligation and an effce Of mere ms
@criptiQns and arranged by a grand
court conceived and created by this
official, but destroys all the rights &C
quired under the protection Of our ci
vii laws, levelllng to the earth all the
private property not registered, with
the sole pretext that the law OF Mr.
rWilloughOy only recognizes registered
property.
A trust composed Of unscrupulous
and unconScientous dealers, can ma ke
themselves in few days, owner OF
a greater part Of the properties which
to not appear in the register. It was
not obligatory nor necessary IN accor
dance with our laws, for the titles TO
appear in the register, because, by
simply in4uiring, one could find out #
they were or were not inscribed,
This absurd document with the one
referring to distieries can lead us to
alarming extremes. Such seems to be
the intention of the young Treasurer
Nothing of any benefit can be
gained from the eighty four pages Of
the bill; everything is absurd. iIration-
al and prejudicial.
All that it contains is tangled
com binatIon of mesheS. which un-
doubtedly lend themselves to illicit
transactions or to the era bbing of prop
erty. The measure can be turned into
scheme naturally hunful TO the coun-
try, but an excellent income to those
umprincipaled men who are always on
the hunt for cheap. property, or such
as was acquired without paying q
cent, from unfortunates who never
cease to curse the plunderers.
We ought 10 analize, carefully,
Council bill IL, but today We are sat
ished with calling the attention OF the
members of the Council and the House
of Delegates. SO that they may not
be hsrrified by the eighty four pages;
of matter; so that they can read, study
and anAlze it. and inye stigate the
stupid plans which it embodies; they
should no. pass the measure, not even
discuss it
The Treasurers conscience ought 10
hurt him upon thinking that he is the
author of such nronstrous creation.
The object of the law Intended by
this lesis lator3 is nothing more than the
establishment ofan anarchical plunder,
in detriment to the property holder,
and an appalling overturning Of the
existing calm laws regarding the rec
ognition of the property-holder.
The purpose Of the law is to estab-
lish tribunal. unnecessary and in
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