The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-03
The Torree1s Land Registration

I
rife ofI,cial report Of the committee to
Investigate the rorrcns system OF land
Registration. containing draft OF tho
proposed act for Its establishment IN
louisiana, has been printed by order OF
the Governor and distributed TO the
| members Of tho Louisiana Legislature
Tho high standing of the gentlemen who
compose tho commission, Judge O. O..
Provosty OF the Supreme Court; Hon.
Thomas ]. Herman, ". NJ. Mutphy. W
| q. Hart and sol. Wolf, men skilled III the
law and personally acquainted with the
land laws ana the status OF real estate
titles In Louisiana, accompanied by the
arguments in favor of the Torrens sys
! TEN presented In tho rcoprt. Will we
| feel sure satisfy evcry member OF the
Legisatu of the necessity of passing
this law and putting this regist ton
system In operation snt the earliest pos
| slblc day In order 10 facilitate the move 4
| ment of real estate.
f..The aim OF the commission. says
| the report "hns been to make this bill
as conservative as possible. It may be
| said to be an adaptation or the Torrcns
| system to our law, with no change In
our laws except such as, after the most
! careful consideration, was found to be
absolutely unavoidable. What few
/, changes are made arc carefully re-
l
that has been brought under the provi-i
slons of tic act, and whether particular
| property shall be brought or not is left
| ia the FREQ choice OF the owner. To tllis
| there Is but ono exception. The COM
| mission considered that tho registry. of
titles acquired by Inheritance, by will or
by donation might without harsllncss be
made compulsory, and, accordingly, q
provision to that effect was inserted.
,t,-t1 t,,t
est degree trencl upon tho right Of.
property The State has tho unGlcs-
| a;tionahlc right to impose what conditions.
lat pleascs upon the transmission Of,
property by inheritance by Will or by.
| donation"
Two years ago The &Iimes-Delnocrat
called attention to the necessity OF some
| law that would render tho sale ami
transfer of rcal estate cnser, and sus-
| gcstcd tho adoption OF tho Tnrrens sys-
| tenn Of registering all real property thus
guaranteeing It's transfer from person
To person without the necessity Of u long
| and expensive Investigation Of tho chain
OF title Mt each transfer, We had re-;
| ceiycd complaints from all quarters that
I our old system was slow and cllnlber-
! some, Persons desiring 10 purchase real
estate for manufacturing or commercial
purposes had to wait months before they
could get good titles; and this property
| cJlu not Do 4eaS'!S hNV"'n'.atsu ~
used MS an asset IN business II 1t was 50
desired. 2,t
| transfer of real estate seemed slow
| and unsatisfactory then, It's bad points
have been made far moro evident since,
when there has been so much grenter
activity In real estate. A. ontinuance OF
| tho old complicated regulations and re-
| 1rremcnts would unquestlonaby seri-
| ously mar and delay any movement or
boom in real estate. check investment
hero and stand in the way of the cS-
tablishment OF new Industrial and con'r
mercial enterprises, Not an argument
can be advanced In favor OF contln-
| which have resulted in defective titles
| nv the thousands and In tying llp SO
large ~ proportion of real estate because
/ ,of these defects.--From New Orleans
| Times Democrat March u, 1906.