The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-10

Inc iorrens System VIII Nak. His
a. Safe and a Easily Nexn-
table "a That OF Our Nra,thls
Citizens.

Citizens.
me Torrens System is IN all is lie
tails and operations especially designed
to benefit the small land holders. Il =.
not only contrived 10 help those xho
ALREADY " small tracts Of lands. bu-
VIII result in aiding many others ~
small means 10 acquire real e~eate
o can see that II must DO this be-
cause Il will make your title certain
], VIII greatly reduce the costs and
charges attending the transfer OF Ute
ana IL VIII enable you 10 borrow mcaev
upon your land quickly and cheaplv. II
VIII do more than this. Il will enable
You :" borrow small sums for even
tnlrE. sixty or ninety days If Won wish
Il snort loan. Under our present avs
You know that those things are i'm
possible but actual facts wherever he
TORI ems System prevails. YOU have sim
ply 10 examine the records OF those
countries in which titles are register
ed.
Hon. {. Fortescue-Brickdale B
Oh Lincoln's Inn, Barrister. and now
~ IA aAAI IAS-ASiN tAICs
under the ToTrens Act in London. =
the greatest English authority on he
subject In his Notes on Land Trans
Ier IN Various Countries you will
n these statements: Speaking II
Victoria, he quotes from a letter: 1t
IS a matter OF five minutes search in
the Titles Office 10 know If the Land
YOU are asked K advance on is alreadv
mn r6Gna1 npS 80 .-L-. Ut
can be no doubt hat the system has
very much facilitated dealings in land,
as 1t Is worked cheaply, and is So sim
pie that managers Of and and Guild
ing companies habitually effects trans
fers themselves Speaking OF New
South Wales, he quotes from a letter
OF Il member of the legislative council:
The working men of New South Wales
are almost all becoming landed pro-
prietOrs, but hardly one Of them would
ever attend a sale OF land if il were
not announced in the advertisement
that the Title was that IF TOrrens' Act"
Speaking of South Australia. he quotes
from Hon. r. c. Baker, a Colonial Jaw
yer, as follows: Under the Torrens
transfers are completed, | may almost
say in Il few minutes, with a minimum
Of costs 10 both parties. | have not
only heard of instances, | have known
them in my own office, where transfers
or mortgages, etc, have been completed
in less than a quarter on an hour; and
the people OF South Australia look
upon the act as the greatest boon that
has been given them Mr.. Brickdale
sums up the matter by saying. I'VE
have looked for evidence in di~sparage-
ment of the Torrens Acts, and have not
been able TO find any" These are
strong words, coming as they do from
a conservative lawyer who has studied
this subject for years, who has been
sent abroad by the English Govern
ment in consequence of which the In
glish Land Transfer Act of 1897 was
passed.
THE PEOPLE MOST INTERESTED.
The interests of the great mass of
the people are involved in this subject.
If you think for q moment, you VIII
see that questions of title are OF the
utmost consequence to the man Of
small means. Only a comparatively
trifiing amount of the rich mans for
tune is represented by his home, how
ever elegant and luxurious it may be.
His chief investments are in stocks and
bonds. as a rule. II there Is any de-
feet in his title he can easily pay to
have it removed; and even if he loses
the property it will not seriously eff
! feet him. But the man Of small means
has labOred for years to acquire his
home; it represents the sweat Of his
brow. If the title is defective he can
scarcely afford t o have it cured. Lii
cation is a great hardship to him. And
if he loses his home, all is gone ana
he is a ruined man. 1t means a total
wreck of fortune and the severest suf-
fering of those he loves. The TOrrens
System will give assurance against any
such disaster to every humble citizen
1t will also enable him to secure ready
credit in time of need and distress
Eugene C. Massie. of Richmond, Va. in
The Progressive Farmer.