The weekly true Democrat., 1909-03-05
10" T1T|TT's NV CENIaaI ~
DIX.
teat 1oznplatiaa 81 q Len Ntelsl
aeai1nr e sks Puslic Rscarss ag
nesIstfation.

NeeIssfetlQa.
ne making Of indexss Of All sodrt
pap b law ard chansery. began
re thahs year ego, ~. Paol Lang
hepins eomplet6d the indexing, num-
borne and hling of the law papers.
Whop b accepted e position n the Of
ecoo 81 l5 Secretary Of State. Mr.. Chaa.
a. Chotto took up the work, eomplet-
etInH 81 indgz Of the chancegy flies.
o then 1ttm work % d general (d0u-
bIc) index of the registration records
from book 20" down % date, an old,
bnt very tilapldated general index
atNoQ covered the ground from book
1895. 10 book IN, 1860
From book "a Az 90 book ~, Rll TO-
alfumc1ie of az kinds were recorded
fcEelher indlgccimlnately, From ''AA.'
c date they are euppoeed e have been
ctrated. the deeda ia ono see Of books,
f.e 0rtgaeca ID another, and the liens
andlhef- From book IN" 70 book
ete1 kind az instrument had % Be
a1pafaled ffOmthe others and pat into
tto proper index, and Ia the later books
matV ol each kind were found recorded
ln ne wrong book, and these. also, had
lo he in1excd properly. These condi-
to1 made lt necessary % carefully ex-
anime every instrument before index
he rev general index. embracing
cloves 0ld books, fourteen deed books,
aeeentetn mortgage books, and eleven
M books. , total OF flfty-three, com
t double index each Of dceda,
9onffrngh1 and liens. and belongs TO the
fey Patent system of irdexlnF-the
best ektant ia the deed index. the
ahafactor Of every instrument not
warranty deed--bilis Of sale. leases,
zee. "a Indicated In the margin, and
where more than one party b join ID
as 9Fentor or grantee, and where the
wife Is e party. che facts appesK Ia the
indet o the mortgage index tbs same
true and also wherever cancellation
~ eao6laclion appears on the records,
tha faci n shown In the index These
featuftg also appear la the lien index.
40 dates. books or cages are dlttoed.
The board Of county commissioners,
through whose wise fofethought and
public spirit this work was inaugurated
and hao been completed. are entitled 20
thsesrnest thanks Of the pe0pleof Leon
comfy for their determination % pro
vide thia great and necessary c0hven
fence f0y the benefit Of al whose inter
eets are concerned
d n lhe ekeculion Of this work, Mr.
Choatt HAS notod q number OF more OF
les agriorn defects u the enactment o.
execution of lhe laws governing the
ftEstfalioa 8yst4In, some Of which he
h1p8 81 zee cured by further iegi1ia-
ton f1f Instance, it % often quite
fr1C and n0netimes imQorsible. %
111f54Id lhe relation cf one of two
parties grantor or granleo~-aap1e1 10
Cc1goYauce. 90 the other. John
Smith tni EliEn Smith conveys 10 In
foImal On whether Eliza i the wife, OF
tap sister. " the mother. of the aunt Of
Joh
cEe fseonantlQ Instruments are "a.
n.flrd to ~ record which have not
~ DroDefiY or legally authenticated
E rfoot % ncknUu JED Ffnent. OF which
elIfe'7 |atk both. Su,h record d, Of
roalEt VnIu1leee % convey title. and
80 been permitted Indirect violation u
Ife pga1. Wbleh probably prevails
'n other t11atIoa, of fecording inatfu.
merits lffolf regard 20 the ehFunOloQ.
Ic' oII.I |a which theg are flei for re-
c c Which should be abnoIately
Ioftu ~ af1t1le. Io choose IN il-
t Died tor reco1 81 Al. in
0uIH. loI mntcIais teV iIoA. Ilagl
IHo tNe I'et Oh B ln Jnnuafy, % 81
later, not only ccaIuela fhe
.InI 81 t|o f1rdn. but U|Rht
r1 0eIIons " trccclance
l1al 1'l hare io b decided bY alga