The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-16
THE PRIME NEED IN NORTH CAROLINA

county IN n Wcdilh.
This heavy and perpetual tax Oh
the people will be saved by the Tor
rens System Of Land Registration. !.
1T is not only expensive, but II
takes days and weeks to make an
examination Of title, and SO many
difficulties are encountered that busl-
ness men frequently have not the
time to bother with transactions IN
vOlving SO many problems.
"All this makes land hard and slow
to handle, and men hesitate to bury
capital in lands.
The Torrens System will make
your lands merchantable. It will
convert lands into a quick asset ana
render them available as a source Of
ready commercial credit.
1T operates in the following man
ner:
L. A title is examined once official
~, and confirmed by order OF court.
That ends the matter and cuts out
the endless examinations Of titles now
necessary. Your title is registered,
and you have made a permanent I'M
~provenent, which will last as long as
the law prevails and will never call
for betterments or repairs.
so. You are then given a certificate
Of title, which guarantees to all the
world that you nave such title as is
set lOFlf lneIeIH 10 Tie IdIido iliC Il
described-for example, a life estate,
or a fee simple, in whole or in part,
free from encumbrances or subject
to such encumbrances as are mention
ed in the certificate.
80. You can deal with this c%ertifi-
cate of title almost as freely as with
a certificate of stock, because every
body can see from the certificate ex-
dctly what your title is.
ssrSl - xrt1I ~,4 n1,r ran1 oCfnf0 on n
footing with your personality, and will
d millions to the business capital OF
Virginia.
'The Torrens Act Will help the
farmers and everybody who owns real
estate in the country, as well as in
the city.
ut will kill the business of the land
grabber.
TT will enable the State to collect
her taxes promptly, and no mans
land, when registered, can be sold for
delinquent taxes Without his knowl-
edge.
1T will help everybody Who deals in
real estate.
1T will lessen the cost OF transac-
tons in real estate, stimulate and en-
large the market, and thus increase
values, Il when q poor man uys
q home he will get a good title to
it and no one can take it away from
him.
ut will promote development Of the
it will invite immigration, because
strangers will not hesitate to buy
such guaranteed titles.
The TorreHs System is no expert
ment.
"It has been tested in South Aus
tra!ia since 1853, and soon spread to
Queensland, Victoria, New South
tV L o1@ ~ = h~~
leng been in operation in Tasmania,
New Zealand. Vancouver, and British
Columbia; also in Manitoba, Ontario,
and the Northwest Territory Of
Canada, comprising the four prov
inces of AthabaSca, Alberta, Assine-
boia, and saskatchewan. Even con-
s~ervative England has been testing
ment appropriated $1.S25,0oO for
a Land Registry Office in Lincoln's-
Inn-Eields. Registration Of possess
DRY titles has been compulsory in
london since May i, 1891. Nova
Scotia has recently adopted the sys-
registration has been in operation in
Prussia since 1872. It has been
proven to be suited to old as we'll as
new countries, to monarchial as we'll
as democratic institutions, to large
and complicated holdings, to extern
Sive estates and wild lands. as we'll
as to small tracts and city lots.
The TorrenS System has found con
genial soil in the United States in
Illinois, California. Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Oregan, and Colorado;
and the federal Government has
established it in Hawaii and the Phil
iPpine Islands. In addition to this,
Arkansas, the District of Columbia,
Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiaa.,
Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri.
lIontana, Nebraska, New York, North
Dakota. Pennsylvania, Porto Rico,
Rhode Island. Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Washington, West Virginia, and Wis
consin have taken steps more or less
pronounced for it's adoption"
There is no truth which personal
vice will not distort.-Timothy Tit
comb