Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-20
In the Senate.

Should the house pass a bill passed
this morning by the senate and which
provides that deeds and mortgages
not recorded shall be void as to sub
sequent purchaser in good faith, 1t
will be no longer necessary for a
purchaser of land to await five days
to ascertain whether his deed is of
any value but he may learn the fact
at the time of the transaction by an
inspection of the record
Under the existing law, purchasers
of land have five days in which to
record deed. Frauds may be and
have been committed under the pro-
visions because it was possible for
the vendor to execute a deed on one
day to one purchaser and another on
the next day to another purchaser
The first purchaser would have five
days in which to record his deed and
so would the second but the time of
the first would elapse before the lat
ter and when upon the recording of
the deed by the first, the second per-
sons deed would be void Under
the present system no purchaser can
rely upon the record when he goes
to record the deed until after the five
Nst as until they have gone
by there may still be another deed
in existence which may come in for
record and take precedence over his.
Under the bill passed this morn
ing, purchaser must record his
deed at once and under that system
prospective purchaser, by an in
spection of the records can tell at a
glance as to whether the title to the
land is clear.
Adoption Law Passed.
Another bill passed by the senate
this morning was one pertaining to
the procedure to be pursued in the
adoption of children. The present
law on the subject provides that a
person pettioning to adopt child
must institute the proceedings in the
county where the parents of the child
reside or in the county in which the
petitioner resides Under the bill
passed this morning the proceedings
may be. instituted in either of these
counties or in a county where an in
| stitution is located and in which the
child may be confined The bill is
intended to benefit the latter as now
those seeking to adopt children from
these institutions are unable to insti-
tute the proceedings in the county
where the institution is located, un-
less it is also the residence of the
parent or petitioner.
A bill changing the name of the
Oregon Reform School to that of the
Oregon Training School was also
passed
The judiciary committee brought in
a report relative to bill introduced
by Senator Patton abolishing capital
punishment and recommending that
another bill be substituted. Senator
Patton's bill provided for the abol-
ishment of capital punishment and
the substitution of life Imprisonment
in cases of murder in the first degree.
The bill substituted makes the same
change as to conyicts in the state
penitentiary where they attack any
of the officers with a deadly weapon
The present law now makes that a
capital offense The bill was read the
first time this morning
The committee recommended that a
bill relative TO appeals from the low
er courts to the supreme court pass
Bills Introduced.
In the event bill dealing with the
sale of liquor to intoxicated persons
passes both houses, it will have the
effect of giving to the parents OF
wife of such person the right to in.
stitute suit against the saloon mar
for damages committed by such in
toxicated person. Senator Albee is
the author of the bill and it provides
in brief that any person who shall