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etc., are from 81 to 50.
AS stated before, the Torrens system
was adopted in South Australia in
1858. Torrens himself carried the act
into operation and more than one
thousand titles were registered during
the first two years. The prospects OF
the system were so promising that
other colonies soon adopted similar
acts-Queensland in 1861. New South
Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in 1862,
New Zealand in 1870, Western Aus
tralia in 1874. FIJI in 1876 and British
New Guinea in 1889.
In England Land Registry act was
passed in 1862, but the results acctm-
plished under it we're unsatisfactory,
so that it was repealed in 1875 and its
place taken by the "Land Transfer Act
OF 1852, commonly known as Lord
Cairns act, which was similar IN na-
ture to the Torrens system. This act
was amended in 1897 and registration
in England is now conducted under
these two acts. These acts apply TO
England and Wales and registration is
voluntary, except 10 the county OF
London. including the city OF London,
where since 1902 registration OF titles
upon sale has been compulsory, as TO
all property sold under the Purchase
of Land Acts'', and voluntary as TO all
other property.
SIMILAR SYSTEM IN EUROPE.
10 Germany and Continental Europe
systems of registration OF title essen
italy similar to the Torrens system
have been in operation for a long time
in some of the Austrian provinces
for upwards OF ninety years.
The Torrens system has been intro
duced in practically all of the Canadian
provinces and 10 nearly all OF them
registration is compulsory as to all
lands sold by the crown and voluntarily
as to all other lands. In some districts
more than 80 per cent OF all the lands
are reg lStered.
In the United States the state OF
Illinois was the first to adopt the sys-
tenn by the passage of the Torrens title
bill in 1895. This act was declared un-
constitutional bv the Supreme court on
the ground that it conferred Judicial
powers on the registrar. who Is
ministerial officer. 1t was amended in
1897 10 such way as TO remove the
constitutional objections and under the
county local option provision OF the Dill
has been in force in Cook coucty,
which includes Chicago. ever since.
The holding of the court 10 this Illinois
case has made it necessary IN this
county that the procedure IN Initial
registration should be had in court.
though several cases have held that
subsequent registration may be made
oy the registrar, in any questionable
act, however, he must report the
matter TO the court for its decision.
ADOPTED BY OTHER STATES
Other states which have adopted the
system are: California, 1897; Massa-
chusettes, 1898: Minnesota, 1901; Colo
RADIO, 1908: Washington, 1907; New
York, 1908. Ex-President Taft, when
governor of the Philippines, introduced
the system in the islands in 1902,
following largely the Massachusetts
law. making it compulsory as to all
public lands sold by the government:
and voluntary as to all other lands.
The system was introduced into Hawaii
in 1908.
The acts which have been adopted IN
this country generally contain loca!
option provision by which the act be-
comes operative in a county or district
only upon a favorable vote of the
people of the county at an election on
which the question is submitted: 10
all the states the system exists side by
side with the present system and
registration is, so far, voluntary as TO
all lands, i. e., the owner may have
his land registered or not as he sees
fit. What progress has been made by
the system has been made on It's mer-
its. and in spite o: the organized and
strenuous opposition OF abstract and
title guarantee companies.