The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-08
Opponents Of Weaver-Buchan-
an Measure VIII Not Quit
Fight Even After Passage
Assembly May Pass
I orrents System Act
Adams Hopes To Get His Mea-
sure On Calendar Tomorrow
and To See 1t Passed Before
Adjournment Thursday

The passage by the General AS
Sembly ofo the Weaver buchanan
segregation bin. now imminent, will
not finally determine Virginia's tax
aystem according to some OF its
opponents In the Senate who pub
ncly declare that 1t will be taken to
the courts for the determination of
tts oonstitutionality.
Tho bill Ia as clearly unconstitu-
tional as the Travenner amendment"
said Senator Featherston, OF Lynch
burg, last night. II made that argu-
ment IN the Senate and stili am or
that opinion.
Other Senators and some members
of ths House hold thT same view
snd 1t Is understood that after the
bill has received the signature OF
the Governor. ii Will be tested in
the courts. The fight against the
measure Is not Yet ended and will not
be ended even after it's passage.
Expect Quick Work.
Segregation leaders expect both
houses to name the conferees today
% harmoniza House and Senate diff
fereuCes and to renew the Traven-
iter .endement along the lines sug-
gested by the Attorney General. 40
mittee xfilaipkoineo FsTAOIN E.TAUT
requirements. The work OF the COM
mtttee is not expected TO be diffi-
cult or to consume any great length
of time. a report should be before
both houses by tomorrow morning.
In which case IL will be adopted and
the bill passed probably before night.
Passage by the General Assent bly,
~ this session OF the Adams bill.
providing for the gradual adoption
Of the Torrent system of land regis
tration. In expectsd by MIR. adams,
The bill will soon he out ofo com
mittee and on the calendar and as
there liz practically no opposition
10 It I'm either branch its passage seems
sertain. II ii is reached before ad-
journment
The bill was passed by the House
last year by a large majority. but
was killed Ira the Senate when u
cloture rule was adopted in the
closing days Of the session. Many OF
The comparatively few who opposed
the measure last year now favor IL,
and IL II comes TO vote there Ia
no doubt OF the result.
The Bin Explained.
Mr. Adams bill is commonly known
as the Tovrens bill. and provides for
registration OF titles to land, and the
issuance. OF certificates of titles to
aan,e. A holder of a certificate OF
xfstration under the law would have
4 guarantee title forever, and in MAX
ing transfer OF the property there
AFTER. or In securing loans on same,
the question of the validity of the
title II eliminated.
The bill applies onlyeto certain coun-
ties and In optional In it's nature.
Under the present system. whenever
4 landowner desires to sell or bor-
row on his property. The first ques-
ton is Have you got a good titie2'
This means that each transaction in
wolves the employment of lawyer,
and the bill has to be paid. The same
old titles are examined over and over
again. every time there In a trsnsac-
ton, this causing an expenditure OF
money that Is enormous This expen-
diture means nearly million dollars
a year and Is n useless tax upon the
, people which will be saved TO then,
b. the bill tTorrens) which Mr.
Adams advocates. The present eys-
tenn not only causes great expenses
but also delay and uncertainty. for
on questions OF titles, lawyers often
disagr@ This necessarily makes real
estate hard and slow TO handle, and
men hesitate to bury capital in same,
says MIR. Adaws,
How II opcrates.
II operates In the foilowis man
first---A title is examined once Off
cially. and confirmed by order OF
court That ends the matter. and
cuts out the endless examinations OF
titles now necessary. Your title il
IN registered and yon have made a
permanent Improvement which Will
last as long as the law prevails. and
will never call for betterments or
repairs.
secuud--Yon are then given Ger.
tificate Of title. which guarantees to
all tho world that you have such title
~ IL set forth therein to the lands
therein described for example, life
estate, or a fee simple in whole OF
III part, free from encumberances OF
subject To such encumberances az are
mentioned in the certificate.