Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1915 — Old Registration System. [ARTICLE]

Old Registration System.

- The papyri of the Roman period have conclusively proved that registration of land already existed in a highly elaborate form, and that it was instituted not only in the interests of the state, but also—some think even primarily—in the interests of private individuals. That point comes out clearly in an important edict of a first-cen-tury prefect, who. ordains that contracts affecting real property were not to be drawn up without due authorization from the keepers of the public archives. These officials had to keep the registers up to date, entering in them all mortgages and other charges, as well as changes of ownership, and they were thus enabled to protect an intending purchaser -from oversight* and frauds.—New York Press.