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Show PLAN UNIFORM TORREiS LID SYST! LIS National Conference Com mi88ioners Will Today Take Final Action on Proposed Enactment. MEASURE COVERS MANY FEATURES Present Bill Embodies the Work of Ten Years and Is Third Draft to Be Prepared The national conference of commis sionors on uniform state laws will to day take final action on the draft of a proposed uniform law embody ng the Torrens system of registration of land titles In all probability the confer ence by almost a unanimous vote will recommend the passage of this nn form act by all of the state legislatures of the Lnited States The proposed enactment is a Jong and comprehensive bill covering every base of this svBtom of the registration of land t ties Each section of the pro posed law is annotated with references to decisions from the supreme courts of the various states in which b milar provisions pro-visions are now in operation One of the members of the conference said jesterday that the draft of this measure as pretested to this conference was probably in better shape than any meas nre that had ever been submitted to a legislative body for consideration For ten years a eomm ttee of the conference on uniform legislation has been at work preparing a uniform meas ure embodying the Torrens land system and the present bill represents the re- vised work of this committee The b il I is the third draft of the measure that has been submitted to the conference Men Responsible Eugene C Massie of Richmond, A a. chairman of the comrn ttee which draft ed the bill and a noted expert on land law is largely responsible for the pres ent form of the bill AsBOciated with him in the preparat on of this measure were John II Wigmore of Ch caeo Judge Rome G Brown of MioneapoPs A V Cannon of Cleveland Walter Ceorge Smith of Philadelphia John R Harding of Newark and w A. Blount of Pensacola Mr Mas e had charge of the pres entation of tho bill yesterday to the conference s ttingas a comm ttee of the whole T Moultrie Mordecai of Charles ton S C acted as cha rman of the committee of the whole The ent re day was given over to the consideration of the measure and sixty out of the eighty nine sections of the bill were approved It is expected that the re mainder of the Beet ons will be passed upon before noon today There appears to be a strong sentiment among the com ss oners m favor of the approval of the bill as a whole The consideration of this measure is regarded by all of the comm s oners as the moBt important work of the present conference and the recommendation of j the act to the various legislatures of' the Tin ted States will be regarded by ! most of thorn os a great ach evement, that will make this conference one of the most important, f not the most important e er held by the comm s b oners Similar Laws. Th s measure is s milar in most re spects to laws on this subject now in force in California Colorado, Ilhno s Massachusetts Minnesota Miss ss pp Nebraska 'Vorth Carol na New York Oh o Oregon and W ash ngton It is also s m lar to a b II passed by the Utah legislature in 1909 and 1915 but on each occas on vetoed by the gover nor The d fterence between the pro posed law and the ones now in force n states that have adopted the Torrens system s that this measure is drawn to n eet the ie s of the var ous su fireme courts h ch have const ued the aws now in force The pr nc pal purpose of the new act s to do away w th c mbersome methods of ascerta n n2 the legal ownersh p of land The deed to the land is kept n possess on of tho proper off cer ho duties are those of registrar of titles and a copy of the deed is given to the owner of the property Each transfer of p operty must be re -corded with the registrar and the transfer noted on the or ginal deed The virtue of th s measure t is claimed 1 es n the fact that vhen the system is establ shed there can be no d spute as to the ownerih n of the land the t tie being always clear Th s b 11 makes the adopt on of th s act opt onal It shall not become effect ve unt 1 the voters of a c ty or county vote n favor of its appl cat on to land with n that unit Make Minor Changes Only minor changes In verb age have thus far been made n the b li as re ported by tho comm ttee and it is probable that the opnferenoe w II adopt the measure substant ally the same form as drafted by the con m ttee When the cons deration of this bill (Continued on Page SevenJ iifoh mm M ACT PREPABED' i tCcLilijuM froa: Ps One.) 4. 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