Show old registration system the papyri of tho the roman period have conclusively proved that registration of land already existed in a highly elaborate form and that it waa instituted not only in the interests teresta in of the state but also some think even primarily in the Inter interests estl 0 of o private individuals divi duals that point cornea 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 oversights and frauds new york press presa |