LAW OF REAL PROPERTY—QUESTIONS TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.
Sr a—Though I have not the satisfaction of agreeing with yoqr views respect- ing a General Register, in the present state of the reform of the raw of Real Pro- perty, the general fairness of your remarks induces me to think that the Speetdior is the best medium of putting a few questions to the Commissioners.
1st, W'hy the lease for a year is not abolished?
thrd, Why the covenant for production of deeds is not rendered unnecessary, 13 they have proposed in one of their Reports? 3d, Why the operative parts of the deeds and the covenants, &c. are not shortened at least two thirds ?
4th, Why settlements are not made so that they may be intelligible to the parties, upon the plan proposed to the Connnissiouers by one of the first conveyancers of the age? 6th, Why the .expense attending administrations issued at the instance of a
landowner is not rendered unnecessary by his simple declaration ? 6th, Why the Scotch plan, of the witness putting the date of the execution after his name, is not adopted ?
7th, Why it is not reconunended to try the Liverpool plan, of indorsing notice of the new conveyance upon the old one ? All persons who are acquainted with the subject, will know, that by making these slight changes, or rather by giving legislative authority for making them, a great part of the expense would be saved, and a fair field .would thus be had for discussing the Registration question. If you favour me by the insertion of these questions, you may defy the whole body of the solicitors combined, to produce one petition from the landowners against any bill which should propose to make these improvements in the law of
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