a time and place to be fixed by said board, and show cause SECTION 2. That said section 2807 of the Revised Repeals, etc. passage. DAVID L. SLEEPER, JNO. C. HUTSINPILLER, Passed April 21, 1896. President pro tem. of the Senate. [House Bill No. 479.] AN ACT Providing for the abandonment of a certain portion of the side-cut SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Abandonment and ceding of and Erie canal SECTION 2. That the balance of the land upon sale of balance. which the bed of said cut so abandoned is located, shall be appraised by the canal commission and sold at public auction to the highest bidder, at not less than three-fourths of the appraised value thereof, after having been duly advertised in some newspaper of general circulation in Lucas county, Ohio. To provide for the registration of land titles in the state of Ohio, and to simplify and facilitate the transfer of real estate. WHO MAY REGISTER, APPLICATION TO, AND PROCEED- Who may regis ter. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, The owner, or whoever has the power of appointing or disposing of, an estate in fee simple, in any land of this state, may himself, or through his attorney in fact, have his title to said land registered under the provisions of this act, in the county where the land is situate, and in no other place. SECTION 2. holds; how treated. When title de rived from tax sale. Perpetual leaseholds shall, for the pur- Perpetuai leasepose of this act, be held and treated as fee simple estates. SECTION 3. No title derived through a deed in pursuance of a sale for any tax or assessment, shall be entitled to be brought under the operation of this act, until it shall be made to appear to the court in which the application is filed, that the applicant, or those under whom he claims title, have by suit in a court of competent jurisdiction, obtained a final decree establishing the validity of such title. SECTION 4. Any such owner desiring to have land registered under the provisions of this act, shall make application therefor to the court of common pleas, or to the probate court, of the the county where the land is situate. SECTION 5. The applicant may include in his ap plication all lands in the county owned by him in fee simple, but when more than one tract is included, each separate tract or piece shall be separately described and numbered. SECTION 6. Application to register the title to land of minors and other persons under disability, shall be made by the guardian or trustee of such person. Application to register the title to land of an insolvent or a deceased owner, shall be made by the assignee or trustee of the insolvent, or the executor or administrator of such deceased owner. Application to register the title to land owned by a corporation, shall be made by the president or secretary, or other authorized officer of the corporation, and if the corporation have a seal, the same shall be affixed thereto. To whom appli made. cation to be what land appli luce in his application. cant may in By whom appli cation of minors etc., shall be made. cation shall contain. SECTION 7. All applications for the registration of what the appli the title to lands, shall be in writing, signed by the person or persons making the application, in the presence of two persons who will sign the same as witnesses, and shall be sworn to before a person authorized by law to administer oaths. The application shall set forth the full name of the applicant, and if married, the full name of the husband and wife, and whether either has been divorced, and the postoffice address of each. If the application be made by a guardian or trustee, the full name and postoffice address of the guardian or trustee, how, when and where appointed, the amount of his bond, and the names and postoffice addresses of the bondsmen; the full name, age and nature of disability, and postoffice address of his ward, and with whom he resides. If made by an executor or administrator, or assignee, the full name and postoffice address of the executor or administrator, or assignee, when and by what court appointed, amount of bond, names and postoffice address of bondsmen, the fuil name and late residence of the deceased owner, or assignor, the full name and address of the wife, widow or widower, the full names and addresses of the heirs, legatees, and in case of assignee, the principal creditors, so far as the same by due diligence can be ascertained; if made by a corporation, the name of the corporation, names and addresses of its president, secretary and managing officers, when and where incorporated, and its principal place of doing busi Form of application. ness. Every application must contain an accurate description of the land, the amount, nature and kind of every incumbrance; the full name and postoffice address of the persons owning the land adjoining the land sought to be registered; if occupied, the full name and postoffice address of the occupant; the kind of estate he holds and when it will terminate, and all easements and inferior estates to the fee simple, either in law or equity, of every kind, must be clearly stated, with the full names and postoffice addresses of the persons holding such estates. The application shall contain such further statements as is [are] required by this act, or may be required by the court in which the application is filed, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. SECTION 8. The application shall, subject to such modification as the case may require, be substantially in the following form: a resident of the county of (I), ... and state of Ohio, and having arrived at the age of majority, do hereby apply to have the land hereinafter described, brought under the operation and provisions of the act providing for the registration of land titles, passed by the general assembly of the state of Ohio, on the .... day of A. D. 189. ., and all acts amendatory and supplementary thereto, and for that purpose (I) do hereby declare: 1. That (my) full name is my postoffice address is is .. full name is ; that I am and that of my 2. That (I) am the owner, and seized in fee simple of the following described lands: 3. That (I) obtained the title thereto from 4. That said land is now appraised for taxation at dollars. 5. That said land is encumbered. (If encumbered, here state fully the encumbrance, as required by section 3, and order of priority.) 6. That the names and postoffice addresses of the persons owning the lands adjoining said lands, are 7. That said land is occupied by (Here state names of occupants, postoffice addresses, terms and time of expiration.) 8. 9. That the taxes for .... are paid. .... That there are .... inferior estates outstanding in said land. (If any, state fully the name of the owner, and nature of the estate.) 10. (I) hereby attach all deeds, maps and surveys in (my) possession, and agree to furnish such other surveys and information as the court may require, and (I) hereby consent to the provisions of the above entitled act, and ask that the title to the land above described be registered as provided in said act, and hereafter to be dealt with in all respects as registered land, under the provisions of this act, and all amendments thereto. being duly sworn, on ... oath, say that the facts set forth in the above application are true, and that the true condition of the title is therein set forth. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this .... day of To the court of the county of (I or we), resident of the county of Ohio, as (executor, administrator, etc., as the case may be,) First-That ship, county of.. day of.. ..., A. D. 189. ., leaving. and his only heirs at law (or John his (widow or widower, as the case may be), and.. Second-That (I or we, was or were,) appointed (ex ecutor, guardian, etc., as the case may be) of said |