[New Zealand; New York City Real Estate] Olmstead, Dwight H.

'The West Side Association of the City of New York, Transfer of Title to Real Estate, A Lecture, with a Synopsis of the New Zealand Land Transfer Act' [with] 2 other related flyers.

New York: Evening Post Job Printing, 1881, 1882, 1883. Wraps. Interesting real estate items, where New Zealand law informs NY law. Three items pertaining to real estate transfer and records in New York, including a pamphlet with a section pertaining to the difficulties of doing a title search in New York City and with a recommendation for the admirably practical aspects of the newly enacted New Zealand Land Transfer Act (1870 New Zealand Act).

The author proposes using a system based on keeping records of the titles to land as opposed to an index of names of title owners, and commends the 1870 New Zealand Act as setting up the best system for doing so (pp 17 -25). Olmstead notes the difficulty of doing a City title search due to the huge increase in the number of records.

The pamphlet titled 'The West Side Association of the City of New York, Transfer of Title to Real Estate, A Lecture', by Dwight W. Olmstead. 8vo, 28pp. Printed paper wrappers, chipped at edges, early owner signature top of front wrapper. OCLC: 44729510 records 1 copy, in microfilm at the New York Public Lib.

[With] a flyer titled 'Land Transfer Reform recording the resolutions of the Public Meeting of the West Side Association of Property Owners, April 1, 1882'. 8vo, 2pp. Very good condition [and with] 'A paper adopted at the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Land Transfer Reform Association of the City of New York, on March 31, 1883'. This paper asks that the New York Bar Association support the improved system of real estate record keeping as proposed by the Reform Association. 8vo, 3pp. Chipped at top and foredge. Very good overall. Item #23550

Price: $175.00