The Louisiana Democrat

The Parish Records.

The Governor has appointed Abner N. Ogden, Jr., Esq., Commissioner to restore the records of the parish destroyed by the conflagration of the Court House in May, 1864. The Commissioner has full power to bear testimony, determine its competency, and decide on the recordation of instruments which shall be proved to have been destroyed. He will open his office in a few days and announce his readiness to proceed to business.

We think this an excellent move on the part of the Governor. There is not a scratch of a pen to show who owns a foot of land in the parish. There must be a great confusion of titles, and endless litigation in future, unless something is done while men's memories are fresh, to prove up titles and record them for evidence in future legal disputes. The Governor, too, has made a good selection of the officer to whom this important matter is to be entrusted. Mr. Ogden is a gentleman of intelligence, and legal learning, and will bring to bear upon his labors that energy and industry which are so necessary to their due performance. Owners of real estate, and those interested in mortgages and other conveyances, should lose no time in coming forward and proving up their claims.