before this act shall take effect; this act shall not affect any action or legal proceeding now pending." 30. Former art. 9. Descent of Real Property, This article has been removed from the Real Property Law and has been placed in the Decedent Estate Law. The same treatment has been made of the statute of distribution in the Code of Civil Procedure which has been placed in the Decedent Estate Law. It has always been confusing to have the statute of decedent in the Real Property Law, and the statute of distribution in the Code of Civil Procedure. The latter does not belong in the Code of Civil Procedure. The Statute, like much of the other material in the Code of Civil Procedure, is substantive in character and should be removed. It is thought that the placing of both the statute of descent and the statute of distribution in the Decedent Estate Law would be the best treatment of the subject." 31. Art. 10. Discharge of Ancient Mortgages. This article is new. It contains ipsissimis verbis the substance of L. 1862, Ch. 365, as amended by L. 1868, Ch. 798; L. 1873, Ch. 551; L. 1882, Ch. 100; L. 1882, Ch. 278; L. 1884, Ch. 326; L. 1898, Ch. 174; and L. 1901, Ch. 287. Something must be done, in consolidating the statutes, with these acts relating to mortgages and their discharge, and they properly belong in the Real Property Law. The courts stricken from Subdivision 2 no longer exist. 32. Art. 11. Quieting Title to Real Property. This article is made up of the provisions of chapter 503 of the Laws of 1890, entitled "An act to quiet the title to real property in certain cases, conveyed pursuant to judicial decree, which decree has been lost or destroyed." This proceeding has never found its way into the Code of Civil Procedure and shows the haphazard manner in which the Code of Civil Procedure has been made up. It is a proceeding quite as important as other proceedings in the Code relating to real property and yet it is found in an independent statute. The fact is, that there are quite as many so-called proceedings out of the Code as in. The proceedings given in this article finds a natural place in the Real Property Law. 33. Sec. 381. This matter has been transferred from former Section 1 to its appropriate place in the chapter in accordance with the arrangement of matter followed in the consolidated laws. Prop. Law TABLE A. Showing distribution of sections of Former Real Property Law as now found in the Consolidated Real Property Law and Decedent Estate Law. Former Section Consol. Real I.. 1908, Ch. 444, § 23 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 24 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 25 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 26 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 27 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 28 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 29 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 30 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 31 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 32 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 33 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 34 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 35 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 36 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 37 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 38 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 39 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 40 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 41 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 42 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 43 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 44 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 45 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 46 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 47 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 48 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 49 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 50 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 51 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 52 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 6 374 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 53 421 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 7 375 ..... L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 8 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 9 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 10 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 11 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 12 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 13 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 14 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 15 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 16 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 17 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 18 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 19 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 20 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 21 L. 1908, Ch. 444, § 22 ..... 376 ..... 383 |