Section 1
SECTION 1. In any province not yet organized under the Provincial Government Act, the fiscal of the province, whether temporarily appointed by the judge of the Court of First Instance, or temporarily or permanently appointed by the Civil Governor, is hereby authorized to perform the duties of registrar of property of the province, for which he is fiscal, pending the appointment of a registrar of property for the province under a new system of land registration. It shall be his duty to take possession of all the books and papers relating to the office of registrar of property, and to make an orderly arrangement thereof, and to make diligent search for such books and papers belonging to the office as are not found therein. He shall receive for the performance of such duties the fees prescribed by law for the performance of the same duties by a registrar of property, and the fees shall belong to the fiscal.