Section 25
SEC. 25. Except as specially otherwise provided in this Act, real property without Torrens title may be received as security, if it is shown to the satisfaction of the Bank that the debtor is the same who has the possession of the land as owner, and that this possession, together with those of his predecessors, has been continuous and uninterrupted during the last ten years, that he has cleared, bettered, or improved the land during that time, and that the real estate tax has been paid by him and by his predecessors during the said time. SECURITIES FOR LOANS NOT SUBJECT TO ATTACHMENT