The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-01-07
From the Hancock Courier.
The Public Statutes at Large Of the
State Of Ohio.

State of Ohio
| TIE following nplice Of these statuies
we lake from ihe Cincinnati Eaquirc'
! Of ilie l2ih inst !.
'sWo have examined portions of thil
work, the first edition being now in thu
bands Of tho binder, and will be ready,fo
delivery whhhi tho present month. TIE
editor, with great labor and Judgment
presents Republication Of all the Law,
of OHIO, enacted between the first Of De.
cember, lS33-the period when Chase's
.Slatuics chsed-and the first day OF
June last, which are included in the vol
umes Of General Laws, from the thirty
second 10 the fifteenth volumes, bo,hia-
elusive. There is also supplement 10
be added al the close Of the work, which
vll, contain, all the General Laws in
Chase and Swan's Statutes In force.--
All amendments, repeals, and judicial
Ldecisio is, conslrlilng ihe text or bearing
upon II, arc, cited il NOES at the foot Of
each page; thus making the work, when
complete ,siiot only a revision, but also a
diges. or Obio Laws. Tie labor Of this
undertaking may be estimated, from the
fact that the three volumes, when
complete, will contain some twenty FIVE
volumes Of reports upon statutory qnes
tons.
The mechanical execution Of the work
will be done in siyle W1rlhy of the i'm
porIance Of the hook. All the materials
nsed-lapcr, type and bnding-w'l be
Of Ohio manufacture, and the lypograph-
icul part Of the work, from the specimen
before us wiki do honor to our western
types.
The standing Committee on the
Judiciary in Tho Ohio Senate, in making
report through Mr.. Finch, in January
last, in favor Of The State purchasing a
limited number Of copies oflllis work, say
every person who is is in the least ia
.miliar with tie condition of the laws of
this Slate, is already duly advised of the
great necessity for such compilation and
publication as here proposed". The Slate
is most certainly interested in this lauda
bile enterprise" And such is also onr
judgment. We obstye iha, there has
been mention made al tho present session
ofthe Legislature ofan "cffical revision"
of our laws. II this was determined
upon, il would be but republication
of the volumes Of Mr.. Curwen. This
work is therefore an economy of time
and labor, and of money also; for we
understand that Mr.. Curwen offers TO
fulnioa the work TO the State, hand
somely bound, one-ffiL less then the
retail price, and one-lhifd less than
the Stale paid for CIiase's Satu'ej,
being the same price paid by the Uni'ed
States 10 Lllle & Brown Of B,ston,
publishers Of the laws of Congress, the
General Government taking one thnsand
copies, leaving the whole Union open
for private sales.
!" Having ourselves frequently felt The
want of such work us Mr.. Curwen will
soon furnish, we most cherfnlly commend
il 10 the patronage and favorable con-
sideration Of the public"
That "sucla compilation and publlca-
ton" is much needed in this State, no
one can doubt. Tlis labor has been
well done by Mr.. Curwen SO that we
can see no demand for can official
feyision,n which would cause much
delay, Increased expenc, and which
would be-if well Substantially
republication of Curwen's Statutes.
The publishers, we believe, offer TO
supply tie Slate with these Statutes on
very reasonable terms, spd we regard II
highly important tllat the Legislalnre
should accep, Of their proposition. I'VE
have frequently been perplexed in ascer
tanning which Statutes, among the con
fused mass of them ia this State, are in
force, which are repealed, amended, &c
This difficulty is felt by all. 1t may be
remedied without dely. Will our Legis-
lalure do