Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-24
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN a. HORD'S REVISION.


The second volume of Messrs. Gavin Hords compa-
ton of Indiana has just appeared. This volume
completes their work Its mechanical execution is
creditabe; and the Skill learning and labor which the
editors have it, the highest praise
None but learned dgent lawyers could have produced
such a work
The second volume embraces all the public statutes of
Indiana in force upon the subjects which it relates
and the first all excepting the of the last regular and
extra sessions of the Legislature. II is great excel
of the compilation that all existing each
subject collected together in the place in these
volumes; that the reader glance all the
legislation in force any given subject Take, for
ample, the act of 1882 organizing Courts of Common
PIeathe editors publish the act at large and they also
print in the form Of notes the pages containing
this statute, all the amendaory to it which have
been passed up this time And they have done of
all the other acts contained in the revision of 1852
The editors have added much the of these vol
umes-especiay the last-by the copious and learned
with which the volumes abound These notes ind
much labor and legal They furnish us, in
concise and FORM with all the adudications of
Supreme Court these statutes These adjudica-
tons being now very numerous the references TO them
In volumes consideration will great
to the lawyer and indeed all persons concerned in the
administration of justice The editors have also REFERRED
in their notes. decisions in other States,
made on statutes similar to ours.
An excellence of these volumes, to be overlooked
is the full and index appended each. In Ind
ana there never has been good index to any volumes
published by authority This provoking defect
has been completely remedied in the volumes under
view; and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor of
all who have occasion look into
This is the first time that private enerprize has at
tempted the publication of Indiana statutes The at
tempt, l do doubt, will be successful, and will
duly reward the learned editors and enteprzng pabsh
Every lawyer will purchase these volumes;
and every clerk sheriff. and justice of the peace of the
State, will find il to his advantage to own them.
DAVID MDoNALD.
Indianapolis June s, 1852
The foregoing notice by Judge McDoSALD, of GAVIN
oRDs Compilation Of the Statutes of Indiana is not de-
signed as puff of the work. is unsolicited COM
mendation the ability. accuracy and completeness
with which these volumes have been prepared.
The second volume which has just been issued from
possible. This edition of the will be found
cesy every lawyer justices Of the peace and county
officers the The publication of the work is
pryiae enterprze and the publishers only hope for re-
uneration sale those for whose convenience
twas prepared The volumes contain about 1000
pages of matter nearly double the quantity embraced
the revision Of lS52.
The price OF the work 81 so per volume. or 50 90 for
the two volumes Orders addressed 10 the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention III BINGHAM,
June 7th, lssa. Indianapolis, Ind.