Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-01

recommendation Of the work:
the above named gentlemen issued proposals fer pub
fishing, in volumes Of some 500 pages each al
the statutes Of the State passed since ISL with anota
tons The first volume Of the work pubished and
the Of its execution both mechanically and editO
rally, deserves the thanks Of the profession.
The imperfect of publishing statutes under
State authority has always been Of great ncon-
venience the Indiana Lawyer The revision of ls52
we'll passed since that year, might almost
aswell have been published without any index. Up &c
III me the lawyer has constantly been under the
sty Of turning over. leaf by leaf. the volumes our
statutes to find any particular enactment And every
knows how annoying and provoking this is especially in
the hurry Of business in Courts Happily for the
profession the publication under consideration promises
better state Of things i'm the future The first volume
Ncssrs Gavin Hord's work contains excellent and
copiouS index, which TO every practcng lawyer in the
tate is itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
ils pages supplied with valuable marginal indce>
tha glance at the margin is sufficient to apprise the
eader of the contents Of the page.
Another matter Of great importance 10 the lawyer in
this volume good collection Of the subjects Of all Leg
isation since Heretofore. the lawyer in
legislation any given subject had frs; TO find whal
wa relevant in the Revision of 1884, and then
the pages Of the volumes Of subsequent Statutes
how far recentegislaton may have repealed nd
fed the provisions contained in that Revision. and
then be would often feel doubt whether he bad found all
the legislation the subject OF his inquiry Mesr Ga
and HOrd have relieved Of all this trouble and
doubt They have collected together in consecutive pages
all the statutes made 1851. the subject.
Thus pages Of their first volume they have
collected all legislation, in force the subject
husband and wife, including the act Of 1854 and three
Of lS5T And they have followed the mode co.
ocston in appropriate consecutive pages in regard to al
other topics ~ legislation
still more valuable feature the copious and
contained in the volume IN question This vol
includes the Constitution q the United States, ID,
Constitution Of Indiana and several important acts vir
gnis and statutes of Congress and large portion
in force. The numerous decisions the
Courts the various provisions contained in these Cons
tuons and found the bottom Of the appro
pirate pages form OF neat brief and
ard references Messrs. Gavin Hord have per
formed this part If their work exceedingly we'll Il
have them much and labor BY /; they have
greatly leened the labor Of the practising lawyer am
have well merited his grateful approval
In every respect the volume un1er review highly red
table the diligence accuracy, talents and the taste
it, editors well mechanical skill atnes
Of its publishers aud IL the just expectation
the profession the value Of the second volume which
understand viii be forthcoming in few months, and
which viii contain the code Of pleading and practice
1851 with subsequent amendments and other statutes
without any with the editors publishers OF The
volume question: the writer Of this article has been in
duccd compose and publish this little review o. the book
solely because he believes the editors and publishers de
high commentator for their performance. he
therefore. deems II bat Just them. without being sole
tied 20 il by any publish this notice Of the boos
ever his own proper name DAVID MCDONALD
Indianapolis November l, ls6o.
TIE first volume Is ready and being delivered q
ubScrbers-
PRICE 81 so.
hi. for sale by BINGHAM 4 DOUGHTY.
Indianapolis.