Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-19
PIANOS.

LAW BOOKS.
NEW AND VALUABLE WORK
FOR LAWYERS. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE,
And al Connected ,eit the judicial Administration OF
tie Go0e,z,meat.
N, III Nc - IT "A m u II Ic
OF the state of Indiana,
CONTAINING THE REVISED 'TATUTEs OF 1852
q ! with the amendments thereto and the subsequen
legislation with notes and references judicial decisions.
EDITED BY
JAMES GAVIN AND OSCAR ORD.
Volume /, Published by
BINGHAM n DOUGHTY,
INDIANAPOLIS.
Judge David VIC Donald, one of the most
eminent lawyers of the State volunteered the following
recommendation of the work:
STATUTES OF INDIANA, BY GAVIN K HORD.-SOme months
ago. the above named gentlemen issued proposals pub
shng in volumes octave Of some 500 pages each al
the Of the State passed since 1851 with
The volume Of the work published 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 great incon
venence the Indiana Lawyer. The revision of 1882 a.
well the statutes passed since that year. might almost
aswell have ben published without any index In re
thstme the lawyer has constantly been under the neces
sity of turning over, leaf by leaf. the volumes our
find any particular enactment. And every
knows how annoying and provoking this is, especially
the hurry Of business as in our Courts. Happily for the
profession, the publication under consideration promises
better Of things in the future. The first volume
NessTs. Gavin * HoTds work contains an excellent and
copiOus index, which 10 every praccng lawyer i'm the
is itself worth the money which the volume COSTS
The volume under review contains another excellence
AllitS pages supplied with valuable marginal ndceS
'otha glance at the margin is sufficient TO apprse the
eadeT of the contents Of the page.
Another of great importance to the lawyer in
this volume is good collection OF the subjects of all leg
isstion ISL Heretofore the lawyer examining
our legislation any given subject had first to find what
relevant il in the Revision of 1852 and then
over the pages Of the volumes of subsequent Statutes
how far recent legislation have repealed mod
fed the provisions contained in that Revision and even
then he would often feel doubt whether he had found
the legislation the subject of his inquiry. Messrs. Ca
win and Hord have relieved Of all this trouble and
doubt They have collected together in consecutive pages
all the statutes made since 1851 the subject.
Thus pages 373 37 of their first volume they have
collected all our legislation now in force on the subject
husband and wife, including the act Of 1852 and three act
of 1857. And they have followed the mode
ocation in appropriate consecutive pages regard TO all
other topics Of legislation.
still more valuable feature the copious and
contained in the volume I'm question This
includes the Constitution Of the United States, the
Constitution Of Indiana, and several important acts OF Vir
gina and statutes of Congress- and large portion
statutes in force The decisions the
Courts the various provisions contained in these ConSts
and found the bottom of the appro
pirate pages the form Of brief and
and references Mesrs. Gavin Hord have per-
formed this part of their work exceedingly WELL Ii must
have them much and labor By it they have
greatly eSSened the labor Of the practising lawyer and
have well merited his grateful approval
In every respect the volume under review highly red
liable the diligence accuracy, talents and the
its editors well the mechanical skill and neatness
its publishers and the just expectation
the profession the value Of the second volume which
understand will be forthcoming in few months and
which will contain the code of pleading and practice
1882 with subsequent amendments and other statutes.
without with the editors publishers OF the
volume in question: the writer Of this article has been n
duced compose and publish this little of the book
solely because he believes the editors and publishers de-
serve high commentator for their performance. He,
therefore, deems il but just TO them, without being sOc
tied by any publish this notice of the BOOK
his proper name. DAVID MCDONALD.
indianapolis, November l, 1850.
The first volume is ready and being delivered to
ubscribers
PRICE 81 so.
II is fer sale by BINGHAM & DOUGHTY,
Indianapolis.