Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-10


lawyers the State, volunteered the following
recommendation of the work:
STATUES OF INDIANA BY GAVIN HoRD-some months
the above named gentlemen issued proposals pub
Shng in volumes OF some pages each al
the statutes the State passed since ISL with annoa
The first volume Of the work published and
the manner of its execution, both mechanically and edito
rally, deserves the thanks Of the profession.
The imperfect Of publishing statutes under
venence the Indiana Lawyer The revision of ls52 a.
well the statutes passed since that year. might almost
aSwcll have been published without any index. Up &c
thistme the lawyer has constantly been under the
sity Of turning over, leaf by leaf the volumes our
statutes 20 find any particular enactment. And every
how annoying and provoking this is especially in
he hurry of business i'm Courts. Happily for tho
profession the publication under consideration promises
better Of things in the future. The first volume
MessrS. Gavin Hords work contains excellent and
copious index, which TO every praccng lawyer in the
tate i itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
its pages supplied with valuable marginal induces
that glance the margin i sufficient apprse the
eader Of the contents IF the page.
Another matter Of great importance to the lawyer
this volume Is coed collection of the subjects of all leg
slation since lo5l Heretofore, the lawyer in examining
legislation any given subject had find wha
relevant ia the Revision Of S2 and then 10 turn
the pages of the volumes of subsequent Statutes 10
see how far reccntegsaton may have repealed or mod
fed the provisions contained in that Revision and even
then he would iien feel doubt whether he had found all
the legislation the subject Of his inquiry. Ga
win and Hord have relieved Of all this trouble ami
doubt They have collected together in consecutive pages
All the statutes made since 1851. the subject.
Thus, pages 373 20 81 Of their first volume they have
collected all our legislation force the subject
husband and wife. including the Of 1852 and three
OF ISL And they have followed the same mode CO.
ocaon in appropriate consecutive pages regard all
other topics Of Legislation.
still more valuable feature are the coniou and acc-
notes contained in the volume question This vol
includes the CONSTITUTION the United States III,
Constitution of Indiana and several important
ginia and statutes Of Congress and large portion our
statutes n force. The decisions the
at the bottom Of the ap2ro-
pirate pages in the form q neat brief and accurate note
and references Mes>rS Gavin Hord have per
formed this part IF their work exceedingly WELL II must
have cost them much and labor BY II they hav,
greatly eS>enet the labor Of the practising lawyer and
have wen merted his grateful approval
In every respect the volume underrevew iShchlv red
liable 10 the diligence, accuracy, talents and the
is editors well TO the mechanical skill and neatness
Of it, publishers and must rai>e the just expectation
the profession 20 the value II the second volume which
understand will De forthcoming in a few mouths and
which viii contain the code Of pleading and practice
lS2, with subsequent amendments and other statutes
without any concert with the editors publishers the
volume in question the writer 81 this article
duced 10 compose and publish this little review the book
solely because be believes the editors publishers de-
high commentator for their performance. he,
therefore deems but just them without being soc
tied 20 Il by any one, To publish this notice q the boO
his own proper name DAVID MCDONALD.
Indianapolis November !. 1850
The first volume is ready and being delivered to
ubscrbcrs
PRICE - 80.
Iti.forsaleby BINGHAM DOUGHTY,
Indianapolis