Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-15
LAW BOOKS
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN & HORD,S REVISION.

The second volume of Messrs. Gavin Hord's compila
ton of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their work Its mechanical execution is yer
creditabe and the Skill learning, and labor which the
editors have bestowed il, merit the hights praise.
None but learned dligent lawyers could have produced
such work.
The second volume embraces all the public of
Indiana upon the subjects which il relates
and the first all excepting the acts of the last regular and
extra sessions of the Legislature 1t is great excel
ence Of the compilation that all existing statutes each
subject collected together the place in these
volumes; that IL reader at glance all the
legislation in force any given subject Take for
ample the act of 1852, organizing Courts of Common
Pleas-the editors publish the large, and they also
print the form of the pages containing
this statute, all the amendatory to it which have
been passed up to this they have done of
all the other contained in the revision of 1852.
The editors have added much the value of these vol
umes-especially the as-by the copious and learned
notes with which the volumes abound These nd-
much labor and legal They furnish
concise and accurate form, With all the adudicatons of
Supreme Court these statutes. These adjudica-
being very numerous, the references them
IN the volumes under consideration will be Of great value
to lawyer persons in the
administration OF justice The editors have also referred,
in their note to numerous decisions In other States
made statutes similar to
An excellence of these volumes not to be overlooked
is the full index appended each In ndi-
ana there never has been good index any volumes
published by authority. This provoking defect
has been completely renedied the volumes under
yiew aud these indexes will greatly tighten the labor OF
all who have occasion to look into statutes.
This is the first time that private enerpize has at.
Of r.,Ifo
tempt | do doubt, will be successful, and will
duly reward the learned editors and enteprzng publish
ers Every lawyer WILL of course, purchase these Volumes
and every clerk sheriff. and justice Of the peace of the
State will find it to his advantage 10 own them
DAVID MDoNALD
Indianapolis, June 5, 1864
The foregoing notice by Judge McDoSAID, Of GAVIN
HoRDs Compilation of the of Indiana is de-
signed as puff of the work. but unsolicited
mendaon OF 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
cessty every lawyer justices of the peace and county
officers the State. The publication of the work is
prva,e enterprise and the publishers only hope for
muneration sale to those for whose convenience
was prepared. The two volumes contain about 1900
pages Of natter nearly double the quantity embraced
the revision of 1s52.
The price of the work 81 so per volume 50 90 FOL
the two volumes Orders addressed the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention. j. J. BINGHAM.
June 7th, ls62. Indianapolis. Ind.