Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-11
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN S HORD'S REVISION.

The second volume Messrs. Gavin Hord's compila-
ton of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their work. Its mechanical execution is
creditabe; and the skill, learning, and labor which the
editors have bestowed it, merit the highest praise
None learned dligent lawyers could have produced
such work.
The second volume embraces all the public statutes of
Indiana in upon the subjects which relates
and the first all excepting the of the last regular and
of the Legislature 1t great excel
lence of the compilation that all existing statutes 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 of 1882 organizing Courts of Common
Pleasthe editors publish the large and they also
print in the form Of notes the pages containing
this statute, all the acts amendatory ii which have
been passed up this time And they have done of
all the other contained In the revision Of 1852.
The editors have added much the value of these VOL
umes-especiay the last-by the copious and learned
notes with which the volumes abound These indi-
cate much labor and legal They furnish us, in
concise and fom with all the adjudcatons of
Supreme Court these These sdjudica-
tons being very numerous the references them
In the volumes under consideration will be of great value
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 statutes similar to
An excellence Of these volumes, not 20 be overlooked
is the full and index appended each. In Indi
ana there has been good index any volumes Of
statutes published by authority This provoking defect
has been completely remedied in the volumes under
view; and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor Of
sl who have occasion to look into our statutes.
This is the first time that private enterprze has at
tempted the publication of Indiana statutes The at
tempt, do not doubt, will be successful, and will
duly reward the learned editors and enteprzng psblsh
Every lawyer WILL course purchase these Volumes
and every clerk sheriff. and justice of the peace of the
State, will find it to HE advantage them.
DAVID M'DONALD.
Indianapolis, June 8, 1862
The foregoing notice by Judge McDoxALD, Of GAVIN
HoRDs Compilation of the Statutes of Indiana de-
signed puff of the work, unsolicited COM
with which these volumes have been prepared.
The second volume, which has just been issued from
the press being delivered subscribers rapidly
possible This edition of the will be found
cessity every lawyer justices of peace county
officers in the State. The publication of the work is
private enterprise and the publishers only hope for
muneaton is in its sale to those for whose convenience
1t 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 80 90 for
the volumes Orders addressed to the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention. J. J. BINGHAM
June 7th, 1862 indianapolis, Ind.