Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-01
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN q HORD'S REVISION.

The second volume Of Messrs. Gavin Hord's compila-
ton has just appeared This volume
completes their work Its mechanical execution Is
credtabe; and the SKILL learning, and labor which the
editors bestowed it, merit the highest praise.
None but learned digent lawyers could have produced
such work.
The second volume embraces all the public statutes Of
Indiana upon the subjects which relates,
and the first all excepting the acts Of the last regular and
extra sessions of the Legislature Ii is great excel
compilation that all existing statutes each
subject are collected together in the place in these
volumes; that the reader glance all the
legislation in force any given subject Take, for
ample, the act of 1882 organizing Courts of Common
Peathe editors publish the act at large and they also
print in the form Of notes the pages containing
this statute, all the acts amendatOry to il 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 copous and learned
with which the volumes abound These notes indi
cate much labor and legal They furnish us in
concise form, with all the adjudcaons Of
our Supreme Court these statutes These adjudica
tons being very numerous the references TO 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 on statutes similar to
An excellence Of these volumes, not to be overlooked
the full and accurate index appended to each In ndi-
ana there good index any volumes of
statutes published by authority This provoking defect
has been completely remeded in the volumes under
view and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor of
all who have occasion to look into statutes.
This the first time that private enterprise has at
of India he
tempt, | do not doubt, will be successful and will
duly reward the learned editors and enerprizng 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 to own them.
DAVID MDONALD.
indianapolis, June 5, 1862
The foregoing notice by Judge MCDONALD, Of GAVIN &
oRDs Compilation of the Statutes of Indiana not de-
signed as puff of tie work. but unsolicited
mendation the ability, accuracy, and completeness
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 statutes will be found
cessy every lawyer justices of the peace and county
private enerprize and the publishers only hope for
muneraop is I'm its sale those for whose convenience
II was prepared The two volumes contain about l60C
pages Of NATTER nearly double the quantity embraced
the revision of 1882.
The price of the work is 81 so per volume 80 90 fol
the two voune Orders addressed TO the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention. J. j. BINGHAM,
Jun, 7th 1862 indianapolis Ind.