Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-18
OF the state of indiana,


eminent lawyers of the State, volunteered the following
recommendation Of the work:
STATUTES o INDIANA, BY GAVIN HoRD.-Some months
ago the above named gentlemen issued popoalSfor pub
the statutes Of the State passed since 1851 with annota
tons The first volume of the work published and
the Of execution both mechanically edito
rally deserves the thanks Of the profession.
The imperfect manner of publishing statutes under
State authority has always been source of great ncon
venience 10 the Indiana Lawyer The revision OF 1862,
well a. the statutes passed since that year might almost
asweI have been published without any index. Up
histime the lawyer has constantly under the
sity Of turning over leaf by leaf the volumes o our
statutes find any particular enactment And every
knows how annoying and provoking this IS especially In
the hurry Of business in Courts Happily for the
profession the publication under consideration promises
better state Of things in the future The first volume
Nessrs Gavin Hort's work contains excellent and
copious index every practicing lawyer in tn.
itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
Wits pages are supplied with valuable marginal indiceS,
that glance at the margin is sufficient to apprise the
eader Of the contents Of the page.
Another matter Of great importance 10 the lawyer in
this volume good collection subjects of
satiOn 1851 Heretofore the lawyer examining
our legislation any given subject had first 10 find what
relevant the Revision Of ls52 and then TO turn
the pages Of the volumes Of subsequent statutes
how far recentlegation may have repealed mod
fed the provisions contained in that Revision and
then he would often feel doubt whether he had found
the legislation the subject Of his inquiry MeSSrs
win and HOrd have relieved Of all this trouble and
doubt They have collected together in consecutive
all the statutes made since ISL the subject
Thus 373 10 81 Of their first volume they have
collected all legislation, in force the subject
husband and wife including the of 1852 and
Of 1857 And they have followed the same mode o CO.
ocation in appropriate consecutive pages in regard 10 all
other topics 81 legislation
still more valuable feature the copious and
contained in the volume question This
includes the Constitution Of the United States Ii.
Constitution Of Indiana, and several important vr-
gina and statutes Of Congress and large portion
force. The numerous decisions the
Courts the various provisions conainedn these Consists
and found the bottom Of appro
pirate pages in the form 81 brief and
and references Messrs Gavin Hord seem 10 have per-
formed this part Of their work exceedingly we'll II
have them much and labor. by IL they have
greatly essened the labor of the practising lawyer and
have well meri,ed his grateful approval.
In every respect the volume unferrevew highly red
its editors well the mechanical skill and neatness
Of its publishers and Il raise the just expectation
the profession the value volume which
understand will be forthcoming in few months. and
which will contain the code Of pleading and practice
lS53. with subsequent amendments and other statutes.
without any with the editors publishers OF the
volume question: the writer of this article has been in
duced compose and publish this little review Of the book
solely because he believes the editors and publishers
high commendation for their performance. He,
therefore. deems but just them without being Soic
tied 30 by any one. TO publish this notice Of the boo
over his own proper name. DAVID MCDONALD.
Indianapolis November l. 1850.
The tr>t volume is now ready and being delivered TO
uhscTibers
PRICE 81 80.
Il fer sale by BINGHAM 4 DOUGHTY,
indianapolis