Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-04
LAW BOOKS.
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NEW AND VALUABLE WORK
FOR LAWYERS, JUSTICES OF II FACE.
And all Connected ,cih tie judicial Administration OF
tie Government.
TIN nc - II IT IT X
OF the state of adiana,
CONTAINING THE REVISED ,TATUTES OF 1852
4 with the amendments thereto, and the subsequen
legislation, with notes and references jUdicialdecisions.
EDITED BY
GAVIN n OSCAR Old.
Volume l Published by
BINGHAM a. DOUGHTY,
ISDLANAPoLs-
Judge David Mcdonald, one of the most
eminent lawyers Of the State, volunteered the following

eminent lawyers of the State, volunteered the following
recommendation of the work:
STATUTES or INDIANA. BY GAVIN q HoRD.-Some months
ago, the above named gentlemen issued proposals for pub
fishing, in two volumes octave of some 500 pages each, al
the statutes Of the State passed since 1851, with annOta-
lions. The first volume Of the work as now published and
the manner Of its execution, both mechanically and edito-
rally, deserves the thanks of the profession.
The imperfect manner of publishing our statutes under
State authority, has always been a source Of great incOn-
venence to the Indiana Lawyer The revision Of ls52, a.
well as the statutes passed since that year, might almost
sswell have been published without any index. Up &c
thistime the lawyer has constantly been under the neces-
sity Of turning over, leaf by leaf. the volumes o our
statutes to find any particular enactment. And every one
knOwshow annoying and provoking this is. especially in
the hurry of business as in our Courts. Happily for the
profession, the publication under consideration promiseSa
better state Of things la the future. The first volume o
Messrs. Gavin a Hordis work contains an excellent and
copious index, which to every practicing lawyer in the
tate is itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
llliis pages are suppliedwith valuable marginal indices,
othat a glance at the margin is sufficient TO apprise the
eader of the contents of the page
Another matter of great Importance to the lawyer in
this volume lisa good collection Of the subjects of all leg
islation since 1851. Heretofore, the lawyer in examining
our legislation on any given subject had first TO find what
was relevant to Il in the Revision Of 1852, and then to turn
over the pages OF the volumes OF subsequent Statutes, 20
see how far recentlegislation may have repealed OF mod
fed the provisions contained in that Revision. and even
the legislation on the subject of his inquiry. MesSrs. Ca
win and Hord have relieved US Of all this trouble and
doubt. They have collected together in consecutive pages
oil lit EtALulGC LnI1N UAALL AAOAn tA NI EaIl TUX
Thus, on pages 1873 to 377 Of their first volume they have
collected all our legislation, now in force, on the subject o.
husband and wife, including the act Of 1852 and three acts
of 1857 And they have followed the same mode o CO.
ocatiOn, in appropriate consecutive pages, in regard TO all
other topics Of legislation.
A still more valuable feature are the copiOus and accu-
rate notes contained al ia the volume in question. This vol
ume includes the Constitution Of the United States, the
Constitution Of Indiana, and several important acts OF Vir-
ginia and statutes of Congress, and a large portion o our
own statutes now in force The numerous decisions o the
Courts ON the various provisions containedin these COnstis
tutions and statutes are found at the bottom Of the appro-
pirate pages. in the form Of neat, brief and accurate note
and references. Messrs. Gavin a HOrd seem to have per-
formed this part of their work exceedingly well. II must
have cost them much care and labor. By It they have
greatly lessened the labor of the practising&awyer, and
have well merited his grateful approval
In every respect the volume under review ishighly red
liable TO the diligence, accuracy, talents and the taste o
its editors. as well as TO the mechanical skill and neainess
of it's publishers, and "a must raise the just expectation OF
the profession, as TO the value Of the second volume, which
we understand will be forthcoming in a few months, and
which will contain the code Of pleading and practice oil
Without any concert with the editors or publishers OF the
volume in question, the writer Of this article has been in
duced to compose and publish this little review Of the book,
solely because he believes the editors and publishers de-
serve high commentator for their performance. he,
therefore, deems il but just TO them, without being sohc-
tied to ii by any one, to publish this notice Of the book,
over his own proper name DAVID MCDONALD
indianapolis, November i, 1860.
The first volume is now ready and being delivered TO
ubscribers.
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