Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-11

Judge David NC Donald, one of the rnost
eminent lawyers of the State volunteered the following
recommendation of the work:
STATUTES or INDIANA, BY GAVIN HoRD.-Some month,
ago. the above named gentlemen issued proposals for pub
fishing in two volumes of pages each al
the statutes Of the passed since 1851 with
tions The first volume Of the work published: and
the of its execution, both mechanically and edto
rally, deserves the thanks of the profession.
The imperfect of publishing statutes unde
State authority has always been of great incon
venence the Indiana Lawyer The revision of lS52,
well as the passed since that year. might almos
aswe have been published without any index. Up tC
the lawyer has constantly been under the
sty of turning over, leaf by leaf. the volumes
statutes to find any particular enactment every one
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 # things in the future. The first volume
Mcssrs. Gavin A Hord's work contains excellent and
itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
Anits pages supplied with valuable marginal indces
that glance at the margin is sufficient to apprse the
eader of the contents Of the page.
Another matter of great Importance to the lawyer in
this volume is good collection Of the subjects of all Leg
islaon since 1851 Heretofore, the lawyer in examining
our legislation any given subject had first to find what
Ii in the Revision Of 1882 and then
over the pages of the volumes of subsequent Statutes
how far recenlegislation may have repealed mod
fed the provisions contained in that Revision and
he would often feel doubt whether he had found
the legislation the subject OF his inquiry Messrs Ca
win and Hord have relieved of all this trouble and
doubt They have collected together in consecutive
all the statutes made since 1851 the subject.
Thus pages 373 81 Of their first volume they
collected all legislation, in force the subject
husband and wife, including the Of 1852 and three acts
of 1857. And they have followed the mode
ocaon in appropriate consecutive pages, in regard to al
other topics of legislation.
still more valuable feature the copious and
rate notes contained in the volume in question This vol
ume includes the Constitution of the United States the
Constitution Indiana and several important yir
gnia and statutes of Congress- and large portion
own statutes in force The decisions the
Courts the various provisions contained in these Const
tutons and statutes found the bottom of the appro
pirate pages the form Of neat brief and
and references Messrs. Gavin Hord to have per-
formed this part of their work exceedingly well IL
have cost them much and labor BY il they have
greatly lessened the labor of the practising lawyer
have well merited his grateful approval
every respect the volume under review highly red
liable the diligence, accuracy, talents and the taste
of its publishers and IL must raise the just expectation
the profession value Of the second volume which
understand will be forthcoming in few months, and
which will contain the code of pleading and practice
1852 with subsequent amendments and other statutes
without any with the editors publishers OF the
volume in question the writer of this article has been
duced compose and publish this little review of the book
solely be believes the editors and publishers de-
serve high commendation for their performance. He
therefore, deems it but just TO them, without being soc
tied to it by any to publish this notice OF the book
over his own proper name. DAVID McDONALD.
Indianapolis November !, 1860.
The first volume is ready and being delivered &c
ubscrbers.
PRICE 81 80.
tits for sale by BINGHAM & DOUGHTY,
indianapolis.