Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-24
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN a HoRD's REVISION.

The second volume Of Messrs. Gavin 4 HOrd's eOmpils-
ton Of Indiana Statutes has just appeared. This volume
completes their work. Its mechanical execution i VERY
ereditable; and the skill. learning. and labor which the
editors have bestowed on Il, merit the highest praise.
None but learned, diligens lawyers could have produced
such a work.
The second volume embraces all the public statutes Of
Indians now IN force uponthe subjects 10 which II relates.
and the FIRST all excepting the sets Of the last regular and
extra sessions Of the Legislature. II is a great excel
lenee Of the compilation that all existing statutes on esch
subject are collected together in the same place IN these
volumes; so that the reader can sec ct a glance ell the
legislation in force On any given subject. Take, for ex-
ample, the act Of 1854. organizing Courts Of Common
Pieas-the editors publisL the act AT large. and they also
print, in the form Of notes on the same pages containing
this statute, all the acts amendatory TO IL which have
been passed up to this time. And so they have done Of
all the O,her acts contained IN the revision Of lisa.
The editors have added much 90 the value Of these vol
umes-especially the LASTLY the copious and learned
notes with which the volumes abound. These notes indi-
cate much labor and legal scumen. They furnish Us. in a
concise and accurate form. with all the adIudicauOns Of
our Supremetcourt ON these statutes. These ~atjudica-
tiOns being now very numerous, the references TO them
in the volumes under consideration. WILDE OF great value
to the lawyer. and indeed 10 all persons concerned in the
administration Of Justice. The editors have also referrei,
in their notes, 10 numerous decisions In other States,
made on statutes similar to ours.
An excellence Of these volumes, not 10 be overlooked,
is the full ard accurate index appended to each. In Indi-
ana, there never has been a good INDEX 70 any volumes OF
statutes published by authority. This provoking defect
has been completely remedied in the volumes under re-
view; and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor Of
all who have occasion TO look into our statutes.
This is the first time that private enterprise 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 enterpri1ing psblish-
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 MCDONALD.
Indianapolis, June 5, ls62
The foregoing notice by Judge MoDoSALD, Of GAVIN 4
HoRD's Compilation Of the Statutes of Indians, is not de-
signed as a puff Of the work, but is an unsolicited com
mendation Of the ability, accuracy. and completeness
with which these volumes have been prepared.
The second volume. which has just been issued from
the press, is being delivered to subscribers a. rapidly as
possible. This edition of the statutes will be found a ne
cessity to every lawyer, Justices Of the peace. and county
officers in the State. The publication Of the work IS a
private enterprise, aud the publishers only hope for re-
Enumeration is in its sale to those for whose convenience
il was prepared. The two volumes contain about 1900
pages Of matter, nearly double the quantity embraced in
the revision of 1852.
The price Of the work is 81 50 per volume. or 90 90 for
the two volumes. Orders addressed to the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention. j. J. BINGHAM,
June eth, ls62. indianapolis, Ind.