Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-30
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN Il HORD'S REVISION.

The second volume of Messrs. ;avn Hord's compila
ton of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their work Its mechanical execution is yer
creditabe; and the skill, learning, and labor which the
editors have it, merit the highest praise
None learned dligent lawyers could have produced
such work.
The embraces all the public Of
Indiana in force uponthe subjects to which relates
and first all excepting the of the last regular and
sessions Of the Legislature. II is great excel
encc of the compilation that all existing statutes each
subject collected together in the place in these
volumes; that tie reader at glance all the
legislation in force any given subject Take, for
ample, the of 1852, organizing Courts of Common
Peasthe editors publish the large and they also
prnt in the form of the page containing
this statute all the acts amendatory TO IL which have
been passed up to this time And they have done of
all the other contained In the revision Of 1852
The editors have added much 10 the value of these VOL
umes-espeeialy the lastby the copious and learned
notes with which the volumes abound These ndi
much labor and legal They furnish us, in
concise and accurate FORM With all the adudicatons OF
Supreme Court these statutes. These adudica-
tons being very numerous, the references TO them
the volumes under consideration will be of great value
TO the lawyer and indeed all persons concerned in the
administration Of Justice The editors have also referred
made on statutes similar to ours.
An excellence Of these volumes. not to be overlooked
is the full and accurate index appended to each In ndi-
ana there has been good index any volumes
statutes published by authority This provoking defect
has completely remcdied in the volumes under
view; and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor of
ell who have occasion to look into statutes.
This is the first time that private enterprze has at
tempted the publication Of Indiana statutes The at.
tempt, | do not doubt, will be successful, and will
duly the learned editors and enterprzng pubsh
Every lawyer will Of course purchase these volumes;
and every clerk sheriff and justice Of the peace Of the
State. will find 1t TO his advantage 10 own them.
DAVID M'DoNALD
indianapolis, June 5, Is62
The foregoing notice by Judge McDosAIp, Of GAVIN
noRp's Compilation Of the Statutes Of Indiana not de-
signed puG Of the work. but is an unsolicited CON-
mendatiOn OF the ability, accuracy aud completeness
with which these volumes have been prepared.
The second volume, which has just been issued from
possible This edition Of the will be found
cessy every lawyer Justices Of the peace and county
officers in the State The publication of the work is
prvale enterprze and the publishers only hope for
muneraon Is In its sale 10 those for whose convenience
II was prepared The two volumes contain about 1900
pages of natter nearly double the quantity embraced
the revision Of 1882
The price Of the work a. so per volume 80 90 for
the two volumes Orders addressed to the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention. J. J. BINGHAM,
June 7th. 1885,. Indianapolis, Ind.