Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-22
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN a. BORD'S REVISION.

The second volume of Messrs. Gavin Hord's compila-
ton Of Indiana Statutes has just ppeared This volume
completes their work Its meo.apical ss-cnsion is
creditabe; and the Skill learning, and labor which the
editors have bestowed it, merit the highest praise
None but learned dlgent lawyers could have produced
such a work.
The second volume embraces public statutes
Indiana in force upon the subjects which relates
and the first all excepting the of the last regular and
extra sessions of the Legislature. 1t is great excel
ence of the compilation that all existing 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 act of 1882. organizing Courts of Common
Peasthe editors publish the large and they also
print in the form of the pages containing
this statute, all the amendaory to it which have
been passed up to this time And they have done of
all the other contained in the revision of 1s52
The editors have added much the value of these vol
umes-eSpecially the lastby the copious and learned
notes with which the volumes abound. These nd
cate much labor and legal acumen They furnish US, in
concise and accurate form, with all the adudications of
Supreme Court these statutes. These adiudca-
tons being very numerous, the references them
In 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 reerre
IN their notes. TO decisions in other States
made statutes similar tc
An excellence of these volumes, be overlooked
is the full and index appended TO each In Ind
there has been good index TO any volumes
statutes published by authority. This provoking defect
has been completely remeded in the volumes under
view aud these indexes will greatly tighten the labor of
ell who have occasion to look into statutes.
This is the first time that private enterprize has at
tempted the publication Of Indiana statutes. The
tempt, / do doubt, will be successful, and will
duly reward the learned editors and enerprizng publish
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 M'D0NALD.
Indianapolis. June ;, 1861
The foregoing notice by Judge MCDONALD, Of GAVIN 4
Compilation Of the Statutes of Indiana
signed puff of the work. but is an unsolicited CON-
mendaton 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 subscribers rapidly
possible. This edition Of the will be found
sesiy every lawyer justices Of the peace and county
officers the State. The publication Of the work is
prvisle enterpze and the publishers only hope for
uneraticn Is sale those for whose convenience
IL was prepared The two volumes contain about 1900
pages Of nearly double the quantity embraced
the revision Of 1852.
The price OF - per volume. - 90 for
the two volumes Orders addressed TO the subscriber vii
receive promp, attention. ]. J. BINGHAM,
June 7th Is62. Indianapolis, Ind