Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-11
Judge David Mcdonald, one of the m,

eminent lawyers the State volunteered the following
recommendation of the work:
STATUTES OF INDIANA, BY GAVIN & HoRp.-Some months
ago. above named gentlemen issued proposals pub
lshng in volumes Of some 500 pages each al
the of the State passed since lSl with annoa
the Of its execution, both mechanically and eo
rally, deserves the thanks of the profession
The imperfect of publishing under
State authority has always been source OF great ineon-
venience the Indiana Lawyer The revision 1852
well the statutes passed since that year. might almost
aswe have been published without any index. Up &c
thtme the lawyer has constantly been under the
sy of turning over leaf by leaf. the volumes our
statutes find any particular enactment. And every
how annoying and provoking this i. especially
the hurry OF business in Courts Happily for the
profession, the publication under consideration promises
better of things ia the future. The first volume
nessrs. Gavin a Ho7i's work contains excellent and
copious index, which every practcng lawyer in the
itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
Wits pages supplied with valuable marginal ndce
otha glance at the margin is sufficient apprise the
eadeT of the contents of the page.
Another matter of great importance 10 the lawyer in
this volume good collection of the subjects Of all leg
isation since 1851 Heretofore the lawyer in examining
legislation any given subject had first find what
relev 10 il in the Revision OF 1884, and then
the pages Of the volumes of subsequent Statutes
how far recentlegsation may have repealed mod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. Ga
and ord have relieved of all this trouble ami
doubt They have collected together in consecutive
all the statutes made since ISL the same subject
Thus 3T3 So Of their first volume they
collected all our legislation in force the subject
husband and wife including the of 1852 and three
of 1851. And they have followed the mode co.
ocation in appropriate consecutive pages regard 10
other topics cf legislation.
still valuable feature the conious and
contained in the volume in question. This
includes the Constitution Of the United States
Constitution q Indiana and several important Viz
GINA and Of Congress. and large portion
statutes in force The numerous decisions the
Courts the provisions contained in these Const
uiuns found the bottom Of the apprO
prate pages in the form Of neat brief and
and references Messrs. Gavin Hord have per-
have cost them much and labor. BY il they have
greatly eSsened the labor Of the practising lawyer and
have well meritcd his grateful approval
In respect the volume under review shighly red
table to the diligence, accuracy, talents and the taste
it, editors well the mechanical skill and
of its publishers aud must raise the just expectation
the profession the value Of the second volume which
understand will be forthcoming few months, and
which will contain the code of pleading and practice
ls52 with Subsequent amendments and other statutes
Without concert with the editors publishers OF the
volume in question the writer of this article has been in
uced compose and publish thlittle Of the book
solely because he believes the editors aud publishers de-
serve high coumendafon for their performance He,
therefore deems but just them. without being sole
tied il by any 20 publish this notice Of the book
his own proper name. DAVID MCDONALD.
indianapolis. November !. lS60.
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uhscribers
PRICE 81 so.
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