Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-04

Judge David Mcdonald, one of the most
eminent lawyers of the State volunteered the foowin
recommendation of the work:
STATUTES OF INDIANA, BY GAVIN 4 HoRD-Some months
ago. the above named gentlemen issued proposals for pub
fishing in of 500 pages each
the of the State passed since 1851 with
Ons 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 under
State authority has always been of great
venience to the Indiana Lawyer The revision of ls52
well as the passed that year. might
aswelI have been published without any index. Up
thistme the lawyer has constantly been under the
sity of turning over, leaf by leaf. the volumes
statutes 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 of things in the future. The first volume
hAssrs. Gavin Hords work contains an excellent and
copiouS index which to every praccing lawyer in the
is itself worth the money which the volume
The volume under review contains another excellence
Ats pages supplied with valuable marginal ndices
sothat glance at the margin Is sufficient apprise the
eader Of the contents Of the page
Another matter Of great importance 10 the lawyer
good collection of the subjects of all leg
slation since ISL Heretofore, the lawyer in examining
our legislation any given subject had first find wha
relevant in the Revision Of 1882 and then
the pages Of the volumes of subsequent Statutes
see how far recentegSlaon may have repealed or mod
fed the provisions contained in that Revision and even
then be would often feel doubt whether he had found all
the legislation the subject Of his inquiry MesSrs Ga
win and Hcrd have relieved Of all this trouble and
doubt They have collected together pages
all the statutes made since ISL. the subject.
Thus pages 313 10 81 Of their first volume they have
collected all legislation. in force the subject
husband and wife including the act Of ls52 and three
Of lS57 And they have followed the same mode o co.
ocaton appropriate consecutive pages regard to
other topics OF legislation.
still more valuable feature the copous aud accu.
rate notes contained In the volume in question This VOL
ume includes the Constitution Of the United States the
Constitution Of Indiana and several important
gnia and statutes of Congress- and large portion our
s1fe in he
Courts provisions contained in these Consts
and found at the bottom Of the appr0
pirate pages in the form Of neat brief and accurate
and references Messrs Gavin IIord to have per-
formed this part Of their work exceedingly well must
have cost them much and labor. BY it they have
greatly eSened the labor Of the practising lawyer and
have well merited his grateful approval
In every respect the volume under shighly red
table the diligence accuracy talents and the
its editors. well the mechanical skill and
OF IT, publishers and u must raise the just expectation
the profession, the value 81 the second volume which
understand will be forthcoming in few months, and
which viii contain the code Of pleading and practice
lS52 with subsequent amendments aud other statutes
Without any concert with the editors or publishers OF the
volume in question the writer Of this article been
duced 10 compose and publish stt review Of the book
solely because be believes the editors and publishers de-
serve high commendation for their performance He,
therefore, deems IL but just them, without being Sclic
tied BY any one publish this notice Of the book
his own proper name DAVID MCDONALD
Indianapolis, November !, 1s60.
The first volume is ready and being delivered to
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PRICE - so.
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