Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-15
DEPARTURES.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN a. HORD'S REVISION.

The second volume of Messrs. Gavin Hord's cOmpila
tion of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their work Its mechanical execution is
credable; and the SKILL learning, and labor which the
editors have bestowed it, merit the highest praise.
but learned, dgent lawyers could have produced
such a work.
The second volume all the public of
Indiana force upon the subjects which it relates
and the first all excepting the of the last regular and
of the Legislature 1t a great excel
lence of the compilation that all existing statutes each
subject collected together the place in these
volumes; that the reader glance all the
legislation in force any given subject Take for
ample, the of 1852, organizing Courts of Common
Pleasthe editors publish the at large, and they also
print in the form of the pages containing
this statute all the amendatory which have
been passed up this time. And they have done of
all the other contained in the revision of 1852.
The editors added the value of these vol
umes-especialy the LASTLY the copious and learned
with which the volumes abound These notes ind-
cate much labor and legal They furnish US
concise and accurate form, with all the adudcaons of
Supreme Court these statutes. These adjudica-
tons being now very numerous the references them
in the volumes under consideration will be of great value
the lawyer and indeed TO all persons concerned in the
administration Of justice The editors have also reerrei
in their notes. decisions in other States
made on statutes similar to ours.
An excellence of these volumes, to overlooked
is the full and index appended to each In Ind
ana there has been good index any volumes of
published by authority. This provoking defect
has been completely remeded in the volumes under re-
view and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor
all who have occasion to look into our statutes.
This is the first time that private enterprize has at
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tempt, | do not doubt will be successful, and will
duly reward the learned editors and enterprizing psbsh
Every lawyer WILL course purchase Volumes
and every clerk, sheriff. and justice of the peace of the
State, will find it 10 his advantage to own them.
DAVID M'DONALD.
indianapolis, June 5, 1862
The foregoing notice by Judge McDoSALD of GAVIN &
oRDs Compilation of the Statutes of Indiana not de-
signed as puff of the work, but unsolicited
mendaon 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 rapidly
possible. This edition of the will be found
cesy every lawyer justices of the peace and county
officers in the State The publication of the work
private enterprise, and the publishers only hope for
muneration in its sale TO those for whose convenience
II 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 ~ per volume. 80 90 for
the two volumes Orders addressed the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention J. J. BINGHAM,
June 7th, 1862. indianapolis, Ind.