Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-21
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN & EsorsD'S REVISION.

The second volume of Messrs. Gavin Hord's compa-
of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their work Its mechanical execution is
credtable and the skill learning and labor which the
editors have bestowed it, merit the high st praise
None dgent lawyers could have produced
such work.
The second all the public statutes of
Indiana now in force upon the subjects which IL relates
and the first all excepting the acts of the last regular and
sessions of the Legislature II is great excel
lence 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 act Of 1852, organizing Courts Of Common
Pleas-the editors publish the act large and they also
print in the form of notes the pages containing
this statute all the acts mendatory to IL which have
been passed up to this time. And they have done Of
all the other the revision of 1852.
The editors have added much the value Of these VOL
umes-especally the last-by the copious and learned
with which the volumes abound. These notes ind
much labor and legal They furnish Us, in
concise and form, with all the adudications Of
Supreme Court these statutes. These adjudca-
being very numerous, the references to them
In the consideration WILDE OF great value
10 the lawyer indeed all persons concerned in the
administration justice The editors have also referred,
N their notes, decisions in other States,
made statutes similar to
An excellence of these Volumes not to be overlooked
Is the full index appended to each. In lnd
ana there never has been good index TO any volumes
statutes published by authority. This provoking defect
has been completely remedied in the volumes under
view and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor Of
all who have occasion to look into statutes.
This is the first time that private enterprize ha, at
tempted the publication of Indiana statutes. The at
tempt do doubt, will be successful, and will
duly reward the learned editors aud enterprzng publish
ers Every lawyer WILL of course purchase these volumes;
and every clerk sheriff. justice of the peace of the
state, will find It TO his advantage to own them.
DAVID MDONALD.
Indianapolis, June 5, 1862
The oregong notice By Judge McDoSALD, OF GAVIN 4
loRps Compilation of the of Indiana l. not de-
signed as puff Of the work, but Is unsolicited CON-
inendston of the ability accuracy, completeness
with which these volumes have been prepared.
The second volume which just been issued from
the press being delivered to subscribers rapidly
possible This edition of the viii be found
cessy every lawyer justices Of the peace and county
officers in the State. The publication Of the work is a
private entepnze and the publishers only hope for
uneration is in its sale TO those for whose convenience
it was prepared The two volumes contain about 1900
pages Of matter, nearly double the quantity embraced
The revision Of 1s52.
The price Of the work - so per volume 80 90 for
the two volumes Orders addressed the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention. J. J. BINGHAM,
Jun. Tth, Ise2. indianapolis, Ind.