Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-01


Judge David Mcdonald, one of the most
eminent lawyers of the State volunteered the foowns
recommendation of the work.
STATUTES ISpiANA, BY GAVIN HoRD.-Some months
ago. above named gentlemen issued proposals for pub
fishing IN volumes of some 500 pages EACH al
the of the State passed since lS5l with annota
tions The first volume Of the work published and
the manner Of execution both mechanically and edito
rally, deserves the thanks of the profession.
The imperfect Of publishing statutes under
State authority has always been source oil great ncon-
venence the Indiana Lawyer The revision of 1852,
well the passed since that year. might almost
aswell have been published without any index. Up &c
thisme the lawyer has constantly been under the
sity of turning over, leaf by leaf. the volumes
statutes TO hrv any particular enactment And every
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
Messrs Gavin 4 Hors work contains excellent and
copous index which 10 every practicing lawyer In the
state itself worth the money which the volume costs.
The volume under review contains another excellence
Aits payes are supplied with valuable marginal indices
that glance at the margin is sufficient 10 apprise the
eader of the contents Of the page.
Another matter Of great importance 20 the lawyer Ia
this volume is good collection of the subjects Of all leg
islaon since 1851 Heretofore, the lawyer in examining
our legislation any given subject had first find
was relevant 20 the Revision Of ls52 and then
over the pages the volumes subsequent
see how far recent legislation may have repealed or
fed the provisions contained in that Revision and even
then he would often feel doubt whether he had found all
the legislation the subject of his inquiry Mesrs. Ca
doubt They have collected together in consecutive pages
all the statutes made since ls5l the subject.
Thus pages 373 10 3T7 Of their first volume they have
collected all legislation in force, the subject
husband and wife, including the act of 1852 and three acts
of 1857 And they have followed the mode o CO.
ocaon in appropriate consecutive pages regard TO all
other topics Of legislation.
still more valuable feature the copous accu-
contained in the volume in question This
ume includes the Constitution Of the United States the
Constitution Of Indiana and several important Nir
gnia and statutes Of Congress- and large portion our
own statutes force The numerous decisions the
Courts various provisions conainedn these Cons
tuons found at the bottom Of the appro
pirate pages the form OF neat brief and
and references MeSsrs. Gavin HoT TO have per-
formed this part Of their work exceedingly we'll IL
have cost them mucNcare ard labor. BY il they
greatly essened the labor Of the practising lawyer and
have well merted his grateful approval.
In every respect the volume under review shighy red
table the diligence accuracy, talents and the
its editors well to the mechanical skill and neatnes
of its publishers and IL must raise the just expectation OF
the profession 70 the value Of the second volume which
we understand will be forthcoming in few months and
which will contain the code Of pleading and practice
ls5s, with subsequent amendments and other statutes
Without any concert with the editors publishers the
volume question, the writer of this article has been m
6Cced compose publish review Of the book
solely because be believes the editors and publishers de-
serve high commentator for their performance He,
ited 70 by one 10 publish this notice Of The boos,
over his own proper name DAVID MCDONALD.
indianapolis. November 1, 1880.
The FIRST volume Is ready and being delivered 70
ubScTibeTS.
PRICE ST 80.
tits for sale BY BINGHAM 4 DOUGHTY,
indianapolis.