Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-19
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN a. HORD'S REVISION.

The second volume of Messrs Gavin & Hord's compila-
ton Of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their work It's mechanical execution + yer
creditabe; and the Skill learning, and labor which the
editors bestowed it, merit the hights praise.
None but learned digent lawyers could have produced
such a work.
The second volume embraces all the public statutes of
Indiana in force upon the subjects which relates,
and the first excepting the the regular
sessions of the legislature 1t is great excel
ence of the compilation that all existing statutes each
subject collected together in the place in these
volumes; that II reader glance all the
legislation in force any given subject Take for
ample, the Of 1852, organizing Courts Of Common
Peas-the editors publish the large ard they also
print in the form Of the pages containing
this statute, all the acts smendatory to it which have
been passed up this time And they have done of
all the other contained in the revision of 1852.
The editors have added much TO the value Of these vol
umes-especialy the Iast-by the copous and learned
with which the volumes abound These indi-
cate much labor and legal acumen. They furnish US in
concise and accurate form, with all the adiudcaons Of
Supreme Court these statutes. These ajudica-
tions being very numerous the references them
In the volumes under consideration will be Of great value
to the lawyer and indeed all persons concerned in the
administration OF justice The editors have also referre
made statutes similar to
An excellence of these volumes, not be overlooked
is the full and index appended each Ind
there has been good index any volumes
statutes published by authority. This provoking defect
has been completely remeded in the volumes under
and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor Of
oil who have occasion to look into statutes
This the first time that private enterprize
tempted the publication of Indiana statutes. The at
tempt do not doubt will be successful, and will
duly reward the learned editors and enterprizing psbsh
ers Every lawyer will course purchase volumes
and every clerk sheriff. and justice of the peace of the
State. will find it to his advantage them.
DAVID M'DONALD.
Indianapolis June ), 1862
The foregoing notice by Judge McDosAID, of GAVIN 4
HoKDs Compilation Of the Statutes Of Indiana is not de-
signed puff of the work. but is an unsolicited
mendation the ability, accuracy, and completeness
with which these volumes have been prepared
The second volume, which has just been issued from
possible This edition of the statutes will be found
esy to every lawyer justices of the peace, and county
officers the The publication Of the work
prviale eueprze and the publishers only hope for re-
,uneration i, in its those for
1t was prepared The two volumes contain about 1900
pages Of matter nearly double the quantity embraced
the revision Of 1852.
The price OF the work - 80 per volume or 80 90 for
the two volumes addressed the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention. J. ]. BINGHAM
June eth. 1852. Indianapolis Ind