Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-05
Judge David Mcdonald, one of the mos


lawyers the State volunteered the followin
recommendation of the work
STATUES or INDIANA BY GAVIN 4 HoRp-Some months
ago. the above named gentlemen issued proposals for pub
lShing in volumes octave of some 800 pages EACH al
the of the State passed since ISL with
tons The first volume of the work published: and
the of its execution, both mechanically edo-
rally deserves the thanks Of the profession
The imperfect of publishing under
State authority has always been source Of great ncon
vcnience the Indiana Lawyer The revision Of ls2
well the passed since that year. might almost
aswell have been published without any index Up
hstime the lawyer has constantly been under the
sty Of turning oveT leaf by leaf. the volumes our
statutes TO find any particular enactment And every
know how annoying and provoking this is. especially i'm
The hurry of business in Courts. Happily for the
profession the publication under consideration promises
better of things in the future. The first volume
hcssrs Gavin 4 Hords work contains excellent and
CopiOus index, which every practeng lawyer in the
tate is itself worth the money which the volume costs.
The volume under review contains another excellence
Wits pages supplied with valuable marginal indces
that glance the margin is sufficient apprse the
eader cf the contents of the page.
Another matter % great Importance the lawyer
this volume is good collection Of the subjects of all leg
slation since lS5l Heretofore the lawyer in examining
legislation any given subject had first find what
relevant to in the Revision Of lS2 and then turn
the pages of the volumes of subsequent Statutes
how far recent Legislation have repealed mod
fled 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.
vin and Hord have relieved u Of all this trouble and
doubt They have collected together in consecutive pages
all the since ISL. the subject
Thus. pages J73 To 57 Of their first volume they
collected all legislation in force, the subject
husband and WIFE, including he Of s52 and three
of 1857 And they have followed the same mode CO.
ocaton in appropriate consecutive pages regard TO all
other topics Of legislation.
still valuable ;he copious accu-
contained in the volume question. This VOL
includes the Constitution Of the United States thu
Constitution II Indiana ard several important acts o Vir
Of Congress. and large portion
in force. The numerous decisions the
Courts on the various provisions contained In these ConSt
tutionS at appr-
pirate pages, in the form II brief and
aud references Mes>rs Gavin Hord seem 10 have per-
have them much and labor. BY IL they have
greatly eSened the labor Of the practising lawyer and
have well merited his grateful approval.
In respect the volume under review Shighly red
liable the dill ence. accuracy talents and the
Is editors. well 10 the mechanical skill and neaineS
Of its publisher ard raise the just expectation
the profession value Of the second volume which
understand will he forthcoming few months, and
which viii contain the code Of pleading and practice
lisa with Subsequent Amendments and other statutes
Without with the editors publishers OF the
volume IN question. the writer II this article has been in
duced compose and publish this little 81 the book
solely because he believes the editors and publishers de-
serve high commentator Tor their performance He,
therefore, deems Il but just them without being sOlic
tied BY any one, publish tins notice OF the boo
over his own proper name DAVID MeDONALD.
indianapolis. November !, lsd0.
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