Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-15
LAW BOOKS.

LAW BOOKS.
NEW AND VALUABLE WORK
FOR LAWYERS. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
And al Connected Nth ne judicial Administration Of
the Government
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Of the state of Indiana,
CONTAINING THE REVISED ,TATUTEs OF 1852
~ with the amendments thereto and the subsequen
legislation with and references judicial decisions.
EDITED ny
JAMES GAVIN AND OSCAR ORD
Volume /, Published by
BINGHAM & DOUGHTY,
INDIANAPOLIS.
Judge David VIC Donald, one Of the most
eminent lawyers of the State. volunteered the foIlowr
recommendation Of the work:
STATUTES INDIANA, GAVIN HoRp.-some months
ago. the above named gentlemen issued proposals for pub
shng in two volumes octave OF some 500 pages EACH al
the statutes Of the State passed since 1851 with annOta
tons The first volume Of the work now published and
the Of its execution both mechanically and editO
rally, deserves the thanks Of the profession.
The imperfect manner OF publishing statutes under
State authority, has always been Of great ncon
well a. the statutes passed that year. might
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
find any particular enactment And every
knows how annoying and provoking this is especially in
the hurry business Courts Happily for the
profession the publication under consideration promises
better Of things in the future The first volume
nessrs. Gavin Hord's work contains excellent and
copous index which TO every praeticing lawyer i'm the
tate is itself worth the money which the volume
The volume under review contains another excellence
iits pages supplied with valuable marginal induces,
Othat glance at the margin Is sufficient apprise the
eader Of the contents Of the page.
Another matter Of great importance 10 the lawyer m
this volume is good collection of the subjects OF an leg
slaon since ISL. Heretofore, the lawyer in examining
legislation any given subject had first to find what
relevant TO IL in the Revision Of lS2 and then
the pages Of the volumes Of subsequent Statutes
see how far eceniegiSlaon may have repealed or mod
fed the provisions contained in that Revision. and
then he would often feel doubt whether he bad found all
the legislation the subject cf his inquiry Messrs
win and Hord have relieved Of all this trouble ami
doubt They have collected together pages
all the statutes made since 1851. the subject
Thus pages 373 377 of their first they have
collected all legislation, in force, the subject
husband and wife, including the Of 1852 and three
Of 1857 And they have followed the same mode CO.
ocaon appropriate consecutive pages in regard 10 all
other topics If Legislation.
still valuable feature the copous and accu-
contained in the volume ina question. This vol
includes the Constitution Of the United States, thu
Constitution Of Indiana and several important Viz
GINA of Congress- and large portion our
Courts the various provisions contanedn these Consists
tuons and found the bottom of the appro-
pirate in the form Of neat brief and
and references MeSSrs Gavin ford to have per-
formed this part Of their work exceedingly well Ii must
have them much and labor. BY it they have
greatly esSened the labor cf the practising lawyer and
have well merited his grateful approval.
In every respect the volume under review highly red
liable the diligence accuracy talents and the
it, editors. well the mechanical skill and
Of its publishers, and il raise the just expectation
the profession the value Of the second volume. which
understand will he forthcoming few months. and
which will contain the code of pleading and practice
ls52 with subsequent amendments and other statutes.
without with the editors publishers OF the
volume question: the writer Of this article has been in
duced 90 compose and publish this little review Of the book
solely because he believes the editors aud publishers de-
high commendation for their performance. He,
therefore. deems hut just TO them without being soc
tied it by any one. publish this notice of the book,
over his own proper name. DAVID MCDONALD
indianapolis. November l. 1860
The first volume is now ready and being delivered to
uh>crihers
PRICE 81 so.
IL is for sale by BINGHAM 4 DOUGHTY,
indianapolis.