Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-27
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN a. HORD'S REVISION.

The volume of Messrs Gavin Hord's compila-
ton 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 highest praise.
None but learned dgent lawyers could have produced
such a work
The second volume embraces all the public statutes of
Indiana in force upon the subjects which it relates,
and the first all excepting the Of the last regular and
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 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 large and they also
print, in the form Of the pages containing
this statute, ali the amendatory which have
been passed up this time And they have done of
oil the other contained in the revision of 1852
The editors have added much the value of these vol
umes-especialy the LASTLY the copious and learned
notes with which the volumes abound These nd-
much labor and legal They furnish us
concise and FORM with all the adudicatons of
our Supreme Court on these statutes. These atudica-
tons being very numerous the references to them
in the volumes under consideration will be of great value
the lawyer and indeed all persons concerned in the
administration OF justice The editors have also referred,
I'm their notes, decisions in other States
made statutes similar to
An excellence Of these volumes, be overlooked
the full and index appended TO each. In Ind
ana there has been good index any volumes of
published by authority This provoking defect
has been completely remeded in the volumes
view; aud these indexes will greatly tighten the labor of
all who have occasion to look into our statutes.
This is the first time private enterprize at
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tempt. do doubt will be successful and will
duly the learned editors and enerprizng psbsh
ers Every lawyer will Of course purchase these Volumes
and every clerk sheriff. and justice of the peace of the
State, will find il TO his advantage to own them.
DAVID M'DONALD.
Indianapolis June s, ls62
The foregoing notice by Judge MCDONALD Of GAVIN 4
HoRp's Compilation of the Statutes of Indiana de-
signed puff of the work. but is unsolicited COM
mendation OF the ability, accuracy, and completeness
with which these volumes have been prepared.
The second volume, which has just been issued from
the press being delivered to subscribers rapidly
possible This edition the will be found
cessy every lawyer justices of the peace and county
officers in the State The publication of the work is
private erprze and the publishers only hope for re-
muneraton is sale those for whose convenience
it was prepared The two volumes contain about 1000
pages of natter nearly double the quantity embraced
the revision Of ls52
The price Of the work is ~ so per volume, OF 80 90 for
the volumes Orders addressed the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention. J. J. BINGHAM,
June 7th ls62 Indianapolis Ind.