Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-15
LAW BOOKS.
NEW AND VALUABLE WORK
FOR LAWYERS. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
and al Connected ,cith tie judicial administration az
the Government


eminent lawyers Of the State, volunteered the oIlown
recommendation of the work:
Statutes OF INDIANA, BY GAVIN & HoRD.-Some month.
ago. the above named gentlemen issued proposals for pub
hng volumes octave of some 500 pages each, al
the statutes the passed since ISL with
tons. The first volume of the work nov published. ana
the manner execution, both mechanically and eo-
rally, deserves the thanks of the profession.
The imperfect Of publishing statutes under
State authority, has always been of great incOn
venence the Indiana Lawyer. The revision of 1852,
well a. the statutes passed since that year. night almost
o. well have been published without any index Up
thisme the lawyer has constantly been under the
SIT, of turning leaf by leaf the volumes our
find any particular enactment. And every
knows how annoying and provoking this is. especially in
the hurry Of business in Courts Happily for tn,
profession the publication under consideration promises
better state uf things in the future The first volume
Nessrs Gavin Horl's work contains all excellent and
copous index which to every prscticing lawyer i'm tn
tate is itself worth the money which the volume
The volume under review contains another exceence
Hits pages are supplied with valuable marginal indce>
80 that glance at the margin is sufficient spprse the
eader of the contents Of the page.
Another Of great importance 10 the lawyer in
this volume is good collection of the subjects of all leg
slaton since 1851. Heretofore, the lawyer in examniI-
our legislation any given subject had first find wha
relevant to in the Revision OF ls52 and then
over the pages of the volumes of subsequent Statutes
see how FAR cenlegislaon may have repealed
fled the provisions contained in thar Revision. and
then he would often feel doubt whether he had found all
the legislation the subject OF his inquiry Messrs Ca
win aud Hord have relieved Of all this trouble and
doubt They collected together in
all the statutes made since 1851. the subject.
Thus on pages 1913 81 Of their first volume they have
collected all legislation, in force subject
husband and wife, including he act of 1852 and three
OF 1857. And they have followed the mode CO.
ocaon appropriate consecutive pages, in regard to al
other topics Of Legislation.
still more valuable feature the copiouS and accl
rate notes contained in the volume in question This VOL
ume includes the Constitution of the United States
Constitution Indiana, and several important Viz
gnia and statutes Of Congress and large portion oui
own statutes in force The decisions the
the various provisions contained in these ConSt
tufions and found the bottom of the
pirate pages in of neat brief and accurate
and references Messr>. Gavin Hord have per.
formed this part Of their work exceedingly WELL Il
have cost them much and labor BY il they have
greatly le>Sene the labor Of the practising lawyer
have well merited his grateful approval
In every respect the volume under review is highly red
liable the diligence, accuracy, talents and the taste
it, editors well a. the mechanical skill and
publisher, ar IL raise the just expectation
the profession value Of the second volume which
we understand will be forthcoming in few MONTHS anc
which will contain the code Of pleading and practice
1852. with bSequen' amendments and other statutes
Without any with the editors or publishers Oh the
volume in question. the writer of this article has been in
compose publish this little review of the book
solely because he believes the editors and publishers de
high COMMUNICATION for their performance. He
therefore, deems but just them, without being sole
tied TO il by any publish this notice o the boo
over his own proper name. DAVID McDONALD.
indianapolis. November |. 1860.
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