Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-09
LAW BOOKS.
BINGHAM a DOUGHTY,
INDIANAPOLIS.
Judge David Mcdonald, one of the mo.

Judge David VIC Donald, one of the most
eminent lawyers Of the State, volunteered the foowns
recommendation Of the work:
STATUTES or ISDrAxA BY GAVIN HoRD.-some months
ago the above named gentlemen issued prOpoalsfo pub
lshng volumes octave OF some 500 pages each al
the statutes Of the State passed since 1851 with
tions The first volume Of the work published and
the manner Of its execution both mechanically and edto-
rally, deserves the thanks OF the profession.
The imperfect manner Of publishing our statutes under
State authority, has always been Of great ncon-
venerce to Indiana Lawyer The revision OF ls52
well a. the statutes passed since that year. might almost
asweII have been published without any index. Up &c
thtme the lawyer has constantly been under the
sty Of turning over, leaf by leaf the volumes our
statutes find any particular enactment And every
knows how annoying and provoking this Is especially in
the hurry in Courts. Happily for the
profession the publication under consideration promises
better Of things in the future. The first volume
Hessrs. Gavin Hord's work contains excellent and
copous index, which TO every practcing lawyer in the
tate i itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
Ats pages supplied with valuable marginal ndiceS
that glance at the margin is sufficient to apprise the
eader Of the contents Of the page.
Another matter Of great importance to the lawyern
this volume is good collection Of the sub Of all leg
islaon since ISL Heretofore the lawyer in examining
our legislation on any given subject had hrs to lind what
relevant in the Revision Of s52, and then
over the pages Of the volumes Of subsequent Statutes
how far recentlegislaon may have repealed mod
fed the provisions contained in Revision and even
then he would often feel doubt whether he had found ali
the legislation the subject Of his inquiry Messrs Ga
doubt They have collected together consecutive pages
all the statutes made since 1851. the same subject.
Thus pages 3T3 20 77 Of their first volume they
collected all legislation, now In force. the subject
husband and wife, including the Of 1852 and three acts
of 1857. And they have followed the same mode CO.
ocaton appropriate consecutive pages in regard to all
other topics Of legislation
still valuable feature the copous and accu-
rate notes contained In the volume question. This vol
ume includes the Constitution Of the United States ht
Constitution Of Indiana and several important OF Vr
gina and statutes of Congress, and large portion
own statutes now I'm force The numerous decisions the
Courts on the various provisions contanedn these C0nss
tutons and found the bottom Of the appro
pirate pages n the form Of neat brief and
formed this part Of their work exceedingly well
have them much and labor. By II they have
greatly lessened the labor Of the practising lawyer and
have well merited his grateful approval.
every respect the volume under review shighy red
liable the diligence accuracy talents and the
it, editors well 10 the mechanical skill and
Of pubishers and 10 must raise the just expectation
the profession 10 the value Of the second volume, which
We understand will be forthcoming In few months and
which will contain the code Of pleading and practice
ls52. with subsequent amendments and other statutes
without any with the editors publishers OF the
volume question: the writer Of this article has been
duced compose and publish review Of the book
solely because he believes the editors and publishers de-
serve high commendation for their performance. He,
therefore, deems hut just them without being soc
tied to IL by publish this notice Of the book,
over his own proper name. DAVID MCDONALD.
indianapolis November |, $780,
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