Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-24
BINGHAM q DOUGHTY,
Judge David Mcdonald, one of the m


eminent lawyers State volunteered the foIlown
recommendation Of the work:
Statutes or INDIANA, BY GAVIN & HoRp-Some months
ago the above named gentlemen issued proposals for pub
fishing volumes octave Of some 500 pages each al
the of the State passed since 1851 with annota
tons The first volume Of the work published. and
the Of its execution, both mechanically and edito
rally, deserves the thanks Of the profession.
The imperfect Of publishing under
STATE has always been source of great ncon-
venienCe the Indiana Lawyer The revision Of 1882 a.
well the statutes passed since that year, might almost
sswell have been published without any index Up &c
thistme the lawyer has constantly been under the
sity of turning over leaf by leaf. the volumes our
find any particular enactment. And every
know how annoying provoking this is especially in
The hurry Of business as In our Courts Happily for the
profession the publication under consideration promises
better Of things in the future. The first volume
neSSrs. Gavin Hords work contains excellent and
copioUS index which 10 every practcng lawyer in thu
tate i itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
Wits pages supplied with valuable marginal ndceS
that glance at the margin is sufficient apprSe the
eader of the contents Of the page.
Another matter Of great Importance 10 the lawyer in
this volume is good collection Of the subjects Of all leg
islacn since ISL. Heretofore, the lawyer examining
our legislation any gwen subject find
relevant IN the Revision Of 1884, and then
the pages Of the volumes Of subsequent Statutes
how far recent legislation have repealed mod
lied tie provisions contained in that Revision and even
then he would often feel doubt whether he had found all
the legislation the subject Of his inquiry. Messrs
vim and tord have relieved rs OF all this trouble AMI
doubt They have collected together in pages
all the statutes made since lS5l. the subject.
Thus $40 70 81 OF their first volume they have
collected all legislation, in force, the subject
husband and Wife including the Of 1859 and three act
Of 1857 And they have followed the mode CO.
ocaon appropriate consecutive pages regard to al
other topics Of legislation.
still more valuable feature the cOpous and accu
rate notes contained the volume question This VOL
ume includes Constitution Of the United States
Constitution ~ Indiana, and several important acts Of Vir
gnia AMI statutes II Congress- and large portion
force. The numerous decisions the
Courts the various provisions conianedn these Consists
tutons and statutes are found the bottom Of appro
pirate pages ia the form II neat brief and accurate
and references MeSsrs Gavin Hord have per
formed this part Of their work exceedingly we'll Il
have them much and labor. By 10 they have
greatly leseneG the labor q the practising lawyer and
have veil merited his grateful approval.
every respect the volume under review shighly red
liable the diligence accuracy talents and the
editors. well the mechanical skill ansReatneS
q It. publishers, aid - must rae the just expectation
the profession tbe value Of the second volume which
W. undersa and will be forthcoming in few months and
will the code Of pleading and practice
lS52. with subsequent amendments aud other statutes
without any with the editors publishers OF the
volume question the writer Of this article
daced compose and publish this little review of the book
solely because be believes the editors and publishers de-
serve high commentator for their performance. He,
therefore bat just them, without being sole
tied 10 il by any one, % publish tins noe q he boo
over his own proper name. DAVID MCDONALD.
The hrst volume i ready and being delivered TO
uhScriberS
PRICE - 80.
Itis forsale ~ BINGHAM a DOUGHTY.
indianapolis.