Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-09
CircuIste the Documents.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN a. Il ~ REVISION.

The second volume Of MessrS. Gavin X Hord'S cOmpila-
ton Of Indiana Statutes has just appeared. This volume
completes their work. Its mechanical execution is very
ereditable; and the skill, learning, and labor which the
editors have bestowed on it, merit the highest praise.
None but learned, diligent lawyers could have produced
such a work.
The second volume embraces all the public statutes Of
Indiana now in force upon the subjects to which it relates,
and the first all excepting the acts of the last regular and
extra sessions Of the Legislature. 1t is a great excel
lence Of the compilation that all existing statutes on each
subject are collected together in the same place in these
volumes; so that tie reader can see at a glance all the
legislation in force On any given subject. Take, for ex-
ample, the act of 1852, organizing Courts Of Common
Pleas-the editors publish the act at large, and they also
print, in the form Of notes on the same pages containing
this statute, all the acts amendatOry to it which have
been passed up to this time. And so they have done of
all the other acts contained in the revision Of 1852.
The editors have added much to the value Of these vol
unexpectedly the LASTLY the copiOus and learned
notes with which the volumes abound. These notes indi-
cate much labor and legal acumen. They furnish us, in a
concise and accurate form, with all the adiudicatiOns of
our S~upremefCOurt on these statutes. These a~djudica-
tons being now very numerous, the references to them
in the volumes under consideration, will be of great value
to the lawyer, and indeed TO all persons concerned in the
administration Of justice. The editors have also referred,
in their notes, to numerous decisions in other States,
made on statutes similar to ours.
An excellence Of these volumes, not to be overlooked,
is the full and accurate index appended to each. In Indi-
ana, there never has been a good index to any volumes of
statutes published by authority. This provoking defect
has been completely remedied in the volumes under re-
view; and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor of
all who have occasion to look into our statutes.
This is the first time that private enterprise has at
femnfad the nuIEcaffou Of Indiana gfatutpS- The At
tempt, | do not doubt, will be successful, and will
duly reward the learned editors and enterprizng pablsh-
ers. Every lawyer will, of course, purchase these volumes;
and every clerk, sheriff, and justice of the peace of the
State, will find it to his advantage to own them.
DAVID
Indianapolis, June 5, 1861.
The foregoing notice by Judge MCDONALD, Of GAVIN &
HOED's Compilation of the Statutes of Indiana, is not de-
signed as a puff Of the work, but is an 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. is being delivered to subscribers as rapidly as
possible. This edition Of the statutes will be found a ne
cessity to every lawyer, justices of the peace, and county
officers in the state. The publication of the work is a
private enterprise, and the publishers only hope for re-
muneration is in its sale to those for whose convenience
il was prepared. The two volumes contain about 1900
pages of matter, nearly double the quantity embraced in
the revision Of 1852.
The price of the work is - so per volume. or 80 90 for
the two volumes. Orders addressed to the subscriber will
receive prompt attention. j. J. BINGHAM,
June 7th, 1852. indianapolis, Ind.