Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-04
DEPARTURES.
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN A. HOHD,S REVISION.

The second volume Of Messrs avin Iords compila-
ton Of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their work It's mechanical execution Is
credtahle; and the ss learning and labor which the
editors have bestowed t merit the high st praise
None but crgvnt ,a~, vgafs have Iroue-s
slch work.
The second volume embraces all the public statutes Of
i IN force upon the subjects TO which it relates,
and the first all excepting the the last regular and
extra sessions 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; so that tie reader can at glance all the
legislation in force any given subject Take, for
ample, the act of 1852. organizing Courts of Common
Pleas,he editors publish the large aud they also
print the form of the pages containing
this statute all the amendatory it which have
been passed up this time And they have done Of
all the other acts contained in the revision of 1852
The editors have added much the value Of these vol
umesespecially the LASTLY the copious and learned
with which the volumes abound These indi-
cnse much labor aud legal They furnish us,
concise and form, with all the adudicatons OF
Supreme Court these statutes These adludica-
being very numerous the references them
IN the volumes under consideration will be Of great value
the lawyer and indeed 10 all persons concerned in the
administration Of justice. The editors have also REFERRED
in their notes, decisions States,
made statutes similar to ours.
An excellence Of these Volumes not 20 be overlooked
the full and index appended each. In ndi-
ana there has been good ndexto any volumes OF
statutes published by authority. This provoking defect
has been completely remedied in the volumes under
,ew and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor OF
oil who have occasion TO look into statutes.
This is the first time that private enerprize has at
tempted the publication of Indiana statutes The
tempt. do doubt, will be successful. and will
duly reward the learned editors and enterprzng psbsh-
ers Every lawyer will course purchase volumes:
and every clerk sheriff. aud justice of the peace Of the
State. will find it TO his advantage to them
DAVID MDoNALD
indianapolis, June 5, 1852
The foregoing notice By Judge MCDONALD, Of GAVIN q
IoRDs Compilation Of the Of Indiana de-
signed puff Of the work, but is unsolicited
mendation 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 subscribers rapidly
possible. This edition Of the statutes will be found
oessy every lawyer justices of the peace. and county
officers in the State The publication of the work is
private enerprize the pubshers only hope for
muneratou it, to those for whose convenience
II was prepared The two volumes contain about 1900
pages Of natter nearly double the quantity embraced
The revision of ls52.
The price OF the work - so per volume 80 90 for
the volumes Orders addressed 10 the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention. J. J. BINGHAM.
June eth, ls62 indianapolis, Ind