Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-26
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INDIANAPOLIS
Judge David HrcDonaid, one of the most
eminent lawyers of the State volunteered the folown
recommendation of the work
STATUTES OF INDIANA, ny GAVIN Il HoRD.-Scme months
ago the named gentlemen issued proposals for pub
>hng in two volumes octave 9 some 500 pages each al
the Of the State passed since 1851 with annota
tions The first volume of the work pubished and
of it, execution both mechanically and edito
rally, deserves the thanks OF the profession.
The imperfect of publishing under
State authority has always been of great
venence 10 the Indiana Lawyer The revision of 1882
well a the statutes passed since that year might almost
a. well have been published without any index Up &C
thin time the lawyer has constantly been under the neces
sty OF turning over, leaf by leaf. the volumes our
find any particular enactment. And every
knows how annoying and provoking this j. especially in
the hurry Of business in Courts Happily for the
profession the publication under consideration promises
better things in the future. The first volume
nessrs. Gavin Hords work contains an excellent and
cOpous index which to every praetcng lawyer in the
i itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
iliis pages are supplied with valuable marginal indce>
sothat glance the margin is sufficient apprise the
eader Of the contents Of the page
Another matter of great importance to the awyern in
this volume good collection Of the subjects Of all leg
isIaon since ls5l. Heretofore the lawy in examining
our legislation any given subject had first find ~hal
wa relevant to in The Revision OF lS2 aud then TO
the OF the volumes Of subsequent Stautes to
legislation have repealed IN
hed the provisions contained in that Revision. and
then be would often feel doubt whether he had found all
tue legislation the subject Of hi- inquiry. Messrs
win and Iiord relieved Of all this
doubt They have collected together in consecutive pages
all the statutes made since 1851. the subject
Thus pages 373 77 of their first volume they have
collected an our legislation force on the subject o.
husband and wife, including the al 1852 and three acis
OF 1857. And they have followed the mode CO.
ocaon appropriate consecutive pages, regard TO
other topics of legislation.
still more valuable feature the coricus
contained ia the volume in question This
includes the Constitution Of the United States, Ia.
Constitution Of Indiana and several important acts yir-
gnia and Of Congress, and large portion
ia force. The decisions
Courts the various provisions contained 10 these C0ns,is
tuions and found the bottom the appro-
pirate pages the form of brief and
formed hi, part u their work exceedingly well II must
have cost them much and labor BY it they have
greatly ieened the labor Of the practising lawyer
have well merited his grateful approval.
In every respect the volume review Shighlv re-
liable the diligence accuracy talents and the
its editors well he mechanical skill and
OF its publisher ar ~ must raise the just expectation o.
We understand will be forthcoming months ard
which will contain the code Of pleading and practice
lS52. with Subsequent amendments and other
Without any with the editors publishers
volume question the writer Of this article has been IN.
compose and publish this little review Of the book
serve high coumerdation for their performance. He
therefore deems Il but just them without being solic
tied by any publish this notice of the boos.
over his own proper name. DAVID MCDONALD.
indianapolis. November !, 1860
The frsi volume Is ready and being delivered TO
ubscrlbers
PRICE 81 80.
1t Is for sale by BINGHAM DOUGHTY.
Indianapolis