Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-12
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NEW AND VALUABLE WORK
FOR LAWYERS. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE,
And al Connected ,cin ne Judicial Administration OF
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TIE Government
III, M nc - n, N n, ~ N, nc -
or the state of Indiana,
f~tONTAlNING THE REVISED 'TATUTES OF 1852
4 with the amendments thereto md the subsequon
legislation, with and references judicial decisions.
EDITED
JAMES GAVIN AND OSCAR ORD
Volume l, Pubshedb by
BINGHAM a. DOUGHTY,
INDIAfAPOiis.
Judge David McDonaId, one Of the mo

Judge David Nc Donald, one Of the most
eminent lawyers Of the State, volunteered the foIown,
recommendation OF the work:
srArvrrs or INDIANA, ny GAVIN 4 noRp.-some months
ago. the above named gentlemen issued proposals. for pub
fishing volumes octave OF some 500 pages EACH al
the statutes OF the State passed since 1851 with annota
tions The first volume Of the work published aud
the OF It's execution both mechanically and edIto
rally, deserves the thanks OF the profession.
The imperfect manner Of publishing our statutes under
State authority has always been of great ncoa-
venence the Indiana Lawyer. The revision OF 1892
well a. the statutes passed since that year. might almost
aswe have been published without any Index. Up &c
thtmc the lawyer has constantly been under the neces
sty OF turning over. leaf by leaf the volumes
statutes find any particular enactment And every
knows how annoying and provoking this Is especially In
the hurry of business In Courts Happily for the
profession the publication under consideration promises
better state Of things In the future The first volume
Messrs. Gavin Hord's work contains an excellent and
state is itself worth the money which the volume
The volume under review contains another excellence
,its pages supplied with valuable marginal indices
that glance the margin Is sufficient apprise the
eader OF the contents Of the page.
Another matter OF great importance to the lawyer In
this volume good collection of the subjects all leg
isaton since 1851 Heretofore, The lawyer in examining
our legislation any given subject had first 10 find what
was relevant the Revision Of 1882 and turn
over the pages Of the volumes Of subsequent Statutes
see how far recenlegsation may have repealed mod
fed the provisions contained In that Revision. and
he would often feel doubt whether he had found all
the legislation the subject OF his inquiry. Messrs
win and Hord have relieved Of all this trouble and
doubt They collected togetherf
all the statutes made since 1851. the subject
Thus pages 373 to 377 Of their first volume they have
collected all our legislation In force on the subject
husband wife, including the Of 1852 three
of 1857. And they have followed the mode
ocaton In appropriate consecutive pages in regard 10 al
other topics Of legislation.
still more valuable feature the copious and
rate contained In the volume inqueson This VOL
ume includes the Constitution Of the United States tn.
Constitution Of Indiana, and several important vir-
gina and statutes Of Congress- and large portion our
own statutes In force The numerous decisions the
Courts the various provisions conanedn these Consts
tuon and found the bottom of the appro-
pirate pages the form Of neat brief and
and references Messrs Gavin Hord 10 have per-
formed this part Of their work exceedingly well II
have cost them much and labor By Il they have
greatly essened the labor Of the practising lawyer and
have well merted his grateful approval
In every respect the volume under review ishghy red
liable the diligence accuracy, talents and the taste
It's editors a. well as 10 the mechanical skill and heatncss
OF its publishers ard raise the just expectation
profession, value OF the second volume which
we understand will be forthcoming In few months and
which will contain the code Of pleading and practice
1s52 with subsequent amendments and other statutes.
without any with the editors publishers OF tho
volume question, the writer OF this article has been In.
duccd to compose and publish review Of the book
solely because he believes the editors and publishers de-
high commentator for their Performance. He,
therefore. deems Il but Just them, without being sole.
tied TO by any TO publish this notice Of The boot
over his own proper name DAVID McDoNALD.
indianapolis, November l, 1850.
The first volume II ready and being delivered 20
ubscribers.
PRICE ~ 80.
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