Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-03
Judge David rcDonald, one Of The mo

Judge EsaNtu NlCDOnalus one OF the most
eminent lawyers of the State, volunteered the foowins
recommendation Of the work:
STATUTES ISDIANA, GAVIN 4 HoRD.-Some months
ago, the above named gentlemen issued propoSasor pub
shng In two volumes octave OF some 500 pages EACH al
the Of the State passed since 1851 with
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 statutes under
State authority has always been source Of great incon
venience TO the Indiana Lawyer The revision Of 1882
well the statutes passed since that year. might almost
aSwell have been published without any index. Up tC
thstme the lawyer has constantly been under the neces
sity of turning over, eaf by leaf. the volumes
statutes 10 find any particular enactment And every
knows how annoying and provoking this is especially in
The hurry Of business In Courts. Happily for the
nrfessiou the publication under consideration promise
better Of things i'm the future. The first volume
Ecssrs. Gavin Hords work contains excellent and
copious index which every practcing lawyer the
is itself worth the money which the volume costs.
The volume under review contains another excellence
ts pages supplied with valuable marginal indices
that glance at the margin is sufficient apprise
eader Of the contents Of the page.
Another matter OF great importance TO the lawyer in
this volume is good collection Of the subjects of all leg
isiaon since ISL Heretofore, the lawyer examining
legislation any given subject had first find wha;
relevant to in the Revision Of 1852 and then
the pages Of the volumes Of subsequent Statutes
how far reccntlegslaon may have repealed mod
fed the provisions contained In that Revision and
then he would often feel doub; whether he had found all
the legislation the subject Of his inquiry MeSsrs Ga
win and Hord have relieved Of all this trouble ami
doubt They have collected together in consecutive pages
all the statutes made since 1851. the same subject
Thus pages 373 37 Of their first volume they have
collected all legislation, in force, the subject
husband and wife, including the act and three
Of 1857. And they have followed the mode CO.
ocaon in appropriate consecutive pages in regard all
other topics OF legislation
still more valuable feature are the copious and accu-
rate notes contained in the volume In question This vol
une includes the Constitution Of the United States
Constitution Of Indiana and several important
gnia and statutes OF Congress- and large portion
ia ON n
Courts the various provisions couanedin these Cons;s
tutons and found the bottom Of the
pirate pages IN the form 81 neat brief and accurate
and references MesSrs. Gavin Hord have per-
formed this part OF their work exceedingly well Ii must
have them much and labor. BY Il they have
greatly lesSened the labor Of the practising lawyer and
have well merited his grateful approval.
every respect the volume review highly red
liable the diligence, accuracy, talents and the
its editors, well the mechanical skill and
Of it, publishers and - raise the expectation
the profession the value OF the second volume which
understand will be forthcoming in few months and
which will contain the code Of pleading and practice
ls52 with subsequent amendments and other statutes
without any with the editors publishers the
volume in question: the writer Of this article has been
duced SpOse and publish this little review Of The book
solely because be believes the editors and publishers de-
serve high couimendaton for their performance. He,
therefore deems but just them without being soc-
tied by any publish this notice of the boo.
over his own proper name. DAVID AcDONALD.
indianapolis November 1, lS6O.
The first volume ready and being delivered 70
ubscrbers.
PRICE 81 80.
nisfors by BINGHAM & DOUGHTY,
Indianapolis.