Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-08
Judge David Mcdonald, one of the n,

Judge David VIC Donald, one of the most
eminent lawyers of the State, volunteered the foowns
recommendation of the work:
STATUTES INDIANA, GAVIN HoED.-some months
ago. the above named gentlemen issued proposals for pub
fishing in two volumes octave some pages each al
the of the State passed since 1851 with
tons The frs; volume Of the work published and
the Of its execution both mechanically and edto
rally, deserves the thanks OF the profession.
The imperfect manner of publishing statutes under
State authority, has always been of great
venence to the Indiana Lawyer The revision of lS52
well the statutes passed since that year, might almost
aswel have been published without any index. Up &c
thtme the lawyer has constantly been under the
sy of turning over, leaf by leaf. the volumes our
statutes find any particular enactment And every one
knows how annoying and provoking this is especially in
the hurry of business as i'm our Courts Happiv for the
profession the publication under consideration promises
better state of things In the future The first volume
Messrs. Gavin Hord's work contains excellent and
coous index which 10 every practieing lawyer in the
itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
iits pages supplied with valuable marginal ndices
othat glance at the margin i sufficient to aPprise the
eader of the contents Of the page.
Another matter of great importance 20 the lawyer in
this volume i good collection of the subjects of All le-
isation since 1851 Heretofore the lawyer in examining
legislation any given subject had first find what
relevant TO il in the Revision Of ls52 and then
the pages OF the volumes of subsequent Statutes
how far reeenlegslaton may have repealed mod
fed provisions contained in that Revision and
then he would often feel doubt whether he had found all
legislation the subject of his inquiry MeSSrs
win and Hord have relieved US Of all this trouble and
doubt They have collected together consecutive pages
all the made since ISL. the subject.
Thus 373 377 of their first volume they have
collected all legislation, in force. the subject
husband and Wife including the act Of 1852 and three act
Of 1851. And they have followed the mode CO.
ocation in appropriate consecutive pages regard all
other topics Of le yisiauon
A still more valuable feature the cOpous and accu-
rate notes contained in the volume in question This
ume includes the Constitution Of the United States tn,
Constitution # Indiana, and several important Viz
gina aud Of Congress- and large portion
Own statutes now IN force. The decisions the
the various provisions eontainedin these CoSs
tutons and found the bottom Of the appro
pirate pages in the form II neat brief and accurate note
and references Messrs Gavin Hord IN have per-
formed this part Of their work exceedingly we'll IL
have them much and labor. BY il they have
greatly lesseed the labor Of the practising lawyer and
have wei meritcd his grateful approval
In every respect the volume unferreyiew iShighy red
liable the diligence accuracy talents and the taste
Of it, publishers and 10 raise the just expectation OF
the profession the value II the second volume which
We understand will be forthcoming few months. and
which contain the code Of pleading and practice
lS52 With sbsequent amendments and other statutes
without any with the editors publishers OF the
question the writer q this article has been
duced compose and publish this little review u the book
solely because be believes the editors and publishers de-
serve high commentator for their performance lie,
therefore, deems but just TO them, without being sole
tied IL by any one 10 publish this notice Of the boo
over his owr proper name. DAVID McDONALD.
Indianapolis. November I, 1850.
The first volume ready and being delivered to
ubscribers.
PRICE al so.
Its for sale by BINGHAM DOUGHTY.
indianapolis.