Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-22
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN & HORD'S REVISION.

The second volume of MeSsrs Gavin Hords compila-
ton Of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their work mech hanical execution
credable; and the skill learning and labor which the
editors have bestowed it, merit the highest praise
learned, dgent lawyers could have produced
such work.
The second volume embraces all the public of
Indiana force upon the subjects which it relates
and the first all excepting the Of the last regular and
sessions Of the Legislature. II is great excel
lence of the compilation that all existing each
subject collected together in the place in these
volumes; that tie reader glance all the
legislation in force any given subject Take, for
ample, the of 1852, organizing Courts of Common
Peasthe editors publish the act at large and they also
print, in the form Of notes the pages containing
this statute, all the amendatory which
been passed up this time And so they have done
all the other acts contained In the revision of ls52
The editors have added much to the value of these VOL
umes-especially the as-by the copious and learned
with which the volumes abound These notes nd-
cate much labor and legal They furnish us in
concise and FORM with all the adudications
Supreme Court these statutes. These adudica-
tons being very numerous, the references to them
In the volumes under consideration will be Of great value
20 the lawyer and indeed all persons concerned in the
administration Of justice The editors have also REFERRED
their notes, to decisions in other States,
made statutes similar TO
An excellence OF these volumes not to be overlooked
Is the full and accurate index appended to each In nd
ana, there has been good index any volumes
published by authority. This provoking defect
bas been completely remeded in the volumes under
view aud these indexes will greatly tighten the labor of
all who have occasion to look into our statutes
This is the first time that private enterprire has
tempted the publication Of Indiana The
tempt, | do not doubt, will be successful and will
duly reward the learned editors and enterprzng publish
Every lawyer WILL of course purchase these Volumes
and every clerk, sheriff. and justice of the peace of the
State. will find it to his advantage to own them.
DAVID M'D0NALD.
Indianapolis, June 5. 1862
The foregoing notice by Judge MCDONALD, Of GAVIN &
HoRD Compilation of the Statutes of Indiana de-
signed puff Of the work, but unsolicited
lnendaton Of the ability, accuracy, and completeness
with which these volumes have been prepared.
The second volume which has just been issued from
the press being delivered subscribers rapidly
possible. This edition of the statutes will be found
esy every lawyer justices of the peace. and county
officers in the State. The publication of the work
private enerprze and the publishers only hope
muneraon in its sale those for whose convenience
it was prepared The two volumes contain about 1000
pages Of matter, nearly double the quantity embraced
the revision Of lS52.
The price of the work 81 per volume 50 for
the two volumes Orders addressed TO the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention. J. J. BINGHAM.
June Tth, ls62. indianapolis, Ind