Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-18
LAW BOOKS.
NEW AND VALUABLE WORK
FOR LAWYERS. JUSTICES OF THE PEAcE
and al CONNECTED trih TIE Judicial Admisisfrafioa 81
tie Government.
TIa Ic - - - ~ IL &c -
OF the state OF udiana,
rONTATNING THE REVISED ,TkTCTES OF 1851
with the amendments thereto and the ~subsequen
legislation, with notes and references judicial decisions.
EDITED ny
JAMES GAVIN n OSCAR OIL.
Volume 1 Published by
BINGHAM r. DOUGHTY,
Judge David Mcdonald, one Of the most

eminent wyers Of the State. volunteered the following
recommendation Of the work:
STATUTES on IsDrAsA, ny GAvu a HoRp-some months
ago, the above named gentlemen issued proposals for pub
fishing. in two volumes octave Of some zoo pages each, al
the statutes Of the State passes since ISL, with annas-
tons The first volume q the work s now Published; ana
rally, deserves the thanks Of the profession.
The imperfect manner Of publishing our statutes under
State authority, has always been a source Of great incor8
venienoe to the Indiana Lawyer. The revision Of ls52, q
well as the statutes passed since that year, might almost
aswell have been published without any index Up TO
thistime the lawyer mas constantly been under the neces-
sity of turning over. leaf by deaf. the volumes o or
statutes to find any particular Enactment. And every one
knows how annoying and provoking this IA. especially IN
the hurry Of business as in our Courts Happily for the
profession, the publication under consideration promisesa
better state Of things in the future. The first volume o.
Eessrs. Gavin a Hord's work contains an excellent and
copious index, which TO every prscticing lawyer In the
State is itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
Alits pages are supplied with valuable marginal induces,
sothat a glance At the margin is sufficient 70 spprise the
eader Of the contents Of the page
Another matter Of great importance TO the lawyer In
this volume is a good collection OF the subjects Of all leg
our legislation on any given subject had first to find what
was relevant 20 IL In the Revision Of te52, and then 10 turn
over the pages Of the volumes Of subsequent Statutes, TO
see how far recentlegislsuon may have repealed OF md
fed the provisions contained in that Revision. and even
then be would often feel doubt whether he had found ell
the legislation on the subject Of his inquiry. Messrs. Ca
win and Hord have relieved rs Of all this troable and
doubt. They have collected together in consecutive pages
all the statutes made since 1851. on the same subject.
Thus, on pages $40 TO 81 Of their first volume they have
collected all our legislation, now In force, on the subject o.
husband and wife, including the act 0ls52 and three acts
of 1857. And they have followed the same mode o. CO.
ocation, In appropriate consecutive pages, In regard 10 all
other topics OF legislation
A still more valuable feature are the copious and sccu-
rate notes contained IN the volume IN question. This vol
ume includes the Constitution Of the United States. tks
Constitution Of Indiana, and several important acts OF yfr-
GINA and statutes Of Congress, and a large portion o our
own statutes now in force. The numerous decisions o the
Courts on the various provisions contained Ia these Constis
tutions and statutes are found az the bottom Of the appro-
pirate pages, IN the form Of neat, brief and accurate note
and references. Nessrs. Gavin A Hord seem 20 have per-
formed this part OF their work exceedingly well II must
have cost them much care and labor. BY Il they have
greatly lessened the labor of the practising lawyer, and
have well merited his grateful approval.
In every respect the volume under review slightly red
its editors, a. " ell a. to the mechanical skill and nextness
Of its publishers, ard ia must raise the Just expectation OF
the profession, ss to the value Of the second volume, which
we understand will be forthcoming In a few months. ana
which will contain the code Of pleading and practice o.
1852. with subsequent amendments and other statutes
Without any concert with the editors or publishers of the
volume I'm question. the writer of this article has been IN
duced 10 compose and publish his little review OF the book,
solely because be believes the editors and publishers de-
serve high commentator for their performance. He,
therefore, deems IL bat Just 20 them, without being solic-
tied TO IL by any one, to publish this notice Of the boob,
over his own proper name DAVID AcDONALD.
Indianapolis. November l, 1850.
The first volume Is now ready and being delivered TO
ubscrbers.
PRICE 81 81.
Ii is for sale by BINGHAM q DoUGHTT,
Indianapolis.