Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-12
NEW AND VALUABLE WORK
FOR LAWYERS. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
A,sd all Connected ,ci the judicial Administration Of
tie Government.
OF the state of ndiana,
CONTAINING THE REVISED 'TATUTES OF 1852
Z ! with the amendments thereto and the subsequen
legislation, with notes and references judicial decisions
JAMES GAVIN AND OSCAR ORD.
Volume 1, Published by
BINGHAM & DOUGHTY,
INDIANAPOLIS.


Judge David Mcdonald, one of the most
eminent lawyers the State the followin
recommendation of the work.
Statutes OF INDIANA BY GAVIN Il HoRD.-Some months
the above named gentlemen issued proposasfor pub
lishing volumes of some 500 pages EACH al
the statutes Of the State passed since 1851 with annota
The irst volume of the work published: and
the Of its execution both mechanically and eto-
rally, deserves the thanks of the profession
The imperfect of publishing under
State has always source of great ncon-
venence the Indiana Lawyer The revision of 1857
well the passed since that year, might almost
aswelI have been published without any index. Up
thistme the lawyer has constantly been under the
sity Of turning over leaf by leaf. the volumes our
find amy particular enactment. And every
knows how annoying and provoking this is. especially in
he hurry of business in Courts. Happily for the
profession, the publication under consideration promises
better of things in the future. The first volume
Gessrs. Gavin x HOTds work contains excellent and
copious index, which to every praccng lawyer in the
tate is itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
iits pages supplied with valuable marginal ndces
'othat glance ii margin is sufficient spprSe the
eader Of the contents Of the page.
Another matter Of great Importance 10 the lawyern
this volume good collection of the subjects Of all leg
slation since 1851 Heretofore, the lawyer in examining
our legislation any given subject had first find what
relevant TO in the Revision OF 1854 and then TO
over the pages of the volumes Of subsequent Statutes
how far recentegslatiOn may have repealed mod
fled the provisions that Revision and even
then he would often feel doubt whether be had found all
the legislation the subject OF his inquiry Messs Ca
doubt They have collected together In consecutive pages
all the made since ISL. the subject.
Thus 373 81 of their first volume they have
collected all legislation, in force, the subject
husband and wife, including the act ol52 and three act
Of 1851 And they have followed the same mode CO.
ocaon in appropriate consecutive pages in regard to all
other topics Of legislation.
still more valuable feature the copous accu-
rate notes contained the volume in question. This
includes the Constitution Of the United States the
Constitution Of Indiana and several important Vir
nia and of Congress, and large portion
in force. The numerous decisions the
Courts the various provisions contained in these Consi
and found the bottom of the appro
pirate pages the OF neat brief
and references Messrs Gavin Hord seem 10 have per-
formed this part Of their work exceedingly we'll IL
have them much 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 review highly red
liable TO the diligence accuracy talents and the taste
its editors, well the mechanical skill and
Of its publisher ard IL raise the just expectation
the profession value Of the second volume which
understand viii be forthcoming in few months, and
which wil contain the code Of pleading and practice
lS52 with subsequent amendments and other statutes
without any with the editors publishers the
duced 10 compose and publish this little review Of the book
solely because he believes the eds0rs and publishers de-
serve high commendation for their performance he,
therefore, deems but just them without being sole
tied by any one. publish this notice Of The boo
over his own proper name DAVID AcDONALD-
indianapolis, November l, iss0.
Tie first volume Is ready ard being delivered to
ubscribers.
PRICE 81 30.
Its for sale by BINGHAM 4 DOUGHTY,
Indianapolis