Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-15

eminent lawyers of the State following
recommendation Of the work.
Statutes OF INDIANA, BY GAVIN h HoRD.-Some months
ago, the above named gentlemen issued proposals for pub
shng in two volumes octave Of some 500 pages each, al
the statutes Of the passed since ISL with annoa-
The first volume of the work published and
the of its execution both mechanically and eo
rally deserves the thanks of the profession
The imperfect manner of publishing statutes under
State authority always been great incon-
venience the Indiana Lawyer The revision Of ls52
well a. the statutes passed since that year might almost
aSwcrl have been published without any index. Up
thistie the LAWYER has constantly been under the nece
sity of turning over leaf by leaf. the volumes our
fnd any particular enactment. And every
knows how annoying and provoking this is, especially in
The hurry Of business in Courts. Happily for the
profession, the publication under consideration promises
better Of things in the future. The first volume
nessrs Gavin Hort's work contains excellent and
cOpi0us index, which to every practcng lawyer In the
itself worth the money which the volume costs
The volume under review contains another excellence
Ans pages are supplied with valuable marginal indceS
sothat glance the margin sufficient apprise the
eader of the contents Of the page.
Another matter 81 great importance TO the lawyer in
this volume Is good collection of the subjects Of all leg
isaiion since lS5l Heretofore the lawyer examining
our legislation any gwen subject had first find what
relevant To II in the Revision OF ls52 and then
the pages Of the volumes Of subsequent Statutes
how far recentlegsation may have repealed mod
fed the provisions contained that Revision and
would often feel doubt whether he had found all
the legislation ON the subject of his inquiry AesSs Ca
vim and ord have relieved Of all this trouble and
doubt They have collected together pages
Thus, pages 3S TO 81 Of their first volume they have
collected all legislation in force, the subject
husband and wife, including the act Of S52 and three
Of ls5T. And they have followed the mode CO..
oCation in appropriate consecutive pages in regard to all
other topics Of legislation.
still valuable feature the copious
contained in the volume in question. This vol
ume includes the Constitution Of the United States ia.
Constitution Of Indiana and several important acts OF yir
gina and statutes Of Congress, and large portion our
own statutes now in force The numerous decisions the
Courts on the various provisions conianedn these Consis
and found the bottom Of the appro
pirate pages in the form II neat brief ana
and references Nessrs. Gavin Hord have per-
formed this part Of their work exceedingly we'll Ii must
have cost them much and labor BY IL they have
greatly esSencd the labor Of the practising lawyer and
have well merted his grateful approval
In respect the volume under review highly red
liable 10 the diligence, accuracy, talents and the
it, editors weiss the mechanical skill and
publishers and the just expectation OF
the profession. 10 the value " the second volume which
understand will be forthcoming a few months and
which will contain the code Of pleading and practice
ls52 with subsequent amendments and other
Without with the editors publishers the
volume in question. the writer Of this article has been
ducsd compose and publish this little q the
solely because he believes the editors and publishers de-
serve high commentator for their performance. He
therefore deems but Just them. without being soie
tied BY any 10 publish this notice Of the boo
his own proper name DAVID MCDONALD.
Indianapolis, November l. ls6o.
The first volume Is nov ready and being delivered o
uhScroers
PRICE - 90.
isforsale by BINGHAM DOUGHTY.
Indianapolis.