Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-26
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN a HORD's REVISION.

The second volume Of Nessrs GAVIN 4 Hords eompsia
tson Of Indiana just appeared This volume
completes their work Its mechanical execution Is
creditabie and the sk learning, and labor which the
editors have BESTOWED Is, merit tic high praise
None but learned digeu lawyers could have produced
snch work.
The second volume embraces all the public statutes Of
Indiana now in force upon the subjects 70 which IL relates
and the excepting Of the last regular snc
extra sessions Of the Legislature. y great excel
lence compilation that all existing statutes on each
subject are collected together in the place in these
volumes 40 tina, te reader can see At glance all the
legislation in force any given subject Take, for ex-
ample. the act Of ls52 organizing Courts Of Common
PeA-tbe editors publish the large and they also
print in the form Of the page containing
this statute all the ameDdatory TO II which have
been passed up 70 this time And they have done Of
all the other acts contained IN the revision Of ls52.
The editors have added much the value Of these vol
umes-especiay the LASTLY the eopious and learned
with which the volumes abound. These notes indi
cate much labor legal They furnish rs in
concise form, with all the al INDICATIONS o.
our Supreme Court these statutes. These adjudca
tons being very numerous the references 70 then
I'm volumes under consideration WILDE OF great value
the lawyer and indeed al persons concerned in The
administration justice The editors have also referred
in their notes. decisions other States
made on statutes similar 10
An excellence Of these Volumes TO be overlooked
Is the full index appended each. In Indi
ana there never has been good index any volumes
statutes published by authority. This provoking defec
has been completely remedied in the volumes under re
view aud these indexes will greatly tighten the labor
all who have occasion TO look into statutes.
This is the first that private enterprize has at
tempted the publication Of Indiana statutes The at
tempt, do doubt, will be successful, and vii
duly reward the learned editors and entepzng publish
ers Every lawyer will OF purchase these volumes
and every clerk sheriff and justice Of the peace Of til
State, will find it to his advantage to own them.
DAVID M'DoNALD.
Indianapolis, June 5, 1862
The foregoing notice by Judge McDoSALp, Of GAVIN
uoKps Compilation the of Indiana, not d.
signed as puff OF the work. but is unsolicited com
mendation the ability, accuracy, and completeness
with which these volumes have been prepared.
The second volume, which has just been issued frOr
the press is being delivered subscribers rapidly
possible This edition the will be found
cessy to every lawyer justices of the peace and count
officers the State. The publication Of the work
private enterprise, and the publishers only hope
muneraton is in its sale those for whose convenenc
! twas prepared The volumes contain about 100
pages matter, nearly double the quantity embraced
the revision of 1852.
The price of the 81 so per volume. 80 90 70
the two volumes Orders addressed to the subscriber
receive prompt attention. j. BINGHAM,
June Tth, 1862. indianapolis Ind.