Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-03
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN a HOIsD'S REVISION.

The second volume Of Messrs. Gavin Hord's compila-
of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
complete their work It's mechanical execution is
credit,be: and the skin, lrarnDy, and labor which the
eds have bestowed os it, merit the high st praise.
None learned diligent lawyers could have produced
such work
The second volume embraces all the public Of
Indiana upon the subjects which II relates,
and the first all excepting the Of the last regular and
sessions of the Legislature. It is great excel
ence of the compilation that all existing statutes each
subject collected together in the place in these
volumes; that tie reader at glance all the
legislation in force any given subject. Take, for
ample, the Of 1881 organizing Courts Of Common
Peasthe editors publish the at large, and they also
print, in the form Of the pages containing
this statute, all the amendatory to it which have
been passed up this time. And they have done of
sI the other acts contained in the revision Of lS52
The editors have added value Of these vol
umesespecially the last-by the copous and learned
notes with which the volumes abound These indi
much labor and legal They furnish us, in
concise and accurate FORM with all the adudcatons Of
our Supreme Court on these statutes. These audica-
being very numerous, the references 70 them
the volumes under consideration, will of great value
the lawyer and indeed all persons concerned in the
administration justice. The editors have also referred.
IN their notes 90 numerous decisions IN otler states,
made on statutes similar to
An excellence of these Volumes be overlooked
IS the full and index appended TO each. In Indi
ana there has been good index to any volumes
statutes published by authority This provoking defect
has been completely rcmedied in the volumes under
view and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor Of
all who have occasion to look into our statutes.
This is the first time that private enterprise has at
tempted the publication of Indiana statutes The at
tempt do not doubt, will be successful, and will
duly learned editors and enterpzing psblsh
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'DONALD.
indianapolis, June 5, 1852
The foregoing notice by Judge McDosAID, Of GAVIN
HoKD's Compilation of the Statutes of Indiana not de-
signed pun of the work. but is an unsolicited
mendaton 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 to subscribers rapidly
possible This edition Of the statutes will be found ne
cessy to every lawyer justices of the peace county
officers in the State The publication of the work is
prale enteprze and the publishers only hope for re-
muneraon Is in is sale to those for whose convenience
IL was prepared. The volumes contain about 1900
pages Of matter nearly double the quantity embraced
me revision Of 1852
price the work is ~ so per volume or 80 90 for
the volumes Orders addressed the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention. ]. J. BINGHAM.
June Tth, lss2 indianapolis, Ind.