Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-05
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN A uuOlsD'S REVISION.

The second volume Of Messrs avin Hords complla.
tion of Indiana statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their work Its mechanical execution is
creditahe and the skill learning aud labor which the
editors have bestowed n. merit the highest praise.
None hui learned, dligent lawyers could have produced
sJh a work.
The second volume embraces all the public statutes Of
Indiana In force upon the subjects to which u relates
aud the rst e excepting the acts Of the last regular and
extra sessions Of the Legislature Il IA great excel
lenee of the compilation ha, all existing statutes on each
subject are collected together IN the same place In hesi
voumes so that TIE reader can glance all the
legislation IN force any given subject Take for ex.
ample tho act Of issg organizing Courts Of Common
rleashe editors publish The at large, aud they also
print, la the form Of notes the pages containing
this statute all tho acts amendatory 10 u which have
been passed up this time, Aud they have done Of
all the other acts contained IN the revision Of isaa
The editors have added much 10 the value of these vol
umes=espeeialy the last-by the oopioua aud learned
notes with which the volumes abound, These notes nd.
cate much labor ad legal aeumen, They furnish "a,
concise and accurate fo With oil the adudiealions OF
supreme Court on these statutes. These aJndea-
uous being yefy numerous the references 10 them
~ the volumes under consideration Wilt Of great value
the lawyer aud indeed all persons concerned ia the
administration OF justice The editors have also referred,
~ their notes, % numerous decisions In other States,
made on statutes similar 10 ours,
An excellence Of these volumes not 10 be overlooked
h. the full and index appended each In Ind-
ana there never has been good index any volumes
published by authority This provoking defect
has been completely remedied In the volumes under re-
ew aud these indexes will greatly tighten the labor Of
ell who have occasion TO look into statutes
This is the first time that private enterprize has at
A.. III.
tempt, | do not doubt, will be successful, and will
duly reward the learned editors and enterprizing pabsh
ers Every lawyer WILL course purchase these volumes;
and every clerk sheriff. and justice Of the peace the
State, will find it to his advantage to own them.
DAVID M'DoNALD.
Indianapolis, June s. 1862
The foregoing notice by Judge McDoSALp, Of GAVIN
ionps Compilation Of the Statutes of Indiana is not
signed pua Of the work, but Is unsolicited com
mendoton the ability, accuracy aud completeness
with which these volumes have been prepared
The second volume, which has just been issued from
the press is being delivered subscribers rapidly as
possible This edition Of the statutes will be found
eesiy every lawyer justices Of the peace. and county
officers the State. The publication of the work is
prviae enterpze and the publishers only hope for
Enumeration is in is sale those for whose convenience
IL was prepared The two volumes contain about 1900
pages Of natter nearly double the quantity embraced
the revision Of 1852.
The price OF the 81 so per volume. 80 90 for
the volumes Orders addressed TO the subscriber vii
receive promp, attention. J. J. BINGHAM,
June 7th, 1862. Indianapolis, Ind.