Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-10
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIA Ma.
GAVIN A. ssOsD's REVISION.

The second volume Of Messfs Gavin Herds compils.
ton of Indiana STA has u., appeared This volume
completes their work ts mechanical execution yer
credtAbleI aud the ski learning and labes which the
editors have bestowed en H. merit The hl<ssel praise.
None bu, learned dgent lawyers could have produced
such awofk,
The second volume embraces all the public statutes Of
Indiana now force upon the subjects % which 10 relates
snd N. hrs a excepting the aes ~ The last regular and
extra sessions Of the Legislature Il l. great excel.
rnce of the compilation that all existing statutes each
subject collected together In the place In hese
volumes, that q reader can a. glance all the
legislatlon IN orce any given subject Take for ex'
ample. the act of isss, organizing Courts of Common
reasthe editors pubL the act ~ large, aud they also
print In the form of the page containing
this statute, all the amendatory to II witch have
been passed up this time And they have done Of
all the other acts contained In the revision Of 1882
The editors have added much 10 the value of those vol
unos-e especially the list-by The eoplous and learned
notes with which the volumes abound. These notes ind
much labor and legal acumcn. They furnish us in
concise and accurate form, With an the adudcatons II
Supreme Court these .iatntes. These ayndea.
tons being now very numerous, The references TO them
IN the volumes under consideration wbc great value
10 the lawyer aud indeed all persons concerned the
administration Of justice The editors have also REFERRED
IN their notos, numerous decisions Ia other States
made on statutes similar te our.
An excellence of these volumes 90 be overlooked
the full aud index appended 20 each In lnd
ana there never has been good index ans volumes
statutes published by authority. This provoking defect
ha. been completely rcmedicd IN the volumes under
view. aud these indexes will greatly tighten the labor Of
oil who have occasion to look into statutes.
This Il the nrst time that private enie'prle has A.
tempted the publication Of Indiana statutes Tho at
tempt. I do not doubt, will be successful, and will
duly reward the learned editors and entcptiing pahllsh
Evcry lawyer WILL Of course purchase these Volumes
aud every clerk sheriff and Justice of the peace Of The
state. will find 1t to his advantage To own them.
DAVID M'DoNALp.
indianapolis, June 0, 1907
The foregoing notice b, Judg, MoposALp. Of GAvis a
lonns Compilation of the statutes of Indiana a no, de-
,gned q. pun of the work, but Is an unsolicited
incubation OF The ability accuracy, and completeness
with which these volume. have been prepared
The second volume. which has Just been issued from
the press. Is being delivered 10 subscribers rapidly
possible Tits edition Of the statutes will he found
ses,ity every lawyer justices Of the peace and county
onicrr. In the state. The publication Of the work Is
prylac eutsrpa,e and the publishers only hope for re-
munefation l. IN o. sale those Tor whose convenience
Rwas prepared The two volumes contain about 1900
pages u matter, nearly double The quantity embraced
the ievi.lon ~ iSsg.
The price Of the work o. so per volume tD 90 for
tho two volumes. Orders addressed the subscriber vii
receive rfoiapi attention. J. J. BINGHAM,
June 5th. iso2, indianapolis, Ind.