Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-11
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN A HOUD'~ REyU~sON.

The second volume Of Messrs Gavin Hord's compila-
ton of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
complete. their wc-k IT. mechanical execution Is yer
crediiable and the skil learning and labor which the
editors have bestowed H. merit the highest praise.
None but learned dgent lawyers could have produced
such a work.
The second volume embraces all the public statutes Of
Indiana in force upon the subjects to which 1t relates.
aud the rs all excepting the the last regular
sessions q the Legislature. Il i great excel
ence Of the compilation that all existing each
subject collected together the place IN these
volumes; 20 that reader at glance all the
legislation In force any given subject Take, for
ample. the Of ls52. organizing Courts ef Common
Plea~-the editors publish large and they also
print in the Of the pages containing
this statute, all the amendaory to II which have
been passed up this ine And they have done Of
all the other contained IN the revision Of 1852.
The editor. have added TO the value Of these vol
umrs-espeoiaily the LASTLY copious and earnss
notes with which The volumes abound These notes irci-
cate much labor legal They furni.h u.s. IN
concise and accurate form. With all the ad INDICATIONS q
Supreme Court on these statutes. These adjudica-
tons being very numerous. the references them
in the volumes under consideration WILDE Of great value
70 the lawyer and indeed 10 all persons the
administration Of Justice The editors also referred
in their notes, to numerous decs8ous States,
made statutes similar 10 our.
An excellence u these volumes, be overlooked
Is the full and index appended each. In Ind-
there never has beeD good index any volumes
statutes published by authority. Th provoking defect
has been completely rcmedied the volumes under
view; and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor Of
ell who have occasion 20 look into statutes.
This Is The FIRST tine that private enicprEe has At.
tempted the publication Of Indiana statutes The at
tempt. do not doubt, viii be successful, and will
duly reward the learned editors and eniepzng psblsh-
Every lawyer WILL Of course purchase volumes;
and every clerk sheriff. and justice Of the peace Of the
state. will ind II TO bis adv antage 70 own them.
DAVID kDoSALD.
Indianapolis, June s. lse2
The foregoing notice by Jadge McDosALp, % GAvIsA
HoED Compilation q the Statutes Of Indiana, is not de-
signed puff Of the work. bat unsolicited com
mendation the ablny, accuracy, and completeness
with which these volumes have been prepared.
The second volume. which has just been issued from
the press Is being delivered subscribers rapidly
possible This edition Of the statutes will be found
.esy 20 every lawyer justices Of the peace and county
officers IN ii. STATE The publication Of the work
private sntepurs the publisher only hope Tor re-
muneration il ia IT, .Ae those for whose convenience
va. prepared The volumes eoat.in about 1900
pages Of matter. nearly double the quantity embraced
the revision Of lisa.
Tie price Of the 81 per volume or - 90 Tor
the volumes Orders addressed 10 the subscriber w
receive prompt sttsntiou ,. J. BINGHAM.
Jun. Tth. lss2. Indianapolis. Ind