Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-14
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN a. HORD'S REVISION.

The second volume Of Messs Gavin Hord's compila-
ton Of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their OK Its mechanical execution YER
creditabe; the skiIl learning and labor which the
editors have bestowed IT, merit the highest praise
None hut Iearu,d dgent lawyers could have produced
such work.
The second volume embraces all the public statutes Of
Indiana in force upon the subjects which relates
and the first all excepting the last regular and
extra sessions Of the Legislature II is great excel
ence of the compilation that ali existing statutes on each
subject collected together in the same place in these
volumes; 20 thatt reader a glance all the
legislation in force any given subject Take for ex-
ample, the act Of ls52, organizing Courts Of Common
Peathe editors publL the at large and they also
print in the form Of notes the page. containing
this statute, all the acis znendatory have
been passed 10 this time And they have done of
all the other acts tanned in the revision Of lss2
The editors have added much value Of these VOL
umes-especally the LASTLY the copious and learned
note with which the volumes abound. These notes nd-
cate much labor and legal They furnish Us in
concise and accurate for With al the sdadicaton. Of
our Supreme Court thee statutes These adudica-
tons being very numerous The references 20 them
IN the volumes under consideration WILDE Of great value
to The lawyer and indeed all persons concerned in the
administration Of justice. The edr have also referre
in their note, TO decisions in other States.
made statutes similar D. our.
An excellence Of these volumes not 10 be overlooked
j. the fun and iads1 appended TO each In IDd
ana there never has been good index 10 any volumes
statutes published by authority. This provoking defect
baS been completely remeed the volumes under re-
view; aid these indexes VII greatly Tighten the labor OF
ell who have occasion 70 look into our statutes
This l. the first time that private enterprize has at
tempted the publication 4 Indiana statutes The at.
tempt. DO doubt viii be successful and viii
duly reward the learned editors and enerpriznz psbsh-
Every lawyer WILL q course purchase these volumes;
and every clerk sheriff and justice of the peace Of the
State. viii find il to his advantage TO own them
DAVID MDoNALD.
Indianapolis, June s, Iss2
The foregoing notice y Judge McDOsAIp, Of GAVE
HONS Compilation the Statutes Of Indiana Is not de-
signed pun the work, but unsolicited CON-
Inends'ion q the ability, 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 as rapidly .
possible This edition Of the statutes s be found ne
cessy every lawyer justices Of the peace and county
officers in the State. The publication q the work Is
private enterprise publisher only hope Tor re-
Enumeration sale those for conxenienns
Il was prepared. The volumes coa,ain about lsoe
pages nearly double the quantity embraced
the revision Of ls57.
The price Of ths work - SO per volume 90 sor
The volumes Orders addressed to the subscriber vi
receive prompt a;isr,ion. :. J. BINGHAM.
Jun. 9Th. lsc- indianapolis Ind