Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-03
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN a. HORD'S REVISION.

The second volume Of Messrs Gavin Hords compila-
of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their wc-k Its mechanical execution yer
creditable; and the k learning labor which the
editors have bestowed it, the high praise.
None hut earned digent lawyers could have produced
such a work
The second volume embraces all the public Of
Indiana in force upon the subjects which IL relates,
aud the ar all excepting the Of the last regular and
sessions Of the Legislature. II l. great excel
ence Of the compilation that all existing each
subject collected together in the place In these
volumes. that reader glance all the
legislation in force any given subject Take, for
ample, the of Is5s. organizing Courts Of Common
Peasthe editors pubL the large and they also
print in the form of the page, containing
this statute, all the anendatory 10 IL which have
been passed up this time And they have done Of
all the other contained In the revision Of 1851
Tie editors have added much the value Of these vol
umes-especslly the LASTLY the oopious and learned
with which the volumes abound. These notes ind
cate much labor and legal They furnish w. IN
concise ard accurate form. With all the I'd udeAons Of
Supreme Court these statutes. These si,udca-
tom being very numerous he references 10 them
ia the volumes under consideration will nc Of great value
to the lawyer and indeed 10 all persons concerned in the
sdmistraio ION O. justice The editors have also referred
in their noe>, to numerous decisions in other States
made on statutes similar 70 our.
An excellence Of these volumes not to be overlooked
Is the full aud accurate index appended TO each In Ind
sna there never bas been good index 10 any volumes
statutes published by authority. provoking defect
bss been completely remeded the volumes under re-
view; and these indexes viii greatly tighten the labor Of
all who have occasion to look into our statutes
This is the first time that private enterprze has
tempted the publication q Indiana statutes. The at
tempt. / do doubt will be successful, and will
duly reward the leaned editors and enter2rizing psbsh
Every lawyer WILL Of course purchase these volumes
and every clerk, sheriff. and justice peace Of the
State. viii find II to his advantage 70 own them.
DAVID M'D0SALD.
Indianapolis. June 5, 1867
The foregoing notice by Judge McDOsALo Of GAVE
IIoHDs Compilation the Statutes Of Indiana s not de-
signed puff Of the work. but Is en- unsolicited com
mendaton Of the abily. 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 Is rapidly a.
possible. This edition Of the statutes viii be found ne
cessiy 20 lawyer justices Of the peace county
officers in the State The publication Of the work ia
private enterprise and the publisher only hope for re-
enumeration Is in It's sae those for whose convenience
II wac prepared The two volumes contain about 1900
pages Of matter nearly double the quantity embraced
q ne revision Of 1s5z
The price Of the 81 so per volume o. 90 for
the volumes Orders addressed the subscriber vi
receive prompt Attention. J. J. BINGHAM.
June 7th iss2- Indianapolis. Ind