Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-13
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN a. HORD'S REyISBON.


The second volume Of Messrs Gavin Hord's compile
ton Of Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their ork. Its mechanical execution is yer
creditable; and the sk learning and labor which the
editors have bestowed II, the highest praise.
None but learned dilgent lawyers could have produced
slch a work.
The second volume embraces all the public 81
Indiana now in force upon the subjects which IL relates
aud the first all excepting the Of the last regular and
extra sessions Of the Legislature II is great excel
lence of the compilation that all existing on each
subject are collected together in the same place in these
volumes; 20 that reader see at a glance all the
legislation In force any given subject Take for ex-
ample, the act Of ls52, organizing Courts Of Common
Pleas-the editors pubt the at large and they also
print in the form Of notes the page containing
this statute, all the acts amendatory 10 II which hav.
been passed mp to this time And they have done Of
all the other acts contained in the revision Of ls5a
The editors have added much 20 the value Of these vol
umes-especialy the hastily the copious and learned
notes with which the volumes These notes ipdi-
cate much labor aud legal acumen- They furnish Us in
concise and accurate FORM with all the authorizations Of
our Supreme Court on thee These aiIudca-
tons being now very nunerous the references 90 them
Ia The volumes under consideraiio WILDE OF great vslue
to the lawyer, and indeed all persons concerned in III.
administration Of justice. The editors have also referred
CfClrlnus <fafes
made on statutes similar our.
An excellence Of these volumes not to he overioak.s
Is the fun and accurate index appended to each In ndi
ana, there never has bee good index 10 any volumes
statutes published by authority. This provoking defect
has been completely reedied In the under re-
view; and these indexes will greatly tighten the labor Of
ell who have occasion to look into statutes.
This Is the first time that private ente-yrze has at
tempted the publication Of Indiana statutes. The at
tempt. do doubt. will be successful, and wiz
duly the Learned editors and enierpng psbsh-
Every lawyer will Of course purchase these volumes
and every clerk sheriff. Justice the peace the
State, will End II 70 his advantage them
DAVID MDONALD.
Indianapolis, June ). ls6z
The foregoing notice BY Judge xcDosAID, u GAVE a
IoKDs Compilation Il the Statutes 0f indiana de-
signed puff the work, but unsolicited
mendation OF the ability, accuracy and completeness
with which ihe-e soiuaes have been prepared.
The second voluas. which has just been issued from
the press IS being delivered to subscribers rapidly
possible TINS edition Of the viii BE- found ne
ses-ity every justices Of the and county
oseers in the sials. The p1beatios Of tbs work iss
private euterpri1e pubsbers only hope for re-
munersou r in ale TO those for whose convenience
Il vas prepared. Tie volumes contain about 1900
pages matter nearly double the quantity embraced
he revision Of ls57.
The price Of the 81 par volume or - 90 for
the volumes oTders addressed the subscriber vi
reoeiye prompt alteration. J. J. BINGHAM,
J1ns sths lss3- Inssi.n-polis- Lad