Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-26
LAW BOOKS.
STATUTES OF INDIANA.
GAVIN s. HORD'S REVISION.

The second volume Of MesSrs. Gavin Hords compila
ton OF Indiana Statutes has just appeared This volume
completes their work. Its mechanical execution
credi;able and the k learning and labor which the
editors Bestowed IT, merit hghts st praise
None but earutd digent lawyers could have produced
such a work
The second volume embraces all the public statutes Of
Indiana in force upon the subjects which relates
and the first all excepting the of the last regular and
sessions Of the Legislature 1t is great excel
fence Of the compilation that all existing each
subject collected together In the place in these
volumes; that q e reader a glance all the
legislation in force any given subject Take for
ample, the Of is52. organizing Courts of Common
Pleasthe editors publish the act at large, and they also
print in the form Of the same page containing
this statute. all the amendatory it which 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 the value
umes-especialiy the LASTLY the copious and learned
with which the abound These notes indi-
cate much labor and legal They furnish Us,
and form, with all the ad INDICATIONS Of
Supreme Court these statutes. These atiudca-
tons being very numerous, the references them
~ the volumes under consideration WILDE great value
the lawyer and indeed all persons
administration justice The editors have also REFERRED
made statutes similar to ours.
An excellence Of these Volumes not to be overlooked
Is the full and index appended each. In Ind-
ana there mas been good index to any volumes
statutes published by authority. This provoking defect
has been completely remedied in the volumes under
view; aud these indexes will greatly tighten the labor Of
all who have occasion to look into statutes.
This Is the first that private entsrpri1e has
tempted the publication Of Indiana statutes. The at
tempt | DO not doubt, will be successful and will
duly reward the learned editors and enterprrng pabsh
els livery lawyer will course purchase volumes;
and every clerk, sheriff. and justice Of the peace Of the
State. will find it to his advantage to own them.
DAVID M'DONALD.
Indianapolis, June S. 1862
The foregoing notice by Judge McDoxALD Of GAVIN 4
lIoKDs Compilation Of the Statutes of Indiana de-
signed puff Of the work, but unsolicited
mendAtiOn OF 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 to subscribers rapidly
possible This edition Of the statutes will be found
,esy to every lawyer justices of the peace and county
officers in the State. The publication Of the work
private entcrpnze. ard the publishers only hope for
auncra;so Is in Il. sale those for whose convenience
Il wa. prepared The two volumes contain about 1900
pages q matter nearly double the quantity embraced
he revision Of 1854.
The price Of the work 81 per volume 80 90 for
the two volumes Orders addressed 10 the subscriber vii
receive prompt attention. J. J. BINGHAM.
June 7th. iss2. indianapolis, Ind.