Act No. 39 declared the existing laws of Michigan, with slight changes, in force in the new Territory of Wisconsin; act 33 was also approved on this date.

The evidence

• “By act No. 39, approved December 8, 1836, the existing laws of Michigan, with slight changes, were declared to be in force in the new Territory of Wisconsin.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/05-historic-evolution.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 133 / book p. 119

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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