An act of 1862 amended the Revised Statutes of 1858 regarding supreme court justices' terms.

The evidence

• “By a provision of the Revised Statutes of 1858, as amended by an act passed in 1862, and interpreted by another act passed in 1S75, the terms of the justices of the supreme courts elected for a full term, commence on the first Monday in January next succeeding their election..”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/02-wisconsin-as-a-state.md, PDF p. 74

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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