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Towns were required to support public schools under regulations similar, for the most part, to those of Massachusetts;^[1] and an especial maritime code was enacted, regulating the rights, and duties, and authorities of ship-owners, seamen, and others concerned in navigation.^[2]

Such are the principal provisions of the colonial legislation of Connecticut.

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1. Colony Laws of Conn. edition by Greene, 1715—1718 folio. (New London,) p. 84.
2. Id. p. 70. — A similar code existed in Massachusetts, enacted in 1668.