The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, adopted in 1639, replaced the committees with deputies ; each town would elect three or four deputies for six-month terms.

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, adopted in 1639, renamed the committees to " deputies ", the Corte to the Court, and established that the magistrates were generally-elected for yearlong terms ; the magistrate who received the highest number of votes would serve as governor for the year, so long as he had previously served as a magistrate and had not been governor the previous year.

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