48 U.S.C. § 1576 — General elections; time; transfer of Council functions, property, etc.
submitted 72 years ago by ch. 558 to r/title-48-TERRITORIES-AND-INSULAR-POSSESSIONS · 135 words · no verdicts yet
The next Virgin Islands general election was set for November 2, 1954, with the entire legislature chosen then. Later elections occur every two years on the specified November schedule, and the existing municipal councils and their assets and functions transfer to the Virgin Islands government on January 10, 1955.
The next general election in the Virgin Islands shall be held on November 2, 1954 . At such time there shall be chosen the entire membership of the legislature as herein provided. Thereafter the general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, beginning with the year 1956, and every two years thereafter. The Municipal Council of Saint Thomas and Saint John, and the Municipal Council of Saint Croix, existing on July 22, 1954 , shall continue to function until January 10, 1955 , at which time all of the functions, property, personnel, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations and funds of the governments of the municipality of Saint Thomas and Saint John and the municipality of Saint Croix shall be transferred to the government of the Virgin Islands.
The next general election in the Virgin Islands shall be held on November 2, 1954. At such time there shall be chosen the entire membership of the legislature as herein provided. Thereafter the general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, beginning with the year 1956, and every two years thereafter. The Municipal Council of Saint Thomas and Saint John, and the Municipal Council of Saint Croix, existing on July 22, 1954, shall continue to function until January 10, 1955, at which time all of the functions, property, personnel, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations and funds of the governments of the municipality of Saint Thomas and Saint John and the municipality of Saint Croix shall be transferred to the government of the Virgin Islands.
Source credit: (July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 10, 68 Stat. 502.)
- 1954Enacted · Act of July 22, 1954, ch. 558 · 68 Stat. 502
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