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Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 12 - 1954 (§§ 1541 - 1645)
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Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 12 - 1954 |
Contains | sections 1541 to 1645 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1541 - 1546)
- Section 1541 - Organization and status
- Section 1542 - Voting franchise; discrimination prohibited
- Section 1543 - United States citizenship requirement for government officials
- Section 1544 - Reports by Governor; jurisdiction of Secretary of the Interior; exceptions
- Section 1545 - Lease and sale of public property; conveyance of title in certain lands to the government of Virgin Islands
- Section 1546 - Authorization of appropriations
- Subchapter II - BILL OF RIGHTS (§§ 1561)
- Subchapter III - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (§§ 1571 - 1576)
- Section 1571 - Legislature
- Section 1572 - Legislators
- Section 1573 - Time, frequency, and duration of regular sessions; special sessions; place of holding
- Section 1574 - Legislative powers and activities
- Section 1574-1 - Applicability of laws referred to in section 502(a)(1) of Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Section 1574a - Revenue bonds or other obligations
- Section 1574b - Federal guarantee for issuance of revenue bonds or other obligations
- Section 1574c - Priority for payment of principal and interest of revenue bonds or other obligations
- Section 1574d - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-357, title III, §308(g), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1710
- Section 1575 - Legislative procedure
- Section 1576 - General elections; time; transfer of Council functions, property, etc.
- Subchapter IV - EXECUTIVE BRANCH (§§ 1591 - 1599)
- Section 1591 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor; election; eligibility; official residence; powers and duties; report
- Section 1592 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 657
- Section 1593 - Initiative and recall
- Section 1594 - Repealed. Pub. L. 90-496, §6, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 839
- Section 1595 - Vacancy in office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor
- Section 1596 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-186, title II, §224(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1752
- Section 1597 - Reorganization of government
- Section 1598 - Omitted
- Section 1599 - Transfer of functions from government comptroller for Virgin Islands to Inspector General, Department of the Interior
- Subchapter V - JUDICIAL BRANCH (§§ 1611 - 1617)
- Section 1611 - District Court of Virgin Islands; local courts; jurisdiction; practice and procedure
- Section 1612 - Jurisdiction of District Court
- Section 1613 - Relations between courts of United States and courts of Virgin Islands; review by United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit; reports to Congress; rules
- Section 1613a - Appellate jurisdiction of District Court; procedure; review by United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit; rules; appeals to appellate court
- Section 1614 - Judges of District Court
- Section 1615 - Judicial divisions
- Section 1616 - Trial by jury
- Section 1617 - United States attorney; appointment; duties
- Subchapter VI - SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS (§§ 1631 - 1632)
- Subchapter VII - FISCAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1641 - 1645)
- Section 1641 - Method of payment of official salaries
- Section 1642 - Use of certain proceeds for expenditure; income tax obligations of inhabitants
- Section 1642a - Availability of collected customs duties for expenditures as Legislature may provide
- Section 1643 - Import provisions with respect to trade-marks
- Section 1644 - Import duties on articles entering United States or possessions from Virgin Islands
- Section 1645 - Remittance of duties, taxes, and fees to be collected in next fiscal year; authorization, prerequisites, amount, etc.
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