2018 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 12 - Virgin Islands [1954]
Subchapter III - Legislative Branch
Sec. 1576 - General elections; time; transfer of Council functions, property, etc.

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Citation 48 U.S.C. § 1576 (2018)
Section Name §1576. General elections; time; transfer of Council functions, property, etc.
Section Text

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.

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(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, §10, 68 Stat. 502.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 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
SUBCHAPTER III - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Sec. 1576 - General elections; time; transfer of Council functions, property, etc.
Contains section 1576
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 68 Stat. 502
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