Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1572 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1572 : US Code - Notes

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, Sec. 6, 68 Stat. 499; Pub. L. 86-289, Sec.
2(a), (b), Sept. 16, 1959, 73 Stat. 568; Pub. L. 89-98, July 30,
1965, 79 Stat. 423; Pub. L. 90-496, Sec. 8(b), Aug. 23, 1968, 82
Stat. 839; Pub. L. 92-389, Aug. 17, 1972, 86 Stat. 563; Pub. L. 93-
130, Sec. 1, Oct. 19, 1973, 87 Stat. 460.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (g), was in the original
"this Act", meaning act July 22, 1954, ch. 558, 68 Stat. 497, as
amended, known as the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands,
which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 1541 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1973 - Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 93-130 substituted provision
authorizing the Legislature of Virgin Islands to provide by law the
procedure for filling vacancies in the membership of the
Legislature, for provisions authorizing the Governor of the Virgin
Islands to fill any such vacancy by appointment of resident of the
district from which the member whose office became vacant was
elected if the vacancy is that of a Senator and of resident of any
part of Virgin Islands if the vacancy is that of a Senator at
large, and that such appointee shall serve for the remainder of the
unexpired term.
1972 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-389 reduced the age qualification
for membership of legislature from twenty-five years to twenty-one
years.
1968 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-496 inserted proviso requiring
members of boards of elections, duly organized by the government,
to be popularly elected.
1965 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 89-98 substituted provisions
empowering the government of the Virgin Islands to fix and pay
legislative salaries and expenses for provisions which specifically
fixed these salaries and expenses and which required the United
States Government to pay them.
1959 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-289, Sec. 2(a), substituted, in
second sentence, "January" for "April", before "following his
election", and substituted, in proviso, "1958" for "1954", "April
1959" for "January 1955", and "1961, and the term of office of each
member elected in November 1960 shall commence on the second Monday
in April 1961 and continue until the second Monday in January 1963"
for "1957".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 86-289, Sec. 2(b), changed the date of
payment of salaries, increased the per diem from $10 to $20, and
provided that the per diem paid to members of the legislature for
official travel outside the Virgin Islands should not be at rates
in excess of those paid Federal Government employees.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT
Section 2 of Pub. L. 93-130 provided that: "The amendment made by
the first section of this Act [amending this section] shall apply
with respect to vacancies occurring on or after the date of
enactment of this Act [Oct. 19, 1973]."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment of provisions of section necessary to authorize the
holding of an election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on Nov.
3, 1970, effective Jan. 1, 1970, and all other amendments of
provisions of section, unless otherwise expressly provided by Pub.
L. 90-496, effective Jan. 4, 1971, see section 16 of Pub. L. 90-
496, set out as a note under section 1591 of this title.