48 U.S.C. § 1576 : US Code - Section 1576: General elections; time; transfer of Council functions, property, etc.

Search 48 U.S.C. § 1576 : US Code - Section 1576: General elections; time; transfer of Council functions, property, etc.

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.