Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1597 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1597 : US Code - Notes

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, Sec. 16, 68 Stat. 504; Pub. L. 85-224,
Aug. 30, 1957, 71 Stat. 510; Pub. L. 86-289, Sec. 3, Sept. 16,
1959, 73 Stat. 569; Pub. L. 90-496, Sec. 8(a), Aug. 23, 1968, 82
Stat. 839.)
AMENDMENTS
1968 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-496 substituted provisions that
members of school boards which have been duly organized by the
government of the Virgin Islands be popularly elected for
provisions that required the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior for the establishment of any new department, agency, or
other instrumentality by the Governor or the legislature, unless
such department, agency, etc., was required by Federal law for
participation in Federal programs.
1959 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-289 provided that the head of the
department of law should be known as the attorney general of the
Virgin Islands.
1957 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85-224 provided for appointments to
boards, authorities or commissions.
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.