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 1808 74TH C ONGR ESS. SESS. II. CH. 699. JUNE 22, 1936. fulfillment of obligations under the law and to defend and prosecute all ac tio ns at law ; (d) to acquir e property by p urchase, exchan ge, donation or bequest, by virtue of proceedings for the collection of taxes, by eminent-domain proceedings, or by any other means pro- vided by law, and to possess, administer, and govern such property and (e) to alienate or encumber any of their property, subject to the provisions of this Act. toTransf Is of property SEC. 4. All property which may have been acquired by the United Virgin States from Denmark in the Virgin Islands under the convention entered into August 4, 1916, not heretofore or within one year here- after reserved by the United States for public purposes, is hereby placed under the control of the Government of the Virgin Islands : Provisos. Application of certain Provided, That, except as otherwise expressly provided, all laws of united States laws. the United States for the protection and improvement of the navi- gable water s of th e Unit ed Sta tes an d the p reserv ation of the inter est of navigation and commerce shall apply to the Virgin Islands
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Aut hor iza tio ns, etc., vided further, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect heretofore granted not impaired. or impair in any manner th e terms and con ditions of any authoriza- tions, permits, or other powers heretofore lawfully granted or exer- cised in or in res pect o f the Virgin Island s by a ny aut horize d offi cer Disposal of surplus or agent of the United States : Provided further, That the Secretary property. of the Interior shall be authorized to lease or to sell upon such terms as he may deem advantageous to the Government of the United States any p roperty of the United States under his admin istrative supervision in the Virgin Islands not needed for public purposes . Legis lative branch. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH "M uni cip al Co un cil SEC . 5 . All local legislative powers in the municipality of Saint of saint croix ." Croi x, exc ept as herei n other wise p rovide d, sha ll be vested in a l ocal legislative assembly, which shall be designated the "Municipal Coun- Composition, tenure cil of Saint Croix ." Said council shall consist of nine members of office, districts. elected by the qualified electors of the municipality for a term of two years beginning the 1st day of January next succeeding the date of election. The members shall be elected in four representative dis- tricts, two of which shall be the town of Christiansted and the coun- try dist rict thereof, a nd two of whic h shall be the town of Fred- criksted and the country district thereof, as defined by law in Prov iso. force on the date of enactment of this Act : Provided, That two Apportionment . 7 members shall be elected for each of said districts and one member at large. of f8 Sa int Co and SEC. 6. All local legislative powers in the municipality of Saint Sai nt John ." Thom as and Saint Jo hn, except as h erein otherwis e provided, sha ll be vested in a local legislative assembly which shall be designated of office,, districts . Co off ice, tenure the "Municipal Council of Saint Thomas and Saint John ." Said districts . council shall consist of seven members elected by the qualified electors of the municipality for a term of two years beginning the 1st day of January next succeeding the date of election . The mem- bers shall be elected in three representative districts, one of which shall be the town district and one the country district of Saint Thomas, and one the district of Saint John, as defined by law in Precise . Apportionment. force on the date of enactment of this Act : Provided, That two . members shall be elected for each of the districts of Sait Thomas, one member for the district of Saint John, and two members at large. "Legislative Assem- SEC. 7. After January 1, 1937, joint sessions of said municipal bly of the Virgin y 7 Isla nds ." councils shall constitute and shall be designated the "Legislative Joint sessions of run' Assembly of the Virgin Islands ." The legislative assembly shall nicipal councils to so constitute, etc. convene in Sain t Thomas upon c all by the Gove rnor, and also when- ever both municipal councils shall determine by resolutions passed