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 1810 74Tx C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 699. JUNE 22, 1936. transfers between items in the annual budgets, and lo ans from municipal funds, but no such transfers or loans shall be made by the Governor e xcept upon the recomm endation of the Munici pal Com- mittee. Muni cipal co uncil SEC. 13. Each municipal council shall assemble for ordinary meet- meetings. ings. on a certain day of every second month, which day shall be previously fixed by the Governor for the whole year, and for extraor- dinary meetings at the call of the Governor or the chairman of the council. The Governor may postpone the meetings of the municipal councils, but not for a longer period than fourteen days. The Municipal Council of Saint Thomas and Saint John shall convene at Saint Thomas, and the Municipal Council of Saint Croix shall convene at Christiansted. Governor ; intro duc- t ion of bills by ; sub- SEC. 14. The Governor may introduce bills in the respective munici- mi ssion of b udget est i- pal councils. The Governor shall submit to the respective municipal mates; reports, etc. councils, at least ninety days before the close of each fiscal year, a budget of estimated receipts and expenditures for the respective municipalities, which shall be the basis for the annual local appro- priation bills for such municipalities. He shall from time to time submit to the respective municipal councils such reports concerning the fiscal affairs of the municipalities as may be requested by reso- lution of either municipal council. Municipal council quorum. SEC. 15. The quorum of each municipal council shall consist of an. Enactm ent re q uire- absolute majority of all its members. No bill shall become a law ments. until it shall be passed by a majority (yea-and-nay) vote of the members present and voting of the municipal council having juris- diction, entered upon the journal, and approved by the Governor, Journal of proceed- except as otherwise herein provided. Each municipal council shall mgs. keep a journal of its proceedings and publish the same during the year, and the yeas and nays of the members voting on any question shall be entered on the journal. Loco amendments, SEC. 16 . New legislation, and repeals, alterations, and amendments repeals, of local laws of te VirgiIslandby he municial council having jurisdiction, and by the legislative assembly, shall be effective and enforced when, and to the extent, such new legislation, repeals, alte rations, and amendment s are approved by the Governor, and the Governor shall state specifically in each case whether his approval or disapproval is in whole or in part, and if in part only, veto powers of Gov- what part is approved and what part not approved. The Governor j ernor. ma y veto any spec ific it em or it ems in any bill which appropri ates money for specific purposes, b ut shall veto other bills, if at all, only as a whole. If any bill passed by the municipal council having urisdiction or by the legislative assembly be disapproved in whole or in part by the Governor, the Governor shall within thirty calen- dar days re turn suc h bill to the said mun icipal council or to t he legislative assembly. whether in actual session or not, setting forth Passa ge over veto. his objections. If after reconsideration by the legislative body having j urisdic tion tw o-thirds of all the mem bers of the sai d body pass such bill or part thereof, it shall be sent to the Governor who, in case he shall not then approve it, shall transmit the same to the Presentation and ac- President. If the President approves such bill or part of bill, he tion of the President . shall sign it and it shall become law ; if he does not approve such bill or part of bill, he shall return it to the Governor, so stating, and it shall not become law. If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor as herein provided within thirty calendar days after it shall have been presented to him the same shall become a law in like manner as if he had signed it. The President shall approve or disapprove an act submitted to him under the provisions of this section within three months from and after its presentation for his