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Public property. L e a s e or s a l e.

Control.

Di s e a s e d an* imals. Importation prohibited. Exception.

Penalty.

D i s e a s e prevention.

Live poultry.

Effective date.

Appropriations.

Separability.

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the judicial branch of said government which on the date of approval of this Act are under the supervision of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and the matters relating to the United States Attorney and the United States Marshal which on the date of approval of this Act are under the supervision of the Attorney General. SEC. 31. (a) The Secretary 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 property of the United States under his administrative supervision in the Virgin Islands not needed for public purposes. (b) The government of the Virgin Islands shall continue to have control over all public property that is under its control on the date of approval of this Act. SEC. 32. Section 6 of the Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 414, 416), as amended (21 U.S.C. 1946 edition, sec. 104) is further amended by inserting the words "and the admission into the Virgin Islands" immediately following the word "Texas", so that such section will read as follows: "The importation of cattle, sheep, and other ruminants, and swine, which are diseased or infected with any disease, or which shall have been exposed to such infection within sixty days next before their exportation, is prohibited: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture, within his discretion and under such regulations as he may prescribe, is authorized to permit the admission from Mexico into the State of Texas and the admission into the Virgin Islands of cattle which have been infested with or exposed to ticks upon being freed therefrom. Any person who shall knowingly violate the foregoing provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding three years, and any vessel or vehicle used in such unlawful importation within the knowledge of the master or owner of such vessel or vehicle that such importation is diseased or has been exposed to infection as herein described, shall be forfeited to the United States." SEC. 33. Section 2 of the Act of February 2, 1903 (32 Stat. 791,792), as amended (21 U.S.C. 1946 edition, sec. I l l), is hereby further amended by striking out the period and adding at the end thereof the following: ": Provided, That no such regulations or measures shall pertain to the introduction of live poultry into the Virgin Islands of the United States.". SEC. 34. This Act shall take effect upon its approval, but until its provisions shall severally become operative as herein provided, the corresponding legislative, executive, and judicial functions of the existing government shall continue to be exercised as now provided by law or ordinance, and the incumbents of all offices under the government of the Virgin Islands shall continue in office until their successors are appointed and have qualified unless sooner removed by competent authority. The enactment of this Act shall not affect the term of office of the judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands in office on the date of its enactment. SEC. 35. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually by the Congress of the United States such sums as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Act. SEC. 36. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act, or the application thereof to any person, or circumstances, is held invalid, the application thereof to other persons, or circumstances, and the remainder of the Act, shall not be affected thereby. Approved July 22, 1954.

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