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 PUBLIC LAW 90-497-SEPT. 11, 1968

842 Interior Department authority.

Repeal.

Effective date.

Short title.

[82 STAT.

SEC. 13. Section 2 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497; 48 U.S.C. 1541) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection (c): " (c) The relations between such government and the Federal Government in all matters not the program responsibility of another Federal department or agency shall be under the general administrative supervision of the Secretary of the Interior." SEC. 14. Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, section 19 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 505; 48 U.S.C. 1632) is hereby repealed. SEC. 15. Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, section 8(b) (i) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497,500; 48 U.S.C. 1574(b)), as amended, is further amended by (a) deleting the third and fourth sentences thereof, and (b) by deleting the eighth and ninth sentences thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the following sentence: "The bonds so issued shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed that specified by the legislature, payable semiannually.". SEC. 16. Those provisions of this Act necessary to authorize the holding of an election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on November 3, 1970, shall be effective on January 1, 1970. All other provisions of this Act, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be effective January 4, 1971. SEC. 17. This Act may be cited as the "Virgin Islands Elective Governor Act". Approved August 23, 1968.

Public Law 90-497 September 11, 1968

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Guam Electi Governor Act.

AN ACT

To provide for the popular election of the Governor of Guam, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 386; 48 U.S.C. 1422), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 6. The executive power of Guam shall be vested in an executive officer whose official title shall be the 'Governor of Guam'. The Governor of Guam, together with the Lieutenant Governor, shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast by the people who are qualified to vote for the members of the Legislature of Guam, The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a single vote applicable to both offices. If no candidates

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