Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1576 General Elections; Time; Transfer of Council Functions, Property, Etc.
Title 48 › CHAPTER 12 — VIRGIN ISLANDS [1954] › SUBCHAPTER III — LEGISLATIVE BRANCH › § 1576
Summary
Virgin Islands general election: November 2, 1954, to elect the legislature; after 1956, elections are every two years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Municipal councils in place on July 22, 1954 must operate until January 10, 1955, when their functions and assets (staff, records, unspent funds) transfer to the Virgin Islands government.
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Title 48, §1576
Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The next general election in the Virgin Islands shall be held on November 2, 1954. At such time there shall be chosen the entire membership of the legislature as herein provided. Thereafter the general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, beginning with the year 1956, and every two years thereafter. The Municipal Council of Saint Thomas and Saint John, and the Municipal Council of Saint Croix, existing on July 22, 1954, shall continue to function until January 10, 1955, at which time all of the functions, property, personnel, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations and funds of the governments of the municipality of Saint Thomas and Saint John and the municipality of Saint Croix shall be transferred to the government of the Virgin Islands.
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48 U.S.C. § 1576
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102