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Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 93–130 substituted provision authorizing the Legislature of Virgin Islands to provide by law the procedure for filling vacancies in the membership of the Legislature, for provisions authorizing the Governor of the Virgin Islands to fill any such vacancy by appointment of resident of the district from which the member whose office became vacant was elected if the vacancy is that of a Senator and of resident of any part of Virgin Islands if the vacancy is that of a Senator at large, and that such appointee shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
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Pub. L. 93–130, § 1, Oct. 19, 1973, 87 Stat. 460.
Aug 17, 1972 – Oct 19, 1973
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92–389 reduced the age qualification for membership of legislature from twenty-five years to twenty-one years.
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Pub. L. 92–389, Aug. 17, 1972, 86 Stat. 563
Aug 23, 1968 – Aug 17, 1972
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90–496 inserted proviso requiring members of boards of elections, duly organized by the government, to be popularly elected.
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Pub. L. 90–496, § 8(b), Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 839
Jul 30, 1965 – Aug 23, 1968
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 89–98 substituted provisions empowering the government of the Virgin Islands to fix and pay legislative salaries and expenses for provisions which specifically fixed these salaries and expenses and which required the United States Government to pay them.
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Pub. L. 89–98, July 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 423
Sep 16, 1959 – Jul 30, 1965
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86–289, § 2(a), substituted, in second sentence, “January” for “April”, before “following his election”, and substituted, in proviso, “1958” for “1954”, “April 1959” for “January 1955”, and “1961, and the term of office of each member elected in November 1960 shall commence on the second Monday in April 1961 and continue until the second Monday in January 1963” for “1957”.
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Pub. L. 86–289, § 2(a), (b), Sept. 16, 1959, 73 Stat. 568
Jul 22, 1954 – Sep 16, 1959
Enacted · full text not held
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July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 6, 68 Stat. 499
