Virgin Islands: Elective Governor and Legislative Redistricting: Hearings, Eighty-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 11777 ... and H.R. 13277 ... |
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Page 89 - Islands shall be vested in an executive officer whose official title shall be the 'Governor of the Virgin Islands'. The Governor of the Virgin Islands, 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 the Virgin Islands.
Page 92 - Until 1931, when jurisdiction was transferred from the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Interior...
Page 103 - The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a single vote applicable to both offices.
Page 8 - He shall commission all officers that he may be authorized to appoint. He shall be responsible for the faithful execution of the laws of the Philippine Islands...
Page 1 - That the supreme executive power shall be vested in an executive officer, whose official title shall be "The Governor General of the Philippine Islands.
Page 88 - All in favor will signify by saying "Aye"; opposed "No.
Page 103 - Territory, and he may, in case of rebellion or invasion, or imminent danger thereof, when the public safety requires it...
Page 2 - President can be ascertained, and may veto any legislation enacted as hereinafter provided. He shall commission all officers that he may be authorized to appoint.
Page 102 - If any bill presented to the Governor contain several items of appropriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items while approving of the other portion of the bill. In such case, he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the items to which he objects; and the appropriation so objected to shall not take effect.
Page 127 - He shall be responsible for the faithful execution of the laws of the Philippine Islands and of the United States operative within the Philippine Islands, and whenever it becomes necessary he may call upon the commanders of the military and naval forces of the United States...