, 1958-03-01

T4aa faaa his Department. for the gift Of
uu IN - le .an1ootc mnizod bv +n court q TAX stained glass windows to the
80 o1o4uoc auonoum ~ inc the r1cn of constitutions Charles HARDWOOD Hospital Dr.
!. aoo4mo7 io,a.on+ coan ad therefore are te fnda- Evans letter state:
nor of the Virgin Islands The mental LAY of the Territory or 1T is with great pleasure
bill would abolish the office Of possession concerned see {" that / transmit to you Thea p-
the appontve Governor Gre CHS, Territories Section - probation and thanks of the
ad under secion II and the FRS National Bank of Bruins entire Department Of Health
Office O.. the Government Sc wick v 4ahonl Ol US. tx in ST. Crox for the gracious
crdaryc created unders section 1913 Provisions Tor an elective and very beautiful gift of
II of the Revised Organic Act Governor OF the Virgin Islands aned glass windows which
of the Virgin Islands. Is a basic change IN the tun you have gven to the Hospt
Our functions undert the Re snental law OF the insuart tai Chapel We deeply appre-
vkd Organic Act of the VT-G Government which is the Re .Gate land are impressed with
pin Islands as set forth in sec vsed Organic Act of the Vr your civic minded attitude to-
ion 10 thereof consists of an gin Islands approved July H. ward usI am sure that they
annua lrevew of the omem md 1854. 68 Stat 497 Having re- will receive the best care
activities of the Government gard for the fact that the possible"
Comptroller of the Virgin IS Revised Organic Act operates
lands and the making of re- as a granite of power to the nor IS appointed by the Pesr
ports thereon At the present Government of the Virgin dent by and with the consent
time we dc note nvsage that Islands from the Congress it of the Senate and shall hold
the replacement of an elective may be that your Committee office at the pleasure OF the
Governor would affect or would wish to consider President A comparison of
operations directly, out we whether tep provisions of HR these provisions shows clearly
have included in this report 9N3 should be incorporated that the effect of H R 9W3
certain statements as to the into the Organic Act as an would remove the elected
roeGhloi indirect efmt We re- nendme thereto Governor OF the Virgin Islands
gard the matter Of dtermnl On the matter of substance, iron the authority and con-
ing whether the executive we wish to make the following troll of the President andhe
nowro of the VIRGIN Islands comments Under section ]. Secretary the Interior How
should be- vested in m elective H R. 97O3. the supreme eu ever section 7 of H. R 9W5I
OF appdntve official as ne Of tvep over Of the Virgin Is. provides that the duties of the
the nnHnt to ad determined v lands is vested in the reelected elected Governor are to be
the CONGRESS We therefore Governor who can be. rep prescribed by the Organic Act
have nj recommendation toImoved from office only by and section Il 1epeals al con-
make for or against the dill Impeachment proceedings as ficing provisions The Reis
We feel however tatc err movded in section 6 of the ed Organic Act the Virgin
tain information should beMH Under section II of the Islands now contains several
brugitVto the attention ofERevSed Organic Act of the provisions which place the
vor Committee cncerningE Virgin Islands, the executives xecutvep owe in the Virgin
H R. 9W3 The first maMrpower i v@ed din the Cover Island Government undrh the
concerns the form of the bill nor to be exercised under the supervision and control OF the
Organic acts of Territories orsuperviaon of the Secretary Secretary of the Interior and
possessions have long been re Of the Interior and the Cover Continued IN page a