An Act to amend section 4 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands relating to voting age
PL 91-460 (S.2314), enacted 10/16/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-459-OCT. 16, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 401. SEPARABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person 
or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Act, and the 
application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall 
not be affected thereby. 
Approved October 16, 1970. 
October 16, 1970 
[H.R. 10837] 
Public Law 91-459 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance to Pima and Maricopa Counties, Arizona, and to 
the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, of certain lands for recreational purposes 
under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act of 1926. 
Pima and 
Maricopa Counties, 
Ariz., and 
Albuquerque, 
N. Mex. 
Land convey-
ance. 
73 Stat, 571; 
74 Stat. 899. 
Lake Carl 
Pleasant Regional 
Park. 
68 Stat. 174; 
80 Stat. 210. 
43 u s e 869-1. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembledy That, notwithstand-
ing the acreage limitation in section 1(b) of the Act of June 14, 1926 
(44 Stat. 741), as amended (43 U.S.C. 869(b)), the Secretary of the 
Interior may convey to Pima County or Maricopa County, Arizona, 
or to the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, for recreational purposes 
in accordance with the other provisions of that Act, all or any part 
of the lands that were under lease to such county or city on January 1, 
1969. 
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding the limitation in section 2 of the said Act 
of June 14, 1926, as amended (43 U.S.C. 689-1), with respect to the 
location of the land, the Secretary of the Interior may convey to Mari-
copa County for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the 
Lake Carl Pleasant Eegional Park, in accordance with the other pro-
visions of that Act, the following described lands in Yavapai County: 
Township 7 north, range 1 west, section 25, southeast quarter, 
160 acres. 
Township 6 north, range 1 east, section 5, north half southwest 
quarter, southeast quarter southwest quarter, and southwest quar-
ter southeast quarter; 160 acres; section 8, those portions of the 
east half northwest quarter and the west half northeast quarter 
which lie in Yavapai County, about 24.60 acres. 
Approved October 16, 1970. 
October 16, 1970 
Public Law 91-460 
AN ACT 
[s.2314] 
To amend section 4 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands relating to 
voting age. 
Virgin Islands, 
voting age. 
48 u s e 1542. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled/ThBt 
section 4 of the 
Kevised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497) is amended 
(1) by inserting " (a)" immediately after "SEC. 4."; and (2) by adding 
at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) The legislature shall have authority to enact legislation estab-
lishing the voting age for residents of the Virgin Islands at an age not 
lower than eighteen years of age, if a majority of the qualified voters 
in the Virgin Islands approve in a referendum election held for that 
purpose." 
Approved October 16, 1970.