An Act to amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as amended
PL 86-289 (H.R.7870), enacted 09/16/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-288-SEPT. 16, 1959 
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Public Law 86-288 
September 16, 1959 
A N A C T 
[H. R. 6579] 
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the temporary free importation 
of extracts, decoctions, and preparations of hemlock suitable for use for 
tanning. 
T a n n i n g 
rials. 
Free entry. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That paragraph 
1670(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C., sec. 1201, 
par. 1670(b)), is amended by striking out "hemlock," after "divi-
divi,", and by striking out "eucalyptus (irrespective of their chief 
use)" and inserting in lieu thereof "eucalyptus or hemlock (irrespec-
tive of their chief use)". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
apply to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consump-
tion on or after the date of the enactment of this Act and prior to 
September 29,1960, and to articles covered by entries or withdrawals 
which have not been liquidated or the liquidation of which has not 
become final on such date of enactment. 
Approved September 16, 1959. 
September 16, 1959 
[H. R. 7870] 
V i r g i n 
Islands 
O r g a n i c 
A c t 
A m e n d m e n t s of 
1959. 
Terms of office. 
C o m p e n s ation 
and allowances. 
Public Law 86-289 
AN ACT 
To amend tlie Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as amended. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Virgin Islands Organic Act Amendments of 1959"'. 
SEC. 2. (a) Subsection (a) of section 6 of the Revised Organic Act 
of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 499; 48 U.S.C. 1572) is amended to 
read as follows: 
" (a) The term of office of each member of the legislature shall be two 
years. The term of office of each member shall commence on the sec-
ond Monday in January following his election: Provided^ hoicever^ 
That the term of office of each member elected in November 1958 
shall commence on the second Monday in April 1959 and shall continue 
until the second Monday in April 1961, and the term of office of each 
member elected in November 1960 shall commence on the second Mon-
day in April 1961 and continue until the second Monday in January 
1963." 
(b) Subsection (e) of section 6 of said Act is amended to read as 
follows: "Each member of the legislature shall be paid the sum of 
$600 annually, one-third on the first day of the regular session of the 
legislature, one-third one month after the beginning of such regular 
session, and one-third at the close of such regular session. 
Each 
member of the legislature who is away from the island of his residence 
shall also receive the sum of $20 per day for each day's attendance 
while the legislature is actually in session, in lieu of his expenses for 
subsistence, and shall be reimbursed for his actual travel expenses in 
going to and returning from each session, or period thereof, for not 
to exceed a total of eight round trips during any calendar year. 
The 
salaries, per diem, and travel allowances of the members of the legisla-
ture shall be i^aid by the Government of the United States: 
Provided, 
however^ That nothing herein shall prohibit the Virgin Islands Legis-
lature from providing for payment of travel expenses and per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, at rates not in excess of those permitted by the 
Federal Government for its employees, for members of the legislature 
traveling on official business outside of the Vir<>;in Islands." 
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(c) The first sentence of subsection (a) of section 7 of said Act 
(68 Stat. 500; 48 U.S.C. 1573) is amended to read as follows: "Regular 
sessions of the legislature shall be held annually, conimencing on the 
second Monday in January (unless the legislature shall by law fix a 
different date), and shall continue in regular session for not more than 
sixty consecutive calendar days in any calendar year: Provided-, hoio-
6ver^ That the regular annual session for each of the years 1959, 1960, 
and 1961, respectively, shall commence on the second Monday in 
April and shall continue in regular session for not more than sixty 
consecutive calendar days." 
SEC. 3. The second sentence of section 16(a) of the Revised Organic 
Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 504) as amended (48 U.S.C. 1597) 
is further amended to comprise two sentences to read as follows: "The 
head of each executive department other than the department of law 
shall be designated as the commissioner thereof, and the commissioner 
of finance shall be bonded. 
The head of the department of law shall 
be known as the attorney general of the Virgin Islands." 
SEC. 4. Section 27 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands 
(48 U.S.C. 1617) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 27. The President shall, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, appoint a United States attorney for the Virgin Islands 
to whose office the provisions of chapter 31 of title 28, United States 
Code, shall apply, except that the Attorney General shall not appoint 
more than one assistant United States attorney for the Virgin Islands. 
Except as otherwise provided by law it shall be the duty of the United 
States attorney to prosecute all offenses against the United States and 
to conduct all legal proceedings, civil and criminal, to which the 
Government of the United States is a party in the district court and 
in the inferior courts of the Virgin Islands. He shall also prosecute 
in the district court in the name of the government of the Virgin 
Islands all offenses against the laws of the Virgin Islands which are 
cognizable by that court unless, at his request or with his consent, the 
prosecution of any such case is conducted by the attorney general of 
the Virgin Islands. The United States attorney may, when requested 
by the Governor or the attorney general of the Virgin Islands, con-
duct any other legal proceedings to which the government of the Vir-
gin Islands is a party in the district court or the inferior courts of the 
Virgin Islands. In the case of a vacancy in the office of United States 
attorney, the District Court of the Virgin Islands may appoint a 
United States attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled. The order 
of appointment by the court shall be filed with tne clerk of the court." 
Approved September 16, 1959. 
R e g u l a r 
sions. 
Commissioners. 
D e p a r t m ent of 
law. 
U. S. attorney. 
Appointment, 
62 Stat. 909. 
28 u s e 501. 
Public Law 86-290 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
c * K o, ,oco 
September 21, 1959 
Authorizing the National Geographic Society to erect a memorial on public 
[s. J.Res. 103] 
grounds in the State of Virginia to honor Hear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the National Geo- _^ 
graphic Society is authorized to erect a memorial on public grounds ^i^. 
along Memorial Avenue, Arlington County, Virginia (such grounds 
being now owned by the United States), the purpose of which will 
be to honor Rear Admiral Eichard E. Byrd. 
Rear Adm. Rich-
ard E. Byrd memo-