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V.I. Code tit. 1, § 103 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Flag, Flower, and Medals|§ 103. Medal of Honor for public service

 (a) The Virgin Islands Medal of Honor, authorized, created, adopted, and prepared under the Resolution passed by the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly on August 20, 1954, and approved by the Governor on August 27, 1954, is continued. (b) The Medal of Honor shall be awarded only upon the adoption of a Resolution by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands recognizing a person who has rendered outstanding public service to the People of the Virgin Islands. (c) The Medal of Honor shall be presented at appropriate ceremonies to be arranged by the Legislature. (d) Whenever the supply of Medals becomes exhausted, the President of the Legislature may expend from appropriations then available the funds necessary for the preparation of an additional and reasonable number of Medals. The Medals shall continue to be cast in gold, and with the same design as that used in preparing previous Medals, unless a change in design is approved by the President of the Legislature.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 103a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Flag, Flower, and Medals|§ 103a. Official Key to the Virgin Islands

 (a) There is established the ceremonial Key to the Territory known as “The Official Key to the Virgin Islands.” The key to the Virgin Islands must be engraved with a replica of the Official Seal of the Virgin Islands, as described in section 108. The Governor is responsible for having the ceremonial keys prepared and maintained in sufficient supply. (b) The Governor of the Virgin Islands shall maintain custody of the Official key to the Virgin Islands. Recipients of the Official Key to the Virgin Islands may be designated by the Governor or by the adoption of a resolution by the Legislature. (c) The Official Key to the Virgin Islands may be presented to: (1) persons who have performed significant civic service; (2) persons who have made outstanding achievements in or contributions to their fields of endeavor; (3) esteemed or distinguished guests of or visitors to the Territory; (4) other persons whom the Governor or the Legislature considers deserving of the honor.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 103b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Flag, Flower, and Medals|§ 103b. Centennial Living Treasures Award Program

 (a) The Centennial Living Treasures Award Program is established to recognize and honor senior citizens who reside in the Virgin Islands upon attaining their 100th birthday and to provide special recognition to those centenarians who are preserving Virgin Islands culture as defined in 3 V.I.C. § 408(b)(1). (b) The Department of Human Services, Division of Senior Citizens Affairs, shall administer the awards program established in subsection (a) and shall: (1) develop and maintain a genealogy database of all centennials, past and present, who are candidates or recipients of the award; (2) identify all persons residing in the Virgin Islands who have attained their 100th birthday; (3) quarterly submit the names, biographical information, and accomplishments of the award recipients to the Legislature of the Virgin Islands for passage of a resolution honoring the named recipient; and (4) promulgate such regulations as necessary to carry out the purpose of this section. (c) Upon a person’s 100th birthday, the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services shall award the centenarian a grant of $4,000 and upon the recipient’s death shall award $1,000 towards the recipient’s burial expenses. (d) Recipients of the living trust award must have resided in the Virgin Islands for not less than 30 years and must be residing in the Virgin Islands when they attain the age of 100 years. (e) Recipients of the award may reside at a private home or at a government facility. (f) The Centennial Living Treasures Award Program Fund is established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands as a separate and distinct fund administered by the Commissioner of Finance. The Fund consists of an annual appropriation by the Legislature of $25,000. The Commissioner of Finance shall disburse money from the Fund upon the warrant of the Commissioner of Human Services solely for grants to centenarians as provided in subsection (c).
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 104 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Flag, Flower, and Medals|§ 104. Virgin Islands anthem

 (a) The composition consisting of words and music known as the “Virgin Islands March”, the music for which was composed by Alton A. Adams, Sr., is designated as the Virgin Islands anthem. (b) When the Virgin Islands anthem is played, all present should stand and face toward the music when no flag is displayed. When the Flag is displayed, all present should stand and face the flag.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 105 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Flag, Flower, and Medals|§ 105. Bird

 The Yellow Breast (Coereba flaveola) is the official bird of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 105a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Flag, Flower, and Medals|§ 105a. Quadrille

 Quadrille, the visual and instrumental style of Virgin Islands' folk dance, which traces its ancestry to Africa and Europe, is the official traditional dance of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 106 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Flag, Flower, and Medals|§ 106. Governor's symbol of office

 (a) The President of the Legislature is hereby authorized to cause to be prepared a symbol of office for the Governor of the Virgin Islands. The symbol shall be a chain of ribbon and metal designed to be worn over the shoulder. There shall be seven gold circular shields and each shield shall be embossed with the flag or standard of each nation that has held sovereignty over the people of the Virgin Islands. These shields shall culminate in a large “V.I.” on a golden plate, having at its base three pearls symbolizing the three major islands of the Virgin Islands and the date of the inauguration of the first elected Governor of the Virgin Islands. This symbol of office shall be presented to the Governor at the time of his inauguration. (b) During his term of office, the Governor of the Virgin Islands shall be the custodian of the Governor's Symbol of Office and he may wear the symbol on such ceremonial occasions, both within and without the Virgin Islands, as he deems appropriate. At least 48 hours prior to the inauguration of each new governor of the Virgin Islands, the incumbent governor shall return the Symbol of Office to the President of the Legislature. Upon retirement from office each Governor shall be given by the President of the Legislature a memento of the Governor's tenure in office. The memento shall be a gold shield with a blue shoulder piece with the Governor's name and the dates of his service as Governor. Upon presentation the memento shall become the personal property of the Governor.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 107 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Flag, Flower, and Medals|§ 107. United States and Virgin Islands flags; time and occasion for display; hoisting and lowering

 (a) The United States and Virgin Islands flags shall be displayed on or near the premises of every government building, and on or near the premises of every private and public school. (b) The flags shall be hoisted briskly at sunrise and lowered ceremoniously at sunset. (c) The flags are not required to be displayed on Saturdays, Sundays, or national or territorial holiday. (d) This section shall be deemed to be the official policy of the Virgin Islands, but shall not be enforceable through any penalty sanctions.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 108 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Flag, Flower, and Medals|§ 108. Official Seal; prohibited use; government stationery

 (a) There is hereby confirmed, as the official seal of the Virgin Islands of the United States, the Great Seal of the Virgin Islands of the United States as described in subsection (b) of this section. (b) The Great Seal of the Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States shall consist of the following design: In the foreground, a yellow breast (Coereba Flaveola), the official bird of the Virgin Islands, perched on a branch of the yellow cedar (Tecoma Stans), the official flower of the Virgin Islands, on the left end of which are three flowers, three seed pods and, on the right, three leaves of the plant; in the background, surrounding the bird and plant, are three islands representing the three major islands of the United States Virgin Islands, one with a sugarmill located on it, representing St. Croix, another with the Annaberg ruins, representing St. John, and the third with the Capitol Building, behind which are the flags of the United States of America and the Danneborg, representing St. Thomas; a scroll bearing the words, “United in Pride and Hope”, is located on the lower edge of the design directly below the island representing St. Croix. Encircling the above-described design the words “Government of” are inscribed in the upper portion of the circle, and the words “The United States Virgin Islands” are inscribed in the lower portion of the circle. (c) The Great Seal of the Virgin Islands of the United States shall be used as the official seal of the departments and agencies of the Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States. However, nothing in this section shall be construed so as to limit use of other official seals by such departments and agencies or other branches of government. (d) Any person who maliciously or for commercial purposes uses or allows to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the Great Seal of the Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States in any manner whatsoever is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1,000 and imprisoned for not more than (6) months. (e) No person may use official government stationery for private or other nonofficial use. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be fined not more than $500.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 109 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Flag, Flower, and Medals|§ 109. Quelbe

 Quelbe, the vocal and instrumental style of Virgin Islands' folk music which traces its ancestry to Africa and Europe, and which is a fusion of bamboula rhythms and chants, canso songs and melodies, is the official traditional Music of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 110 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Flag, Flower, and Medals|§ 110. The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Virgin Islands Veterans' Memorial Park

 The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Virgin Islands Veterans' Memorial Park located in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands is designated as one of the official parks of fallen veterans.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 131 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 131. Legislature's committee; election of members; chairman

 (a) A standing committee of the Legislature is created, to be officially known as the Legislature's Committee on Interstate Cooperation. The Committee shall consist of five members, including its chairman. The members shall be elected by the Legislature, which shall designate the member to serve as chairman. In addition to the regular members, the President of the Legislature shall be ex officio an honorary nonvoting member of this committee. (b) The standing committee referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall function during the regular sessions of the Legislature and also during the interim periods between such sessions. Its members shall serve until their successors are qualified, and such committee shall constitute for the Virgin Islands the Legislature Council of the American Legislators' Association.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 132 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 132. Governor's committee; appointment; composition

 A committee of administrative officials and employees of the Virgin Islands is created, to be officially known as the Governor's Committee on Interstate Cooperation, and to consist of five members. Its members shall be: The Commissioner of Finance, ex officio; the United States attorney, ex officio; the Chairman of the Virgin Islands Planning Board, ex officio; and two other administrative officials or employees to be designated by the Governor, each of whom shall serve for a term of one year. If there is uncertainty as to the identity of any of the ex officio members of this committee, the Governor shall determine the question, and his determination and designation shall be conclusive. The Governor shall appoint one of the five members of this committee as its chairman. In addition to the regular members, the Governor shall be ex officio an honorary nonvoting member of this committee.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 133 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 133. Virgin Islands Commission; composition; compensation of members

 (a) The Virgin Islands Commission on Interstate Cooperation, hereafter in this chapter referred to as the “Commission,” is created. The Commission shall be composed of ten regular members, as follows— (1) the five members of the Legislature's Committee on Interstate Cooperation, and (2) the five members of the Governor's Committee on Interstate Cooperation. (b) The Governor and the President of the Legislature shall be ex officio honorary nonvoting members of the Commission. The Chairman of the Governor's Committee on Interstate Cooperation shall be ex officio Chairman of the Commission and the Chairman of the Legislature's Committee on Interstate Cooperation shall be ex officio first Vice-Chairman of the Commission. (c) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation for such service, but they shall be paid their necessary expenses in carrying out their obligations under this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 134 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 134. Employment of personnel; expenses and contributions

 The Commission may employ a secretary and a stenographer, it may incur such other expenses as may be necessary for the proper performance of its duties, and it may, by contributions to the Council of State Governments, participate with States of the United States in maintaining such Council's district and central secretariats and other governmental services.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 135 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 135. Functions of the Commission

 The Commission shall— (1) carry forward the participation of the Virgin Islands as a member of the Council of State Governments; (2) encourage and assist the legislative, executive, administrative and judicial officials and employees of the Virgin Islands to develop and maintain friendly contact by correspondence, by conference, and otherwise, with officials and employees of States of the United States, of the Federal Government, and of local units of government; (3) endeavor to advance cooperation between the Virgin Islands and other units of government whenever it seems advisable to do so by formulating proposals for, and by facilitating— (A) the adoption of compacts; (B) the enactment of uniform or reciprocal statutes; (C) the adoption of uniform or reciprocal administrative rules and regulations; (D) the informal cooperation of governmental offices with one another; (E) the personal cooperation of governmental officials and employees with one another, individually; (F) the interchange and clearance of research and information; and (G) any other suitable process; and (4) do all such acts as will, in the opinion of the Commission, enable the Virgin Islands to do its part—or more than its part—in forming a more nearly perfect union among the various governments in the United States and in developing the Council of State Governments for that purpose.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 136 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 136. Delegations and committees; membership, functions, and compensation; advisory boards

 (a) The Commission shall establish such delegations and committees as it deems advisable, in order that they may confer and formulate proposals concerning effective means to secure intergovernmental harmony, and may perform other functions for the Commission in obedience to its decisions. Subject to the approval of the Commission, members of each delegation or committee shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Commission. Officials or employees of the Virgin Islands who are not members of the Commission may be appointed as members of a delegation or committee, but private citizens holding no governmental position in the Virgin Islands shall not be eligible. The Commission may provide such other rules as it considers appropriate concerning the membership and the functioning of a delegation or committee. Members of the delegations and committees established by the Commission shall serve without compensation, but they shall be paid their necessary expenses in carrying out their obligations under this chapter. (b) The Commission may provide for advisory boards for itself and for its various delegations and committees, and may authorize private citizens to serve on the boards.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 137 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 137. Reports to Governor and Legislature

 The Commission shall report to the Governor and to the Legislature within fifteen days after the convening of each regular legislative session, and at such other times as it deems appropriate.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 138 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 138. Informal names of Committees and Commission

 The Committees and the Commission created by this chapter shall be informally known, respectively, as the Legislature's Cooperation Committee, the Governor's Cooperation Committee and the Virgin Islands Cooperation Commission.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 139 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 139. Declaration with respect to Council of State Governments

 The Council of State Governments is declared to be a joint governmental agency of the Virgin Islands and of the States of the United States which cooperate through it.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 171 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Holidays|§ 171. Legal holidays; serving liquor on Good Friday; performance of acts under law or contract

 (a) The following days are legal holidays in the Virgin Islands: Every Sunday January 1 (New Year's Day) January 6 (Three King's Day) Third Monday in January (Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday) Third Monday in February (Presidents Day) March 31 (Transfer Day) Holy Thursday Good Friday Easter Monday Last Monday in May (Memorial Day) July 3 (V.I. Emancipation Day) — Danish West Indies Emancipation Day July 4 (Independence Day) First Monday in September (Labor Day) Second Monday in October (Columbus Day and Puerto Rico Friendship Day) November 1 (D. Hamilton Jackson Day) November 11 (Veterans Day) Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day) December 25 (Christmas Day) December 26 (Christmas Second Day) and such other days as the President or the Governor may by proclamation declare to be holidays. Whenever any holiday (other than Sunday) falls upon a Sunday, the Governor by Proclamation may, in his discretion, grant administrative leave on the following Monday, except that Organic Act Day (Third Monday in June), Supplication Day (Fourth Monday in July) and Local Thanksgiving Day (Third Monday in October) shall be observed on the preceding Sunday. (b) Distilled liquor and drinks prepared therewith shall not be served in public places of refreshments between the hours of 9:00 o'clock in the morning and 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon on Good Friday. Whoever violates this subsection shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (c) Whenever any act is appointed by law or contract to be performed upon a particular day, which day falls upon a holiday, that act may be performed upon the next business day with the same effect as if it had been performed upon the day appointed.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 171c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Holidays|§ 171c. West Indies Solidarity Day

 The first Monday in September shall be observed as West Indies Solidarity Day throughout the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 171d (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Holidays|§ 171d. Same; recognition of contributions by people of West Indies

 Recognition shall be given to contributions made by the people of the West Indies to the economic and social life of the Virgin Islands on West Indies Solidarity Day.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 171e (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Holidays|§ 171e. Same; proclamation by Governor

 At least 15 days prior to West Indies Solidarity Day the Governor shall issue a proclamation throughout the Virgin Islands calling attention to contributions of workers from all over the West Indies to the economic and social life of the people of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 171f (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Holidays|§ 171f. Same; appointment of committee to organize program

 The Governor is authorized to appoint a committee for the celebration of West Indies Solidarity Day in the Virgin Islands. The committee shall consist of seven members who shall be in charge of organizing a program for the celebration of West Indies Solidarity Day.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 172 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Holidays|§ 172. Teachers' Day

 The first Friday of the month of May of each year shall be observed as Teachers' Day throughout the Virgin Islands. On that day, preferential attention shall be given in the schools to the holding of the public acts and demonstrations which, as homage to school teachers, may be announced as provided in sections 173–175 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 1, § 173 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Holidays|§ 173. Proclamation and recommendations of Governor concerning Teachers' Day

 The Governor of the Virgin Islands, on occasion of Teachers' Day and at least fifteen days in advance, shall promulgate through a proclamation that shall be announced in the press and by radio, the date on which shall be rendered a tribute of admiration for the work of school teachers, and he shall recommend such public or private acts and demonstrations as may be carried out in celebration of Teachers' Day in the Virgin Islands.