77th Congress, 1st Session 
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House Document No. 366 
  
A SET OF LAWS PASSED BY THE 
MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND THE LEGISLATIVE 
ASSEMBLY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
LETTER 
FROM THE 
ACTING SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 
TRANSMITTING 
A SET OF LAWS PASSED BY THE MUNICIPAL 
COUNCILS AND THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEM- 
BLY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DURING 
THE FISCAL YEAR 1941 
  
August 28, 1941.—Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs 
and ordered to be printed 
UNITED STATES 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
WASHINGTON 
: 1941 
 
 
  
  
  
  
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
Washington, August 26, 1941. 
The SPEAKER OF THE HoUSE oF REPRESENTATIVES. 
Sir: Section 
16 
of the organic act 
of the Virgin Islands 
of the 
United States (47 Stat. 1807) provides in part as follows: 
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3% 
Al] laws enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix, by the 
Municipal Council of Saint Thomas and Saint John, or by the legislative assembly, 
shall be reported by the Governor to the Secretary of the Interior, and by him 
to the Congress, which hereby reserves the power and authority to annul the 
same. 
The laws not annulled shall be published annually as a public document. 
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x 
Accordingly a complete set of all of such laws passed by the Munici- 
pal Councils and 
the Legislative Assembly 
of 
the Virgin Islands 
during the fiscal year 1941 has been assembled and 
is transmitted 
herewith for convenient use in connection with the requirement con- 
tained 
in the last sentence of the provision of section 
16, quoted 
above, relating to the publication of the laws annually as a public 
document. 
Very truly yours, 
JouN J. DempPsEY, 
Acting Secretary of the Interior. 
IIX
 
BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAINT CROIX 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, JULY 
1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Estimated revenues for the fiscal year from July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
I. 
DIRECT TAXES 
5h Beal property ate. 
oon 
eet 
abd 
cu in Las 
$52, 000 
meome tA Co 
a 
a 
a 
i 
a BE 
a 
10, 000 
3. Road fund: 
(a). Automobile #a%.. 
ou 
ho ouassieiananns 
$8, 000 
(0) 
Cosoline tax. 
=. 
Jt 
es canis 
wm 
9, 000 
— 
17, 000 
$79, 000 
II. INDIRECT TAXES 
4 Tmporbiduty. cui ol 
su aaiise ln tin Tred Sede dia 
Bs ike 
5, 500 
Sportbags. 
Rl Cele TE 
ee Le SRE 
24, 000 
HEEL 
NE 
ON 
AE ROR 
ous Tor 
dp QUERY 
JA EP 
2, 500 
TA 
ACR 
I 
ORE 
NE 
J 
lo 
0 ER 
oe SFR 
3, 300 
Se Stomp dues. oa 
SL 
OR 
a 
en 
de a 
3, 000 
9. Vendue fees and percentages_________ Sh 
Sa Ee 
300 
10. Moxon inherlanees 
0 
of 
i 
nn 
1, 000 
11. Court fees and fees from police offices... 
nie 
eme 
3, 500 
12... Pees irom burgher briefs 
iete. 
i. ccc 
iveca ina 
2, 000 
13. Internal revenue taxes: 
(a) 
Excise QUby di 
oh 
a aiase ob 
atin ne bh 
$9, 000 
y:Internal Yevenues. .......... oo. 0 
8, 000 
—— 
17, 000 
62, 100 
III. SUNDRY REVENUES 
14. Fines and confiseationseas 
5.) teu. ode Gainals ens inn 
1, 200 
15: Bevenues from the prison... o_o. 
0 Co Lo caades 
1, 300 
16. From the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John: 
{a) Toward support of leper asylum... 
........ 
1, 000 
(b) Toward support of insane asylum_.__.___________ 
2, 000 
(¢) Toward support of King’s Hill Poor Farm ______ 
600 
(d) Toward support of Richmond Penitentiary_____ 
500 
17. Returns from somitany. work co. on 0 oun 
ian 
aa 
2, 800 
1S. Covporgition fees. 
Lol oo on dean 
700 
10. Pees from custoiy houses. 
onuge 
Soci 
al 
sos lie i 
200 
20. Passportifees. 
ou 
i sono 
tals 
naa 
50 
21. Miscellaneous. 
... .. oo iiunin 
nus ORS 
SR 
SER Ry IVR 
6, 500 
22. 
8{. Croix telephone service... 
.. 
coi duediieus ames 
6, 500 
23, 350 
Tolzl estimated revenues. L0G 
Ela saw 
164, 450 
United States contribuiion 
bs. 
2. 0 
0 oi 
her - 
os dai 
75, 000 
Totallestimated dnedme:.. 
coir 
Fv Su 
0 
oe 
na 
239, 450 
Total operating expenses 1040-41... nono 
0 
239, 450 
1
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
Estimated expenditures for the fiscal year from Juy 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941 
MONEY BILL 
I. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 
. Salaries: 
(a) Assistant to council and committee_____________ 
$1, 440 
(b) Messenger to council and committee. ___________ 
300 
. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
department. 
| ollnl. ol ale Se 
BALL ia he da i 
mi it 
Maintenance for municipal council: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary for the opera- 
tion 
of the department, including printing; telephones, 
light, newspaper 
subscriptions, postage, lunches, office 
expenses, and miscellaneous. 
cic. secive shoots 
uns. 
$1, 740 
None 
1, 000 
2, 740 
MONEY BILL 
I (2). MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE 
. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
department. a 
ea 
ee 
a 
. 
Maintenance for municipal committee: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary for the opera- 
tion 
of 
the 
department, 
including 
printing, 
postage, 
lunches, and $100 expenses allowance for each municipal 
committee member or his substitute, and miscellaneous 
MONEY BILL 
I (b). LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 
. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary for the opera- 
tion of the department, including printing, postage, and 
miscellaneous 
oor 
SC 
A 
a 
MONEY BILL II. JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT 
. Salaries: 
~ 
(a) Judge 
of the police court, Christiansted and re- 
: 
cordérfor ®t. Croix sz. ols. 
oe 
Fo, 
$2, 080 
(b) Judge of the police court, Frederiksted 
. _________ 
1, 440 
(¢) 
Clerk 
of the police court and Poor Commission, 
Cheistiongted oi 
tons 
non 
aus Luger ed] 
648 
(d) 
Clerk of the police court and Poor Commission, 
Predeviigted 
. 
-.. coil S28 
0am Sonsini 
648 
(eo) 
Clearly wo the recorder 
ol 
Lin 
an 
hp goo 
600 
. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the opera- 
tion 
of the department, including subscription 
io periodieaisc 
es 
rar Loa 
a 
100 
. Maintenance: Consumable supplies and services necessary 
for the operation of the department, including subscrip- 
tions; lighting; telephones; interpreter service; station- 
ary; printing; postage; and miscellaneous... _________ 
180 
MONEY BILL 
III. 
POLICE 
AND PRISON DEPARTMENT 
. Salaries: 
(a) Leave-director of police to noon Sept. 18__________ 
471 
2 inspectors, separation allowance to close of 
Get, Tl 
en 
SR 
ST 
101 
(by 
Captain, nottoexeead. 
su. cn. 0. 
0a 
ii. 
1, 440 
(0) Lieutenant, nottoexeeed. ........... .......... 
1, 248 
fly 
Clerk 
= ee 
eat 
Te a 
600 
{e) 
Warden: 
. oe 
a 
yee 
918 
(f) 
2 senior corporals not to exceed $765 each_______ 
1,530 
{g) 
3 corporalsnofito exceed $648 each... ......... . 
1, 944 
(h) 
19 policemen not to exceed $600 each___________ 
11, 400 
(©) 
1 matron, Riehmond Penitentiary...» 
:.. .-%=- 
540 
(7) 
1 cook and assistant matron, Frederiksted_______ 
180 
(L) 
2drivers at: 38360 each. 
lo aban 
ao 
1, 440 
{I night watehman. 
00 oe 
a 
360 
None 
600 
100 
5, 696 
22, 172
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
3 
Estimated expenditures for the fiscal year from July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941—Con. 
MONEY BILL 
1II. POLICE AND PRISON DEPARTMENT—continued 
‘2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the opera- 
tion of thedepartment. .._._....... 
._ _._.... 
+3. Maintenance: 
{ay Subsistence for prisoners... 
Jo. lull. 
al 
1 
(b) Consumable supplies and services necessary 
for 
the 
operation 
of 
the 
department, 
including 
maintenance 
and 
operation 
of 
vehicles; 
uni- 
forms for police personnel, clothing for prison- 
ers, telephones, light and fuel, allowance to dis- 
charged 
prisoners, 
advertising 
and 
newspaper 
subscriptions, bounty for mongoose and miscel- 
$100 
, 900 
Inneous. 
if 
L#dul 
1 
aL 
Ble ol] 
iii 
1, 225 
MONEY BILL IV. HARBOR AND PILOT DEPARTMENT 
1. Salaries: 
(Celilo... FDIS 
‘2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable 
articles necessary 
for 
the opera- 
; 
tion of the department... 
. ..-._ 2... 
J... 
‘3. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary 
for 
the operation 
of the department, including re- 
pairs to buoys and boat; and hire of boatmen_ _ _   
MONEY BILL 
V. 
FIRE DEPARTMENT, CHRISTIANSTED 
1. Salaries: 
{a) 
Fire inspectorand mechanic... 
..... _........ 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable 
articles necessary 
for 
the opera- 
tion 
of 
the 
department, 
including 
hose 
and 
couplings; and miscellaneous... 
nvo- coon 
-3. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary 
for 
the operation of the department, including elec- 
tricity; and maintenance and operation of fire 
ERGINBE 
Lit oe 
a 
aL 
a LE 
FIRE DEPARTMENT, FREDERIKSTED 
‘1. Salaries: 
{a)' 
Fire inspector and mechani. 
..c. cou 
in... 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the opera- 
tion 
of 
the 
department, 
including 
hose 
and 
couplings, and miscellaneous. 
eee 
o anil 
3. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary 
for 
the 
operation 
of 
the 
department, 
including 
electric current, operation and maintenance of 
fire 
engines; 
and 
transportation 
expenses 
to 
countryfives. oo el 
onl gan, 
$3, 325 
25, 497 
240 
350 
75 
240 
350 
85 
660 
665 
675
4 
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
Estimated expenditures for the fiscal year from July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941—Con. 
MONEY BILL 
VI. DEPARTMENT 
OF HEALTH 
A. 
Office of the chief municipal physician 
1. Salaries: 
(a) 
Superintendent of medical institutions_ _________ 
$1, 600 
hy 
Clerk. ai 
es 
480 
{PWMeehanie. ........... C EE 
600 
{d) 
Director of nurses’ training... 
ono oo ann utes 
960 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable 
articles necessary 
for the opera- 
tion of the department... 
... co ivi 
niin 
dou. 
250 
3. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary 
for 
the operation 
of the department, including of- 
fice 
supplies, 
printing 
and 
binding; 
postage 
stamps; telephone rental; operation and main- 
tenance of public welfare car and miscellaneous__ 
400 
: 
—" 
fs $4. 20/() 
B. Sanitation service 
1. Salaries: 
Clerk. 
te 
a eae 
756 
(OYoSanitation technician. 4... onan. 
Jui 
960 
{¢) 
Sanitary inspector, Christiansted........ou..... 
867 
(d) 
Sanitary inspector, Frederiksted_.______________ 
702 
(2) i 2 chauffeurs ab A200 
sre 
or 
Be vi 
Ln 
a 
ean 
840 
{f) 
6 truck holpers.at-8300. -. . - cui 
io oni nn 
1, 800 
{7) 2can washers... ....-.. Bima 
tee Se 
a 
Gen i 
288 
0) 
Substibubes. 
«oo ue ns wblidiien bin ohn 
db Baw win wim 
100 
a 
6, 313 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
department, 
including 
nightsoil 
cans; 
and 
all 
miscel- 
neous ems. 
on. oo ah 
ans 
Le 
300 
3. Maintenance: 
(a) 
Consumable supplies and services necessary for the oper- 
ation 
of 
the 
department, 
including 
maintenance 
and 
operation 
of 
automotive 
and 
other 
equipment; 
office 
maintenance and supplies; and miscellaneous___________ 
450 
7,063 
C. Christiansted Hospital 
1. Salaries: 
{oy 
Municipal physielon. 
oo. 
00a ain 
naan 
2, 400 
) Supervising nurse... 
wo... Tons. 
nL Le 
765 
(0) 
2 groduntc vwarzes at $600... 
ui 
i ony 
a 
1, 200 
{d): Graduate nursed 
Cv 
0 
Bla 
el 0s 
ely 
480 
{)i5 graduate nurses at 8860. 
. oo ua Ll Lin 
1, 800 
(NN. 
3B oraduatenurzes ab $300: 
Co 
on 0 
900 
{g) 
2 distriet nurses at:3600and $420... 
iio 
1,020 
{h) 
5 pupillmursesab S180... ato. 
an Ballo 
900 
(DE pupllinurser. ab 8120. 
co odastiar 
vgn sul ll 
240 
REE 
TNA 
CN 
dene 
NR Le 
756 
(£) Laborgterydechnieions oi. 
ue uidccisoaline 
648 
() 
Assistant laboratory technician_________________ 
240 
(my. 
Recordielesk aris. fos Ln 
cn iinaal 
asi 
nag 
360 
(n): 
2 chauleursato8300- 
oc Lr 
is. Lun anaes 
600 
(B22 Janitors at SH 
re anni aaa) 
360 
(0) 
3wardmoide at S144 on. 
432 
(0) 2coolmiat BUSG- 
0-0 pone 
De 
360 
{ry 
IT hitehenassistantbiz 
i 
= ona 
0 
as 
132 
(2) 
Scomstrass. 
© ool a 
a 
et. 
180 
(0) 
A chietlaundress. 
|v. 
0 
hh. nb 
180 
(uv) 
3 assistant laundresses, at $144... 
... 
432 
a 
WA, 085
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
5 
Estimated expenditures for the fiscal year from July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941—Con. 
MONEY BILL 
VI. DEPARTMENT 
OF HEALTH— continued 
C. Christiansted Hospital—Continued 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
department, 
including 
surgical 
instruments; 
X-rays 
equipment; 
beds and bedding; 
general hospital equip- 
ment; students textbooks; and miscellaneous___________ 
3. Maintenance: 
ET 
TL SR 
te CRT ne ea 
$5, 000 
(b) 
Consumable supplies and services necessary for the 
operation 
of 
the department, 
including medi- 
cines; 
dressings; 
X-ray 
supplies; 
general 
hos- 
pital 
supplies; 
operation and maintenance 
of 
equipment; patients, clothing and uniforms for 
personnel; telephones, light and fuel; and mis- 
CeBANeOUS oil 
ae ra 
4, 300 
D. Frederiksted Hospital. 
1. Salaries: 
(a) Municipal physicion.. ...c. cc cone amma 
ene. 
2, 400 
(0) 
Assistant superintendent... 
it... 
1, 200 
{o)-Supervising Mase... 
nol 
eas bade ae nn 
765 
(d) 
2 graduate nurses (senior) at $600______________ 
1, 200 
{e) 
2 district nutses ab $420... 
... oo 
in 
840 
(f) 
3 graduate nurses (junior) at $360______________ 
1, 080 
(9) 
3 graduate nurses (junior) at $300______________ 
900 
() 
Male nurges. 
oso 
nr 
snl oe 
180 
(Q) 2pupll nurses at $240... 
... cc. coe aaa 
480 
(7) Spupil nurses at S180... 
. ...oes 
540 
{E) 
Sipupll nwrsesat S120. 
0. oni vol 
Ll 
240 
(I) Laboratory technician and dispenser____________ 
702 
(mn) 
Assistant laboratory technician. _._......___.... 
240 
(n)-Beeordielerio. 
oo. nl rue 
carats pian 
360 
(0) 
2 chauffeurs at $300 and $240... 
__._ _ _..... . 
540 
{p) 
2ijanttors al S180... 
0 lis 
360 
(D 2Cooks at BU80.. 
.- iL 
360 
0) 
Taundressds 
= 
ooo 
onal 
nl 
ur 
ae 
180 
(8) 
2 assistant laundresses at $144 _________________ 
288 
Oy Swardmaids:at Sidd.. 
0. 
ooo 
iaae 
ae a 
432 
PORES on RN Sa 
a Cl 
180 
  
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
department, 
including 
surgical 
instruments; 
X-ray 
equipment, beds and beddings; general hospital equip- 
ment; students textbooks; and miscellaneous___________ 
3. Maintenance: 
(a) 
Subsisteneeci 
bo 
cae 
oar UT 
a 
ei 
eel 
4,400 
(b) Consumable supplies and services necessary 
for 
the operation of the department, including medi- 
cines; dressings; X-ray supplies, operation and 
maintenance 
of equipment; 
patient’s 
clothing 
and uniforms for personnel; telephone; light and 
fuel: andimisdellaneouss oo... 
Lo uno Lo all 
3, 000 
  
$635 
  
13, 467 
400 
7, 400 
21, 267
6 
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
Estimated expenditures for the fiscal year from July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941—Com. 
MONEY BILL VI. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH—continued 
E. Insane Asylum 
1. Salaries: 
(a) Graduate head nurse___._________._ ENE 
SL 
TE 
$720 
{(b) 
Seamstress. 
io 
nah 
elie 
in 
alin 
180 
{c) 
Chief male attendant. 
2. 
1 
1h: 
HE 
00 
300 
(dD) Dattendants at S180. LL Ln 
ini stl 
an Tse 
900 
(OQ 
aChicl enol 
to 
is 
a 
anh 
a 
180 
Assistant Cook. oo 
ana ae 
144 
{gy Cartman’ 
ol -a8 B00 
cli ile og Sainte 
LL) 
180 
tite 
80, 586 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
departinent. 
i 
00 
0 Siig cnn 
de 
Raat 
he 
300: 
3. Maintenance: 
(a) Subgistenees 
 ... 
iio. Ci isan 
denna 
3, 800 
(b) Consumable supplies and services necessary for the 
operation 
of the department, including medi- 
cines; 
dressings; 
supplies; 
clothing 
and 
uni- 
forms; equipment maintenance; telephone; and 
. 
aniscellaneong 
ose 
a renin] 
ad 
al) 
1, 100 
; 
Rd 
4,900" 
7, 786 
F. Leper asylum 
1. Salaries: 
(@) 
Head nurse. Zc oc. oo oaobem 
8 
[Ini 
oo 
hdd 
765 
(b) Battondants at $180... 
-% <UL 
LL lll 
540 
(c) 
Attendant. 
--oo oon 
nr aad 
162 
(d) 
Chief eook-- 
oc: oc nnnnnn nnn 
lab Jl 
180 
{e) Assistant cook.  __—-o.oocoiisuswntl 
dl ntl 
144 
{(f) 
Assistant attendant... 
.---c 
ooo ooiioiien 
soil 
144 
— 
1, 935. 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the: 
department... 
ooo oo 
an aun 
SUE 
Bra 
a 
450) 
3. Maintenance: 
{a) 
Subsistence... 
usin 
nd dni 
el PRS 
$6, 300° 
(b) Consumable supplies and services necessary for the 
operation 
of 
the department, 
including medi- 
cines; dressings, supplies; clothing and uniforms; 
equipment; maintenance; telephone; newspaper 
subscriptions; allowances and wages to inmates; 
insurance; and miscellaneous__.______________ 
2, 600 
—_— 
8, 900° 
11, 285. 
G. Office of municipal dentist 
1. Salary: 
(0) 
Municipgl dentist 22. oui 
ilu 
linladi danuaduiand 
1, 440 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
department. +0 2b nl 
nonin 
cog Ghali 
50 
3. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary for the opera- 
HON'Of the department. 
. i ede e ncn 
mmm 
ne mmm 
50
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
7 
Estimated expenditures for the fiscal year from July 1, 1940, vo June 30, 1941—Con; 
MONEY BILL VII. 
KING'S HILL POOR FARM 
1. 
Salaries: 
  
(a) Graduate nurse. co. 
i 
a 
arian 
$702 
(D)-Jomlor nurses 
oe 
C00 nee 
el 
300 
(O) Maleattendant o.oo. 
vu. 
outa 
ciiuas 
3C0 
(dd): battendantes at S44... 
ol 
oS lL 
720 
{oY Seamglress 
coi i 
eet 
Ld 
180 
SpE 
EN 
GLI 
ne 
on ET 
180 
(PY Secon@ Cook... 
a... heat 
DT 
144 
(0) Laundress. 
oo 
a 
oa 
iri en sR 
180 
(2) 
"2 assistant JUNAreSSeR.. 
« . ov nmin 
s mmm 
288 
ten 
LR. 904 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
: 
department, including beds and bedding. ______________ 
600 
3. Maintenance: 
(a). 
Subsistence... 
vo. rin 
roo re 
aa 
$8, 700 
(b) Consumable supplies and services necessary 
for 
the operation of the department, including light 
and fuel; medicines; dressings; surgical supplies; 
clothing and uniforms; 
general supplies; 
tele- 
phone; and miscellaneous... 
-: Thro: 
= 
2, 400 
— 
11, 000 
14, 694 
MONEY BILL VIII. POOR DEPARTMENT 
1. Maintenance: 
{a) 
In aid of poor, Christiansted town _................ 
$3, 300 
(b) 
Pn aid of poor, Christiansted country distriet____ 
850 
(¢) Expenses for burying paupers, Christiansted _____ 
450 
(d) 
Miscellaneous, Christiansted_ 
_ _._____._.__._.__ 
30 
{¢) 
Tn nid of poor, Frederiksted town. 
i. coo tool] 
3, 000 
(f) 
In aid of poor, Frederiksted country distriet________ 
1, 050 
(9) 
Expenses for burying paupers, Frederiksted________ 
300 
(fr) 
Miscellaneous, Prederiksted. 
... _..OU0e 
ioral. 
30 
(1) Repairing hearse. fo... 
0, 
a. 
eat. 
40 
(7) Emergency relief, Christiansted and Frederiksted_ _ _ 
40 
———e 
9, 090 
9, 090 
MONEY BILL IX. PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES 
L.Aldtochildren’s home... 
oo on shar 
itn ie nd dps ain 
1, 200 
2. Providing homes for children________ ERE 
TL 
COREA 
Pa 
Fy 
600 
3.. Widow of former Sicknurse Ritzberg. 
. -c.uon iuoananunnmidn 
an 
72 
4. ‘EmmelinedRonam «nooo 
nr 
rlnan SE 
Ra 
cs 
a 
ls Sap 
: 
60 
Bo Alozsander Creagh... 
oo. . icin bo tmna nth vars as 
de win dis mrs 
lin = 
120 
6. Thomas J. Ash, former special teacher... ooiianucuneodasinnn- 
156 
7. Widow of former Messenger Ferdinand England 
_ SR 
CR 
96 
8. 
Ilva Forbes, special teapher. 
cu. 
ciia ih 
tn inane human dams 
360 
9." Ruth Stevens, former graded teacher. 
.. So 
dui ciininmuvndiua 
nn 
156 
10: Medora Phafre. 
08. 
Sava 
vf 
oe 
sR 
ga 
84 
3. Alico follmeides 
0. ul 
a 
ES 
San ea 
60 
12. Florella Larsen, former sewing teacher. o.oo 
uaa anion. i 
144 
13. Anita Gibbs, widow of Patrolman Gibbs... 
coma nanan 
180 
14. Eliza Jacksons 
cua 
ime noon 
a 
ir 
ar 
i 
ih ea 
84 
1 Armabel Lange... 
ie 
at 
a 
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240 
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60 
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240 
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180 
19. Elisabothy Thompson: 
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120 
20. Hilde Bord oo. 
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180 
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180
8 
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
Estimated expenditures for the fiscal year from July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941—Con. 
MONEY BILL IX. PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES—continued 
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27. Jane Hansen, widow of Police Sergeant Hans Hansen____________ 
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MONEY BILL X. DEPARTMENT 
OF EDUCATION 
1. 
Salaries: 
| 
  
{0) 
BS principglieachErs. 
Loo ianiiinl anda 
$4, 992 
D)e27 graded teachiGlB, 
oc issih 
embod dd dust & 
12, 540 
{0)-1-assistant gradedidencher. 
.. .... o_o... 
iL. 
360 
(d)- 
21 speeial togehenge 
ooo 
oon Loa 
19, 131 
{c): 
Subgtiinte teacher 
si is 
wom wer 
120 
{f) Tencherin training oC... 
0. 
ic ieitenas 
180 
37, 323 
{(iChiefelerk. ool 
ih 
an 
le 
867 
(hb) Property clerk. ....__ SNORE 
he 
RR UE Loh 
Te Te 
969 
{DaStatistiesieleriear 
vs 
LL Ub une 
a 
420 
(j) Janitor, Christiansted High School 
_ __.__________ 
360 
(k) Janitor, Frederiksted Junior High School _______ 
300 
(I) 
Janitor, Christiansted Grammar School __ _______ 
360 
(m) Janitor, Frederiksted Grammar School __________ 
300 
{n)y 
2 school nurses.al: $600... 
_.. 
io. 
lo... 
1, 200 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
department, including laboratory equipment and appa- 
ratus; teachers’ and pupils’ desks and seats; steel cabi- 
nets, 
school 
lunch 
utensils; 
charts; 
blackboards; 
and 
IISCOlANCOUS. 
i. Fae th 
ine se LU 
LE 
ne 
3. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary for the opera- 
tion of the department, including school lunches; school 
gardens; 
general school supplies including school text- 
books, ete.; special supplies for domestic science, manual 
training and science courses; maintenance and operation 
of department truck; and gasoline for operation of the 
superintendent’s car; rents; electric service and installa- 
tion; telephones; 
sanitation service; professional litera- 
ture: transportation of students; and miscellaneous. ___ _ 
4. Grant to scholarship fund... 
ae oh 
42, 099 
600 
4,700 
2,100 
49, 499 
MONEY BILL XI. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 
1. 
Salaries: 
(a) 
Inspector, Building Division, Christiansted______ 
$765 
(b) Inspector, Building Division, Frederiksted_______ 
756 
{¢). Foreman, Road Division 
oes. 
0... 
0. 
1, 200 
LEER ETT CRRIER 
R 
e 
L ACMym 
gea 
1, 200 
{oy Juniorielerle a 
coi fn 
et 
480 
  
4, 401
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
9 
Estimated expenditures for the fiscal year from July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941—Con. 
MONEY BILL XI. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT—continued 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
department. 
J 
or oo 
i 
Dn Se 
a 
cn Re A 
NR 
32 
$150 
3. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary for the 
operation 
of 
the department, including opera- 
tion and maintenance and repairs of equipment; 
telephones; post office box; postage; other main- 
tenance (office); and miscellaneous. __________ 
$1, 400 
(b) 
Repairs to buildings: Labor, material, transporta- 
tion and services required for maintenance and 
repairs of publichbulldings_— 
_... ..... 
3, 000 
(o) Townrlighting oe» 
00. (0 ae 
0 
a 
ous 
3, 600 
(d) 
Streets, 
parks, 
and 
cemeteries, 
including 
labor, 
material, transportation, and services_ ________ 
8, 500 
(e) Public roads: Labor, material, transportation and 
services necessary for maintenance and repairs__ 
7, 500 
(f) Water supply and sewers, including labor, mate- 
rial, transportation, and services. ____.________._ 
1, 000 
{oy 
Miscollancous.. 
J. 
cate taco Bl 
125 
: 
—_— 
25,125 
29, 676 
MONEY BILL XII. 
ST. CROIX TELEPHONE SERVICE 
1. Salaries: 
{myaChiefelorke oa 
a 
$600 
by 7Toperators at $300 t0 8360... 
2, 520 
(er 
Wite chief. 
on 
Cok 
TE Lodi ne 
600 
(ld) 
Asgistant wive'ehlef o_o. 
1 
dori 
ion 
nn. 
540 
{e)-Mesganger. 
5. 
ot 
oo 
ale 
eG 
ae 
LL 
216 
15) 
Messenodr. 
0 
ct 
as 
a 
120 
(9) Lineman, Frederiksted not to exceed____________ 
300 
—_—— 
4, 896 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
department, including telephones... 
cco 
euaanacs 
200 
3. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary for the opera- 
tion of the department, including wire; poles; maintenance 
and operation of auto truck; and miscellaneous_________ 
1, 700 
MONEY 
BILL 
XIII. 
OFFICE 
OF TAX ASSESSOR AND WAREHOUSE INSPECTOR 
1. Salaries: 
(a) Tax assessor and warehouse inspector___________ 
$1, 440 
(b) 
Clerk and assistant warehouse inspector_________ 
702 
(¢) 
Assistant warehouse inspector. _______________ 
702 
2, 844 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
department ce 
co 
INT 
Ne 
in 
100 
3. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary for the opera- 
tion 
of 
the 
department, 
including 
gasoline 
allowance, 
telephone; compensation for Board of Review; and mis- 
cellaneous supplies and services... 
i ..ii naa. 
100 
 
10 
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
Estimated expenditures for the fiscal year from July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941— Con. 
MONEY BILL XIV. PUBLIC LIBRARIES 
1. 
Salaries: 
(a) 
Ldbrarian, Chrisglengted 
ooo 
latin cnn 
$480 
{Oy 
Librarian, Fredeniksted. of 
.cl alle 
360 
{c)i2janitors, as $120. 
«CLL. lr 
240 
KD) Substitute Horrigan. 
oi hc crresss ate cones 
~ 
100 
$1, 180 
2. Equipment: 
(a) Nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the 
department, ir:cluding books, periodicals and publications; 
fornitare and les. on 
LT 
an 
400 
3. Maintenance: 
(a) 
Consumable supplies and services necessary for the opera- 
tion of the department oC 
coe al 
280 
MONEY BILL XV. REGISTRATION BOARD 
1. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary for the opera- 
tion 
¢f 
the 
department, 
including 
compensation 
and 
travel allowa: ce for members of the election boards and 
cloths. ol. 
Ea 
nS 
a 
aes aL 
500 
MONEY BILL XVI. SCHOOL BOARD 
1. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary for the opera- 
tion of the department, including compensation and travel 
allowanes for members. 
LC. Sogn cr 
150 
MONEY 
BILL 
XVII. MISCELLANEOUS 
1. For deporting and returning undesirables ______________ 
50 
2. General printing expenses: Christiansted and Frederiksted_ 
300 
B- Veterinary supplies. 
o.oo (nL 
SL 
150 
4. 
Music, Christionsted oo 0 o_o 
Po 
120 
5. Muzic Brederilisted 0. 
0. Bo oo 
120 
: 
a 
740 
MONEY BILL XVIII. GENERAL CONTINGENT 
: 
1. For expenditure in the discretion of the Governor, including sub- 
scriptions to newspapers for Government files_________________ 
1, 789 
Grand total estimated expenditures... ______.________ 
239, 450 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
A. The Governor is authorized, with the concurrence of the Mu- 
nicipal Committee to make transfers between the items of money bills 
in the budget as the public interest may require. 
B. Except as otherwise provided in money bill VI-F, Item 3b, no 
salaries for continuous service of more than 6 weeks shall be paid from 
maintenance items without the concurrence of the Municipal Com- 
mittee. 
C. The salaries in this budget are reduced on the following scale: 
$50.01 
to $74.99 
10 percent, $75 
to $99.99 
15 percent, $100 up 
20 
percent. 
;
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
11 
Except that no salary has been reduced below $50 per month, these 
reductions shall remain 
in force and 
effect during 
the fiscal year 
1940-41, 
until the Federal Government internal revenue taxes on 
Virgin Islands products are returned 
to the Virgin Islands by the 
‘Congress of the United States, at which time the reduction shall be 
refunded and the oricinal salaries restored. 
The following items omitted from this budget have been deferred by ordinance 
-of even date: 
«Obligations against 1940-41 budget: 
Loan from the immigration fund for purchase of fire engines: In- 
terest and installment due Oet. 23,1940____________________ 
$1, 108. 04 
Loan from the immigration fund for purchase of East End estates: 
Interest and installment due June 30, 1941 ______ ___________ 
1, 100. 00 
Loan from the immigration fund for purchase of transportation 
facilities: Interest and installment due June 30, 1941_________ 
1, 198. 80 
Virgin Islands Co., refund of capital stock taxes_______________ 
2, 429. 52 
Various public funds: 
Loans during fiscal year 1939-40 
(esti- 
pi RR NBN 
along ey Se LR 
RL NOR LE Ia 
43, 000. 00 
ALTE SR CRS 
IR 
NOL CRATE 
a 
shies VEL JE 1 LE 
EL Tl 
48, 836. 36 
“Obligations against the 1939-40 or previous budgets: 
Short-term loan from immigration fund (1938-39), balance_ 
_ 
_ __ 
6, 000. 00 
Short-term loan from reserve fund (1938-39), balance __________ 
12,627. 37 
Loan from the immigration fund for purchase of East End estates: 
Interest and installment due June 30, 1940_________________ 
1, 100. 00 
Loan from the immigration fund for purchase of transportation 
facilities: Interest and installment due June 30, 1940_________ 
1, 185. 30 
J 
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RATER 
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ly 
Rd 
20, 912. 67 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
{Council of St. Croix held Tuesday, June 25, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. L., June 25, 1940. 
FrevErRIcK D. DoORscH, 
Chairman. 
AnprEw C. PEDRO, 
Secretary. 
The above budget is hereby sanctioned and approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
10th day of July A. D. 1940. 
[SEAL] 
Lawrence W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
ADDITIONAL MONEY BILLS 
Total expenditures as’ originally ‘budgeted... 
...._. .... 
. .oa..._... 
$239, 450 
No. 
1, 
No. 2, No. 3, 
No. 
4, 
No. 5, 
No. 
6, 
No. 
7, 
No. 8, No. 
9, 
No. 
10, No. 11, 
No. 12, No. 13, Ne. 14, No. 15.
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Municiear Councin Bin No. 
28 
Third Council—First Session 
1941 
ORDINANCE 
CREATING A PUBLIC BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC, 
TO BE KNOWN AS 
THE MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE SLUM CLEAR- 
ANCE 
AND 
PROJECTS 
TO 
PROVIDE DWELLING ACCOMODATIONS 
FOR 
PERSONS OF LOW INCOME, APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR ITS ADMINIS- 
TRATIVE AND INITIAL EXPENDITURES, 
DEFINING THE POWERS AND 
DUTIES 
OF 
SUCH MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY AND PROVIDING 
THAT ITS PROPERTY AND SECURITIES SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAX- 
ATION AND ASSESSMENTS 
Beit enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croixin session assembled : 
Suction 1. 
It is hereby declared: 
(a) that there exist in the Munici- 
pality insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons 
of low income are forced to reside in such insanitary or unsafe accom- 
modations; that within the Municipality there is a shortage of safe or 
sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons of 
low income can afford and that such persons are forced to occupy over 
crowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that the aforesaid 
conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and 
constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the 
residents of the Municipality and impair economic values; that these 
conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of 
public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and 
safety, 
fire and accident protection; and other public services and 
facilities; (b) that these areas in the Municipality cannot be cleared, 
nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low 
income be relieved, through the operation of private enterprises, and 
that the construction of housing projects for persons of low income 
(as herein defined) would therefore not be competitive with private 
enterprises; (c) that the clearance, replanning and reconstruction of the 
areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the 
providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of 
low income are public uses and purposes for which public money may 
be spent and private property acquired and are governmental funec- 
tions; (d) that it is in the public interest that work on projects for such 
purposes be commenced as soon as possible in order to relieve unem- 
ployment; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions 
hereinafter enacted, 
is hereby declared 
as 
a matter 
of legislative 
determination. 
Section 2. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this 
Ordinance, 
shall have 
the following respective meanings, unless a 
different meaning clearly appears from the context: 
(a) Fruthority” 
or “Housing Authority’ shall mean the public corporation created by 
Section 
3 of this Ordinance. 
~ 
(b) 
“Federal Government” shall include the United States of Am- 
erica, the United States Housing Authority, or any other agency or 
instrumentality, 
corporate 
or 
otherwise, 
of 
the United 
States 
of 
America.
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
13 
(c¢) “Slum” shall mean any area where dwellings predominate which, 
by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, lack of ventilation, light or 
sanitary facilities, or any combination of these factors, are detrimental 
to safety, health or morals. 
(d) “Housing Project’ shall mean any work or undertaking: 
(1) to 
demolish, clear or remove buildings from any slum area; such work or 
undertaking may embrace the adoption of such area to public pur- 
poses, including parks or other recreational or community purposes; 
or (2) to provide decent, safe and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, 
apartments or other living accommodations for persons of low income; 
such work or undertaking may include buildings, land, equipment, 
facilities and other real or personal property for necessary, convenient 
or desirable appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, parks, site 
preparation, gardening, 
administrative, 
community, 
health, 
recre- 
ational, welfare or other purposes; or (3) to accomplish a combination 
of the foregoing. 
The term ‘housing project’ also may be applied to 
the planning of the buildings and improvements, the aequisition of 
property, 
the demolition 
of 
existing 
structures, 
the construction, 
reconstruction, alteration and repair of the buildings and improve- 
ments and all other work in connection therewith. 
(e) “Persons of low income’ shall mean persons or families who 
lack the amount of income which is necessary (as determined by the 
Authority) 
to enable them, without financial assistance, 
to live in 
decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding. 
(f) “Bonds” 
shall mean 
any bonds, 
notes, 
interim 
certificates, 
debentures, or other obligations issued by the Authority pursuant to 
this Ordinance. 
(2) “Real property” shall include all lands, including improvements 
and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, 
or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest and right, 
legal or equitable, therein, including terms for years and liens by way 
of judgment, mortgage or otherwise and the indebtedness secured by 
such liens. 
(h) “Obligee 
of 
the Authority” 
or 
‘‘obligee’” 
shall include 
any 
bondholder, trustee or trustees for any bondholders, or lessor demising 
to the Authority property used in connection with a housing project, 
or any assignee or assignees of such lessor’s interest or any part thereof, 
and the Federal Government when it is a party to any contract with 
the Authority. 
Section 3. There 
is hereby created 
in 
the Municipality 
of 
St. 
Croix a body politic and corporate, to be known as the Municipal 
Housing Authority, which shall have the powers, rights, privileges, 
functions and duties hereinafter specified. 
Section 4. The Governor is hereby authorized to withdraw from 
any of the Public Funds of the Municipality of St. Croix the sum of 
One Thousand ($1,000.00) which is hereby loaned to the Municipal 
Housing Authority for its administrative and initial expenditures; 
the said sum to be repaid within five (5) years with interest at the 
rate of four (4) per cent per annum. 
Section 5. The powers, rights, privileges, functions and duties of 
the Authority shall be vested in 
a board of five 
(5) commissioners 
appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Munici- 
pal Council. 
The commissioners who are first appointed shall be 
H. Doc. 366, 7T7—1——2
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LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
designated by the Governor to serve terms of one, two, three, four and 
five years, respectively, from 
the date 
of their appointment, 
but 
thereafter commissioners shall be appointed as aforesaid for a term of 
office for five years except that all vacancies shall be filled for the 
unexpired term. 
A commissioner shall hold office until his successor 
has been appointed unless sooner removed as herein provided. 
Any 
commissioner may 
be removed 
by 
the Governor 
for inefficiency, 
neglect 
of 
duty, 
or misconduct in office after 
he shall have been 
given a copy of the charges against him at least 10 days prior to the 
hearing thereon and had an opportunity to be heard in person or by 
counsel in public hearing. 
A commissioner shall receive no compen- 
sation for his services but he shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, 
including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties. 
SectioN 
6. The Governor shall designate which of the commission- 
ers appointed shall be the first chairman and he shall serve in the 
capacity of chairman until the expiration of his term of office 
as 
commissioner. 
When the office 
of chairman becomes vacant, 
the 
Authority shall select a chairman from among its own commissioners. 
The Authority shall select from among 
its commissioners 
a vice- 
chairman and it may employ a secretary (who shall be its executive 
director), technical experts and such other officers, attorneys, agents 
and employees, permanent and temporary, 
as 
it may require, and 
shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. 
The 
Authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees 
such powers or duties as it may deem proper. 
Section 
7. Three commissioners shall constitute a quorum of the 
Authority for the purpose of conducting its business and exercising 
its power and for all other purposes. 
Action may be taken by the 
Authority upon a vote of a majority of the commissioners present, 
unless in any case the by laws of the Authority shall require a larger 
number. 
Section 
8. No commissioner or employee of the Authority shall 
acquire any interest direct or indirect in any housing project or in any 
property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall 
he have any interest direct or indirect in any contract or proposed 
contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection 
with any housing project. 
If any commissioner or employee of the 
Authority owns 
or controls 
an interest 
direct 
or indirect 
in any 
property included or planned to be included in any housing project, 
he immediately shall disclose the same in writing to the Authority, 
and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the Authority. 
Failure so 
to disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in 
office. 
Upon such disclosure, such commissioner or employee shall 
not participate in any action by the Authority affecting such property. 
SectioN 
9. The Authority shall constitute a public body corporate 
and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, 
and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and 
effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Ordinance, including 
the following powers in addition to others herein granted: 
(a) To sue and to be sued; to have a seal and to alter the same at 
pleasure; to have perpetual succession; to make and execute contracts 
and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the 
powers of the Authority; and to make and from time to time amend 
and repeal by-laws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
15 
Ordinance, 
to 
carry 
into 
effect 
the powers 
and purposes 
of 
the 
Authority. 
(b) To prepare, carry out, acquire, lease and operate housin proj- 
ects; to provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, 
alteration or repair of any housing project or any part thereof. 
(¢) To arrange or contract for the furnishing by any person or 
agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, or facilities for, 
or in connection with, a housing project or the occupants there f; and 
(notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Ordinance 
or in any other provision of law) to include in any contract let in ¢on- 
nection with a project, stipulations requiring that the contractor and 
any subcontractors comply with requirements as to minimu n waces 
and maximum hours of labor, and comply with any conditions which 
the Federal Government may have attached to its financial aid of the 
roject. 
b @ To lease or rent any dwellings, houses, accommodations, lands, 
buildings, structures or facilities embraced in any housing preject and 
(subject to the limitations contained inthis Ordinance) to establish an 
revise the rents or charges therefor; to own, hold, and improve real 
or personal property; to purchase, obtain options upon, acquire by 
gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise any real or personal property 
or any interest therein; to acquire by the exercise of the power of 
eminent domain any real property; to sell, exchange, transfer, assign, 
pledge or dispose of any real or personal property or any interest therein; 
to insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property, 
or operations of the Authority against any risks or hazards; to procure 
or agree 
to 
the procurement 
of insurance 
or guarantees from the 
Federal Government of the payment of any bonds or parts thereof 
issued by the Authority, including the power to pay premiums or any 
such insurance. 
(e) To invest any funds held in reserves or sinking funds, or any 
funds not required for immediate disbursement, 
in property or se- 
curities in which savings banks may legally invest funds subject to 
their control; to purchase its bonds 
at 
a price not more than the 
principal amount thereof and accrued interest, all bonds so purchased 
to be cancelled. 
(f) To investigate into living, dwelling and housing conditions and 
into the means and methods of improving such conditions; to determine 
where slum areas exist or where there is a shortage of decent, safe, and 
sanitary dwelling accommodations 
for persons 
of low income; 
to 
make studies and recommendations relating to the problem of clearing, 
replanning and reconstructing of slum areas, and the problem of pro- 
viding dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; and to 
engage in research, studies and experimentation on the subject 
of 
housing. 
(2) Acting through one or more commissioners or other person or 
persons designated by the Authority to conduct examinations and 
investigations and to hear testimony and take proof under oath at 
public or private hearings on any matter material for its information; 
to administer oaths, 
issue subpoenas requiring 
the attendance 
of 
witnesses or the production of books and papers and to issue com- 
missions for the examination of witnesses who 
are outside 
of the 
Municipality or unable to attend before the Authority, or excused 
from attendance; to make available to the Municipality its findings
16 
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY 
OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
and recommendations with regard to any building or property where 
conditions exist which are dangerous to the public health, morals, 
safety or welfare. 
(h) To exercise all or any part or combination of powers herein 
granted. 
SectioN 
10. 
It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Munieci- 
pality that the Authority shall manage and operate housing projects 
in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling 
accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with its pro- 
viding decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations, and that 
the Authority shall not construct or operate any such project 
for 
profit, or as a source of revenue to the Municipality. 
To this end the 
Authority shall fix the rentals for dwellings in projects at no higher 
rates than it shall find necessary in order to produce revenues which 
(together with all other available moneys, revenues, income and re- 
ceipts of the Authority from whatever source derived) will be sufficient 
(a) to pay, as the same become due, the principal and interest on the 
bonds of the Authority; (b) to meet the cost of, and to provide for, 
maintaining and operating the projects (including the cost of any 
insurance) and the administrative expenses of the Authority; and (c) 
to create (during not less than the six years immediately succeeding 
its issuance 
of any bonds) 
a reserve sufficient 
to meet the largest 
principal and interest payments which will be due on such bonds in 
any one year thereafter and to maintain such reserve. 
Section 
11. In the operation or management of housing projects 
the Authority shall 
at 
all times observe the following duties with 
respect to rentals and tenant selection: 
(a) 
it may rent or lease the 
dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of low income and 
at rentals within the financial reach of such persons of low income; (b) 
it may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting 
of the number of rooms (but no greater number) which it deems neces- 
sary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed 
occupants thereof, without overcrowding; 
(c¢) 
it shall not accept any 
person as a tenant in any housing project if the person or persons who 
would occupy 
the 
dwelling accommodations have 
an annual 
net 
income in excess of five times the annual rental of the quarters to be 
furnished such person or persons, except that in the case of families 
with three or more minor dependents, such ratio shall not exceed six 
to one; in computing the rental for this purpose of selecting tenants, 
there shall be included 
in the rental the average annual cost 
(as 
determined by the Authority) to occupants of heat, water, electricity, 
gas, cooking range and other necessary services or facilities, whether 
or not the charge for such services and facilities is in fact included in 
the rental. 
Nothing contained in this or the preceding section shall be construed 
as limiting the power of the Authority to vest in an obligee the right, 
in the event of a default by the Authority, to take possession (during 
the period of such default) of a housing project or cause the appoint- 
ment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by 
this or the preceding section. 
Section 12. The Authority shall have the right to acquire by the 
exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it 
may deem necessary for its purposes under this Ordinance after the 
adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the
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real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. 
The 
Authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner 
provided by Title II, Chapter 20, of the Code of Laws for the Munici- 
pality of St. Croix. 
"Property already devoted to a public use may be 
acquired in like manner, provided that no real property belonging to 
the Municipality may be acquired without its consent. 
Section 13. All housing projects of the Authority shall be subject 
to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building Ordinances and regula- 
tions applicable to the locality.in which the housing project is situated. 
In the planning and location of any housing project, the Authority 
shall take into consideration the relationship of the project to any 
larger plan or long-range program for the development of the locality 
in which the housing project is to be located. 
Section 14. The Authority shall have power to issue bonds from 
time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. 
The 
Authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the pur- 
pose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. 
The Authority 
may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including (without 
limiting the generality of the foregoing) bonds on which the principal 
and interest are payable: (a) exclusively from the income and revenues 
of the housing project finance with the proceeds of such bonds; 
(b) 
exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated housing 
projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the 
proceeds of such bonds; or (¢) from its revenues generally. 
Any such 
bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or con- 
tributions from the Federal Government or other source, or a pledge 
of any income or revenues of the Authority, or a mortgage of any 
housing project, projects or other property of the Authority. 
Neither the commissioners of the Authority nor any person executing 
the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the 
issuance thereof. 
The bonds of the Authority shall not be a debt of 
the Municipality, and it shall not be liable thereon, nor in any event 
shall such bonds be payable out of any funds or properties other than 
those of the Authority. 
The bonds shall not constitute an indebted- 
ness within the meaning of any debt limitation or restriction. 
Bonds 
of the Authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and 
governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities and, together 
with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from 
taxes. 
Section 15. Bonds 
of the Authority 
shall be authorized by 
its 
resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear 
such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at 
such rate or rates, not exceeding six per centum 6%) per annum, be 
in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon 
or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have 
such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such 
medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such 
terms of redemption (with or without premium) as such resolution, its 
trust indenture or mortgage may provide. 
The bonds may be sold at public or private sale at not less than par. 
In case any of the commissioners or officers of the Authority whose 
signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such com- 
missioners or officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures 
shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same
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as if such commissioners or officers had remained in office until such 
delivery. 
Any bonds issued pursuant to this Ordinance shall be fully 
negotiable. 
In any suit, action or proceedings involving the validity or enforce- 
ability of any bond of the Authority or the security therefor, any such 
bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the Authority 
to aid in financing a housing project to provide dwelling accommoda- 
tions for persons of low income shall be conclusively deemed to have 
been issued for a housing project of such character and said project 
shall 
be conclusively deemed 
to have been planned, located 
and 
constructed in accordance with the purposes and provisions of this 
Ordinance. 
SectioN 16. In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incur- 
ring of obligations under leases and in order to secure the payment of 
such bonds 
or obligations, 
the Authority, 
in addition 
to 
its other 
powers, shall have power: 
(a) To,pledge all or any part of its gross or net rents, fees or revenues 
to which its right then exists or may thereafter come into existence. 
(b) To mortgage all or any part of its real or personal property, 
then owned or thereafter acquired. 
(¢) To covenant against pledging all or any part of its rents, fees 
and revenues, or against mortgaging all or any part of its real or per- 
sonal property, to which its right or title then exists or may thereafter 
come into existence or against permitting or suffering any lien on 
such revenues or property; to covenant with respect to limitations 
on its right to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any housing project 
or any part thereof; and to covenant as to what other, or additional 
debts or obligations may be incurred by it. 
(d) To covenant as to the bonds to be issued and as to the issuance 
of such bonds in escrow or otherwise, and as to the use and disposition 
of the proceeds thereof; to provide for the replacement of lost, de- 
stroyed or mutilated bonds; to covenant against extending the time 
for the payment of its bonds or interest thereon; and to redeem the 
bonds, and to covenant for their redemption and to provide the terms 
and conditions thereof. 
(e) To covenant (subject to the limitations contained in this Ordi- 
nance) 
as to the rents and fees to be charged in the operation of a 
housing project or projects, the amount to be raised each year or other 
period of time by rents, fees and other revenues, and as to the use 
and disposition to be made thereof; to create or to authorize the crea- 
tion of special funds for moneys held for construction or operating 
costs, debt, service, reserves, or other purposes, and to covenant as 
to the use and disposition of the moneys held in such funds. 
(f) To prescribe the procedure, 
if any, by which the terms of any 
contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount 
of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto and the manner 
in which such consent may be given. 
(2) To covenant as to the use of any or all of its real or personal 
property; and 
to covenant 
as 
to 
the maintenance 
of 
its 
real and 
personal property, the replacement thereof, the insurance to be car- 
ried thereon and the use and disposition of insurance moneys. 
(h) To covenant 
as 
to 
the rights, liabilities, powers and duties 
arising upon the breach by it of any covenant, condition, or obligation; 
and to covenant and prescribe as to events of default and terms and
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conditions upon which any or 
all 
of its bonds 
or obligations shall 
become or may be declared due before maturity, and as to the terms 
and conditions upon which such declaration and 
its consequences 
may be waived. 
(1) To vest in a trustee or trustees or the holders of bonds or any 
proportion of them the right to enforce the payment of the bonds or 
any covenants securing or relating to the bonds; to vest in a trustee 
or trustees the right, in the event of a default by the Authority, to 
take possession and use, operate and manage any housing project or 
part thereof, and to collect the rents and revenues arising therefrom, 
and to dispose of such moneys in accordance with the agreement of 
the Authority with said trustee; to provide for the powers and duties 
of a trustee or trustees and to limit the liabilities thereof; and to pro- 
vide the terms and conditions upon which the trustee or trustees or 
the holders 
of bonds 
or any proportion 
of them may enforce any 
covenant or rights securing or relating to the bonds. 
(j) To exercise all or any part or combination of the powers herein 
granted; to make covenants other than and in addition to the cove- 
nants herein expressly authorized, of like or different character; to 
make such covenants and to do. any and all such acts and things as 
may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure its 
bonds, or, in the absolute discretion of the Authority, as will tend to 
make the bonds more marketable notwithstanding that such cove- 
nants, acts or things may not be enumerated herein. 
Section 17. An obligee of the Authority shall have the right in addi- 
tion to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject 
only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee: 
(a) By mandamus, suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity to 
compel 
the Authority 
and 
the commissioners, 
officers, 
agents 
or 
employees thereof to perform each and every term, provision and 
covenant contained in any contract of the Authority with or for the 
benefit of such obligee, and to require the carrying out of any or all 
such covenants and agreements of the Authority and the fulfillment 
of all duties imposed upon the Authority by this Ordinance. 
(b) By suit, action or proceeding in equity, to enjoin any acts or 
things which may be lawful, or the violation of any of the rights of 
such obligee of the Authority. 
Section 18. The Authority shall have the power by its resolution, 
trust indenture, mortgage, lease or other contract to confer upon any 
obligee holding or representing 
a specified amount in bonds, or holding 
a lease, the right (in addition to all rights that may otherwise be con- 
ferred), upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such 
resolution or instrument, by suits, action or proceeding in any court 
of competent jurisdiction: 
(a) To cause possession of any housing project or any part thereof 
to be surrendered to any such obligee. 
(b) To obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project 
of the Authority or any part thereof and of the rents and profits 
therefrom. 
If such receiver be appointed, he may enter and take 
possession of such housing project or any part thereof and operate 
and maintain same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or 
other charges thereafter arising therefrom, and shall keep such moneys 
in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance 
with the obligations of the Authority as the court shall direct.
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(¢) To require the Authority and 
the commissioners thereof 
to 
account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust. 
Suction 19. All real property of the Authority shall be exempt from 
levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other 
judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment 
against the Authority be 
a charge or lien upon its real property; 
provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply 
to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any 
mortgage of the Authority or the right of obligees 
to pursue any 
remedies for the enforcement 
of any pledge or lien given by the 
Authority on its rents, fees or revenues. 
Section 20. In addition to the powers conferred upon the Authority 
by other provisions of this Ordinance, the Authority is empowered to 
borrow money or accept contributions, grants or other financial assist- 
ance from the Federal Government for or in aid of any housing project 
within its area of operation, 
to take over or lease or manage any 
housing project or undertaking constructed or owned by the Federal 
Government, and to these ends, to comply with such conditions and 
enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases or agreements as 
may be necessary, convenient or desirable. 
It 
is the purpose and 
intent of this Ordinance to authorize the Authority to do any and all 
things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or co-operation 
of the Federal Government in the undertaking, construction, main- 
tenance or operation of any housing project by the Authority. 
Section 21. The property of the Authority is declared to be public 
property used for essential public and governmental purposes and 
such property and the Authority shall be exempt from all taxes and 
special assessments; provided, however, that in lieu of such taxes the 
Authority may agree 
to make payments 
to 
the Municipality for 
improvements, services and facilities furnished by the Municipality 
for the benefit of a housing project, but in no event shall such pay- 
ments exceed the amount last levied as the annual tax of the Munici- 
pality upon the property included in said project prior to the time of 
its acquisition by the Authority. 
Suction 22. All public officers and public bodies, all banks, bankers, 
trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan 
associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and 
other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, 
insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance 
business, and 
all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and 
other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or 
other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or 
other obligations of the Authority, it being the purpose of this section 
to authorize the investment in such bonds or other obligations of all 
funds on deposit in any banking institution and all sinking, insurance, 
retirement, compensation, pension, and trust funds, whether owned 
or controlled by private or public persons or officers; provided, how- 
ever, 
that nothing contained 
in 
this section may 
be construed 
as 
relieving any persons, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising 
reasonable care in selecting securities. 
SEcTION 23. At least once a year, the Authority shall file with the 
Governor a report of its activities for the preceding year, and shall 
make recommendations with reference to such additional legislation
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or other action as it deems necessary in order to carry out the purposes 
of this Act. 
Suction 24. Notwithstanding any other evidence of legislative in- 
tent, it is hereby declared to be the controlling legislative intent that 
if any provision of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any 
person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance 
and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other 
than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. 
SecTioN 25. In so far as the provisions of this Ordinance are incon- 
sistent with the provisions of any other Ordinance, the provisions of 
this Ordinance shall be controlling. 
Thus duly passed in an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix held Tuesday, June 3, 1941. 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Secretary. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
Chairman. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., June 3, 1941. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin 
Islands this eighteenth 
day of June, a. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LovEeTrT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
Municipar Councin Bin No. 29 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
ORDINANCE 
TO AUTHORIZE THE BORROWING OF FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC FUNDS OF 
ST. CROIX 
2 2 enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session as- 
sembled.: 
Section 1. That the Assistant Commissioner of Finance be, and he 
is hereby, authorized and empowered to withdraw from the balances of 
all available Public Funds such amounts as shall not exceed a total of 
Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars (4,500.00), for defraying ex- 
penses incident to transferring insane patients from the Insane Asylum 
to Saint Elizabeth Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
Suction 2. That the Assistant Commissioner of Finance shall repay 
from the Municipal treasury, without interest, in the fiscal year 1941- 
42 such funds as may be borrowed under the above section. 
Thus duly passed in an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix held Tuesday, June 3, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., June 3, 1941.
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The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
thirteenth day of June, A. n., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
Municipal Councin Bin No. 27 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
AMENDMENT 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix 
in session assem- 
bled: That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the fiscal 
year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 be and the same is hereby amended 
as follows: 
1. Under Estimated Revenues, Item II. 
' Indirect Taxes, subitem 
12. 
Fees from Burgher Briefs, etc., increase the amount from 2,000” 
to “2,495.” 
2. Under Estimated Expenditures, Money Bill XI. 
Public Works 
Department, 
Item 
3. 
Maintenance, 
subitem 
(¢) Town Lighting, 
increasing the amount from ‘3,600’ 
to “3,925; Money Bill VIII. 
Poor Department, Item 
1. 
Maintenance, subitem 
(¢) Expenses for 
burying paupers, Christiansted, increase the amount from “550” to 
“7930.2 
3. Change all totals affected in the Budget accordingly. 
Thus duly passed in an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix held Tuesday, June 3, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., June 3, 1941. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin 
Islands this thirteenth day of June, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoseErT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
MuNIcIPAL CouNciL Birr No. 
26 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
ORDINANCE 
TO 
PROVIDE 
TRAVEL ALLOWANCE 
FOR MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
BOARD 
OF 
CONTROL FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
Section 1. That 
for each meeting 
of the Board 
of control 
for 
Alcoholic Beverages the members present shall receive five (5) cents
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23 
per mile travel allowance 
for the shortest distance between their 
domiciles and the place of meeting and return. 
Section 2. That the travel allowance herein provided for shall be 
paid from General Contingent in the Municipal budget for the period 
from March 
1 
to June 30, 1941. 
Thereafter 
it shall be paid from 
such provision as may be made therefor in the annual budget. 
Thus duly passed in the third ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix held Monday, May 12, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., May 12, 1941. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
fifteenth day of May, A. p. 1941. 
[SEAL] 
~ 
RoBerT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
Municipal Councin Brinn No. 22 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
RESOLUTION 
TO FURNISH COPIES OF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL BILL NO. 
8 TO GROWERS OF 
SUGARCANE OF THIS MUNICIPALITY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
WHEREAS the sugarcane industry 
is of major importance 
to the 
people of St. Croix and; 
WHEREAS upon passage and approval of Council Bill No. 8, same 
will become law and binding on ALL growers 
of sugarcane within 
this Municipality and; 
WaEREAS all growers and prospective growers of sugarcane should 
have a thorough knowledge of the spirit of said bill; 
Now THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Municipal Council of 
St. Croix in session assembled: 
“That the Chairman of the Municipal Council be, and he is hereby 
authorized to have copies of Municipal Council Bill No. 
8 mimeo- 
graphed and made available on request for same by cane growers of 
the island.” 
Thus duly passed in the third ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix held Monday, May 12, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. 
JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., May 12, 1941. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
fifteenth day of May, A. b., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RosErT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor.
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MunNicipanL Councin Bin No. 
21 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
AMENDMENT 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR 
1941 
: 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the 
fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 be and the same is hereby 
amended as follows: 
1. Under EstimaTED REVENUES, increase 
‘ United States Contribu- 
tion” from ‘75,000.00 to “103,500.00”. 
2. Under EstimaTED EXPENDITURES, change the money bill num- 
ber of General Contingent from ‘“ XXIII" to “XXIV”, and add new— 
“MONEY BILL XXIII. 
1. For repayment of Loans to the Virgin Islands 
3. Change all totals affected in the Budget accordingly. 
Thus duly passed in the third ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix held Monday, May 12, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., May 12, 1941. 
The above Amendment to the Budget is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
fifteenth day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[sear] 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
Municipar Councit Bin No. 
20 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council 
of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
Section 1. That the amendment to Section 15, Chapter 1, Title I, 
page 2 of the Code of Laws for the Municipality of St. Croix, approved 
October 19, 1936, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: 
In line 2, after the words “Virgin Islands” insert ‘or of the 
United States”. 
In line 
3, change the word ‘‘three” 
to read 
“nine”. 
Thus duly passed in the third ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix held Monday, May 12, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
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Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., May 12, 1941. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
fifteenth day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoBeErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
Municipal Councin Bin No. 
9 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
AMENDMENT 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR 
1941 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the 
fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, be and the same is hereby 
amended as follows: 
1. Under EstimaTep ExpENDITURES, Money Bill VI, Department 
of Health, C. Christiansted Hospital— 
Change subitem (a) of Item 1. 
Salaries from “2,328” to “1,378”, 
frat 
ith 
0 
9 
Bagmpment from “6357 
Lo 
“1,585”, and insert ‘‘one motor vehicle; after ‘‘textbooks”. 
2. Change all totals affected accordingly. 
Thus duly passed in the third ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix held Monday, May 12, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., May 12, 1941. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
fifteenth day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoseErT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
Municipal Councin Bint No. 7 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND ORDINANCE TO IMPOSE AN INTERNAL REVENUE TAX ON SUGAR 
SYRUP APPROVED MAY 27, 1940 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session as- 
sembled: That the Ordinance to impose an Internal Revenue Tax on
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Sugar Syrup, approved May 27, 
1940, be and the same 
is hereby 
amended as follows: 
1. That after section 1 the following new section be inserted: 
“1A. This tax shall not be collected on sugar syrup reprocessed by 
its manufacturer into rum or other distilled spirits, within the Munic- 
ipality of St. Croix; nor shall it be collected on such sugar syrup as 
may be sold for reprocessing within the Municipality of St. Croix into 
a distilled spirit, provided that the purchaser holds a Distiller’s License 
and obtains an order from the Administrator’s Office stating the quan- 
tity to be purchased.” 
2. That in section 
5, second line, after the word “paid” insert, 
‘“except as provided for in section 1A.” 
Thus duly passed in the third ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix held Monday, May 12, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., May 12, 1941. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
fifteenth day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
BR 
MuniciparL Councin Bin No. 19 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
ORDINANCE 
TO PROVIDE FOR SPECIAL ELECTIONS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF 
ST. CROIX 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: That until otherwise provided by Act of the Legislative 
Assembly 
of the Virgin Islands, 
special elections 
to 
fill vacancies 
occurring by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise in the mem- 
bership of the Municipal Council of St. Croix shall be held upon call 
of the Governor of the Virgin Islands who shall fix the dates for such 
special elections. 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Tuesday, April 
1, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., April 
1, 1941. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
seventh day of April, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
Roser M. LovEeTT, 
Acting Governor.
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Municipal Councit Bin No. 18 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
ORDINANCE 
TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELEASE 
OF ESTATE PROSPERITY FROM UNDER 
MORTGAGE TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council 
of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
Section 
1. That the Governor be and hereby 
is authorized 
to 
release from under the mortgage of the St. Croix Labor Union, dated 
November 
11, 
1931, 
that 
certain 
real property known 
as Estate 
Prosperity, Matr. No. 18, 19b, 22a, 22ba, Northside Quarter B, upon 
the following conditions, to wit, that the proceeds from the sale of the 
said estate shall be used; first, for the payment of any taxes due and 
owing by the St. Croix Labor Union to the Municipality of St. Croix; 
second, if after the payment of such taxes any balance there be from 
the said proceeds, such balance shall be used to reduce or liquidate 
the St. Croix Labor Union’s mortgage in Estate Govern Place to the 
Virgin Islands National Bank; third, if any balance there be from the 
proceeds 
after liquidation 
of 
the mortgage 
to 
the Virgin Islands 
National Bank, then such balance to be paid on the St. Croix Labor 
Union’s mortgage to the funds of the Municipality, such balance to 
be applied to the payment of interest and then on account of the 
principal of said mortgage. 
Section 2. That the Ordinance to provide for the release of certain 
property from under mortgage 
to 
the Municipality 
of 
St. 
Croix, 
approved December 18, 1940, be and the same is hereby repealed. 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Tuesday, April 1, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., April 1, 1941. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
seventh day of April, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
Municipal Councin Bint No. 
17 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
ORDINANCE 
TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JUVENILE SCHOOL FOR BOYS 
IN ST. CROIX 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
Section 
1. That the Governor is hereby 
authorized to establish 
a juvenile school for boys on property 
of 
the municipality of St.
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Croix known as East Hill School (Parcel of Estate Green Quay, Matr. 
No. 12a, East End Quarter A, and such other municipal property that 
may be made available for this purpose by the Governor with the 
advice and consent of the Municipal Committee. 
Section 2. That the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John is 
hereby authorized 
to operate and maintain the juvenile school for 
boys and commit boys from that Municipality thereto in accordance 
with the laws of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John. 
Section 3. That juvenile delinquents from the Municipality 
of 
St. Croix may be committed to the juvenile school by the District 
Court, the Police Court, the Juvenile Court, or the Board of Children’s 
Guardians, or upon application of a parent or guardian to the Board 
of Management when such application is approved by the Governor. 
Juveniles so committed shall remain in custody until arriving at the 
age of eighteen (18) years, unless paroled by order of the Governor. 
Section 4. That the operating expenses of the juvenile school shall 
be paid by the Municipality 
of 
St. Thomas and 
St. John. 
The 
Municipality of St. Croix shall contribute quarterly to the Munici- 
pality of St. Thomas and St. John such amount for each juvenile 
committed from the Municipality of St. Croix as may be determined 
by the Governor and made available by the Municipal Council of 
St. Croix by Budget or additional money bills; provided that each 
Municipality shall have the right at all times to maintain an equal 
number of juveniles in said school. 
Section 5. The Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John shall pay 
return transportation to St. Thomas or to St. John of juveniles com- 
mitted from those islands upon their release or parole. 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Tuesday, April 1, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JoHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., April 1, 1941. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
seventh day of April, A. p., 1941. 
 [sEAL] 
RoseErT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
MuniciparL CounciL Birr No. 16 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
AMENDMENT 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR 
1941 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council 
of Saint Croix in session 
assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the 
fiscal year July 
1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 be and the same is hereby 
amended as follows:
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1. Under EstiMaTED EXPENDITURES, the following decreases and 
increases: 
Money Bint 
IV, HarBor AnD Piotr DEPARTMENT: Item 
3. 
Maintenance, subitem (a), decrease from 649 to 299 
Money Birr 
V, 
Fire DrparTmMENT, 
Christiansted: Item 
2. 
Equipment, subitem (a), decrease from 350 to 50 
Money 
Brun 
V, 
Fire 
DeprarTMENT, 
Frederiksted: Item 
2. 
Equipment, subitem (a), decrease from 350 to 50 
Money Birt VI, DerarTmENT OF HEALTH, F. LEPER ASYLUM: 
Item 1. Salaries, subitem (a), decrease from 765 to 420 
Money Bin 111, Porice AND PrisoN DEPARTMENT: 
Item 3. Maintenance, subitem 
(a), increase from 
1,900 
to 
2,060 
Item 3. Maintenance, subitem 
(b), increase from 1,525 
to 
2,050 
Money Bin VIII, Poor DeEparTMENT: Item 
1. Maintenance, 
subitem (c¢), increase from 450 to 550 
Money Bun XII, 
Str. 
Croix TeLEPHONE ServICE: Item 
3. 
Maintenance, subitem (a), increase from 1,700 to 1,950 
Money Bin XV, RecisTrRATION BoARrD: Item 
1. Maintenance, 
subitem (a), increase from 1,050 to 1,310 
2. Change all totals affected in the Budget accordingly. 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Tuesday, April 1, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JoHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I; April 1, 1941. 
The above Amendment 
to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
seventh day of April, A. ».., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RosBerT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
Municipal Councin Brinn No. 14 
Third Council-—First Session, 1941 
ORDINANCE 
AUTHORIZING WAIVER OF STAMP DUES AND RECORDING FEES ON DOCU- 
MENTS CONCERNING THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT 
IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY 
OF SAINT CROIX 
- 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session assem- 
bled: 
Section 
1. That the stamp dues and recording fees on any and 
all written instruments concerning or in any way connected with the 
Rural Electrification Project in Saint Croix are hereby waived; and 
the Governor is hereby authorized to endorse on each such written 
instrument the statement that the particular instrument 
is free 
of 
H. Doe. 366, 77-1——3
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stamp dues and recording fees by virtue of the provisions of this 
Ordinance; and such endorsement shall be sufficient to authorize the 
Recorder of Deeds 
to accept the instrument for recording free of 
charge. 
rion 
2. This Ordinance shall be retroactive and shall include 
the following written instruments which were recorded on March 11, 
1941, to wit: 
(a) Deed dated as of February 14, 1941 from the United States 
of America to the Virgin Islands Company, conveying Parcel of 
Richmond, matriculated No. 2aab Company Quarter; 
(b) Mortgage Bond dated as of January 
10, 1941 from the 
Virgin Islands Company 
to the United States 
of America for 
$150,000 with security 
in 
the electric generating plant 
to 
be 
constructed or acquired, etc. 
Thus duly passed in the second ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, March 17, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., March 17, 1941. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-fourth day of March, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RosErT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
Municipal Councit Bin No. 
13 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
AMENDMENT 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session as- 
sembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the 
fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 be, and the same is hereby, 
amended as follows: 
1. Under Estima1EDp ExpENDITURES, Money Bill XVII, Miscel- 
laneous, change “1550” to “1250.” 
: 
2. Under EstimaTeEp ExpexpIiTUures, Money Bill III, Police and 
Prison Department, subitem 
b., Maintenance, 
after “and” 
insert 
“deer and,” and change “1225” to “1525.” 
3. Change all totals affected accordingly. 
Thus duly passed in the second ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, March 17, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. 
L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., March 17, 1941.
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31 
The above Amendment to the Budget is hereby sanctioned and ap- 
proved in whole. 
16 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-fourth day of March, A. p., 1941. 
[sBAL] 
RoBerT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
Municipal Councit Bin No. 
6 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL NO. 116, ORDINANCE TO PROMOTE THE KILLING 
OF WILD DEER IN ORDER TO SECURE THE COMPLETION OF THE TICK 
ERADICATION PROGRAM 
BY JUNE 
30, 
1941, APPROVED DECEMBER 
27, 
1940 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
1. That the Ordinance to promote the killing of wild deer in order 
to secure the completion of the tick eradication program by June 30, 
1941, approved December 27, 1940, be and the same is hereby amended 
by deleting the words ‘Assistant Commissioner of Finance on pre- 
sentation of a voucher issued by the Police Department,” and insert. 
therefor ‘“ Captain of Police.” 
Thus duly passed in the second ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, March 17, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chavrman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., March 17, 1941. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-fourth day of March, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
Municipal CouncinL Brinn No. 
2 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
AMENDMENT 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR 1941 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session: 
assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the 
fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 be, and the same is hereby, 
amended as follows: 
1. Under EstimaTeEp ExpeNpITURES, MoNEY BILL IX, Pensions 
and Allowances, item 
21. 
Julius Barry, reduce the amount from
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127.50” 
to “90”, 
and add 
a new item “36. Nicholena Murphy 
(5 months) ____37. 50”, 
‘Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Tuesday, February 25, 1941. 
JOSEPH Areas, 
W. % JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
‘Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., February 25, 1941. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
first day of March, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
CuARLES HarwooOD, 
Governor. 
Municipar Councin Bin No. 
1 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
RESOLUTION 
3 
it resolved by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: That Nicholena Murphy, who has been in the service of 
the Government of the Virgin Islands for a period of approximately 
twenty years as a cook at the Frederiksted Municipal Hospital and 
who 1s at present in ill health, be and is hereby granted a pension at 
‘the rate of $7.50 per month. 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Tuesday, February 25, 1941. 
JOSEPH' ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. 
I., February 25, 1941. 
. The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
first day of March, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL]. 
CuArRLES HArRwoOD, 
: 
Governor. 
Municipar Councit Binr No. 
5 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
RESOLUTION 
TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT 
OF THE 
FOOD 
STAMP 
PLAN 
IN 
THE 
VIRGIN ISLANDS 
‘Be at. resolved by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled, That Municipal Council Bill No. 117, Resolution regard- 
ing the establishment of the Food Stamp Plan in the Virgin Islands, 
approved December 18, 1940, be and the same is hereby amended by
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33 
inserting a ‘“.”’ after the word “Administration” in the third line of 
the third resolved, and deleting the remainder of the sentence begin- 
ning with the words ‘““on condition that 
* 
* 
*7 and that the fol-: 
lowing paragraph be added as a fourth Resolved: 
' 
a 
“And be 
it further resolved, that Municipal Council Bill No 0. 1086, 
Resolution regarding the establishment of the Food Stamp Plan in 
the Virgin Islands, approved November 25, 1940, be and the same is 
hereby repealed in whole.” 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Tuesday, February 25, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. 
1., February 25, 1941. 
The above Resolution is Rershy sanctioned and approved. 
+1 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Viedn 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-seventh day of February, a. ., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
; 
CHARLES Wintec, 
Governor, 
Municirarn. Councin Bin No. 
4 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
ORDINANCE 
TO AUTHORIZE THE SETTING UP OF A REVOLVING FUND IN CONNECTION 
WITH 
THE OPERATION 
OF THE 
FOOD 
STAMP 
PLAN 
IN 
ST. 
CROIX 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in S€s810M 
assembled: 
Section 
1. That in accordance with the. provisions of Municipal 
Council Bill No. 117, Resolution regarding the establishment of the 
Food Stamp Plan in the Virgin Islands, approved December 18, 1940, 
the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to withdraw from avail- 
able balances in the Reserve Fund, the Immigration Fund, or the 
Hurricane Loan Fund, an amount of $2, 500.00 for the purposes herein- 
after set forth. 
SectioN 2. That the amount of $2, 500.00 as provided in Sitio 1, 
shall be set up as a revolving fund, to be expended for the purchase of 
stamps issued by the Surplus Marketing Administration for use in 
connection with the operation of the Food Stamp plan in St. Croix. 
Section 3. That upon the termination of the Food Stamp Plan in 
St. Croix the amount of $2,500.00 shall revert to the fund or funds 
from which it was withdrawn. 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Tuesday, February 25, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JoHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. 1., February 25, 1941.
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The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-seventh day of February, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
CrArLEs HARWOOD, 
Governor. 
  
Municipal Councin Bin No. 
3 
Third Council—First Session, 1941 
AMENDMENT 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session as- 
sembled: That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the 
fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 be, and the same is hereby, 
amended as follows: 
1. Under EsTiMATED REVENUES: 
I. Direct Taxes, Item 1, increase the amount from “$52,000” to 
“$53 000". 
II. Indirect Taxes, Item 8, increase the amount from “3,000” to 
“3,400”; Item 
13 
(b), increase the amount from 8,000” 
to ‘8,400. 
2. Under EsTiMATED EXPENDITURES: 
Change the money bill number of General Contingent from 
“XXII” to “XXIII”, and add: 
“MONEY BILL XXII. 
1. Sponsor’s contribution for a Surplus Commodities Distri- 
bution Project, 850.” 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Tuesday, February 25, 1941. 
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Charrman. 
Secretary. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., February 25, 1941. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved 
in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-seventh day of February, a. po., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
CuarLEs HAarwooD, 
Governor.
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MuniciparL Councit Bin No. 120 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE TICK ERADICATION 
PROGRAM 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Crovx in session 
assembled: 
SectioN 
1. That there be and 
is hereby levied once only on all 
owners and/or custodians of cattle in St. Croix a tax of 10 cents for 
each head, said tax to be paid to Assistant Commissioner of Finance 
or his agent within 30 days after they have been given written notice 
at the dip that such tax is due and payable. 
SectioN 2. That the monies collected from this tax shall be used 
to carry on the program of tick eradication as provided for by Ordi- 
nance to promote the elimination of the cattle fever tick; to prevent 
its propagation and spread and to eradicate it; to provide for the 
creation of 
a trust fund and for other purposes, approved May 
5, 
1938, as amended; and such money shall be set up for that purpose 
in the Municipal Budget. 
Section 3. That this tax shall be a direct first lien upon the cattle, 
of each and every owner thereof, and 
if unpaid when due shall be 
enllociod in the manner regularly prescribed by law for the collections 
of 
liens. 
Section 4. Any and all monies collected under the provisions of the 
Ordinance to provide funds for the continuation of the tick eradication 
program approved June 27, 1940 on horses and mules in the Munici- 
pality of St. Croix shall be refunded by the Assistant Commissioner 
of Finance, and that the difference between the amounts set up on 
cattle in the Ordinance to provide funds for the continuation of the 
tick eradication program approved June 27, 1940, and this Ordinance 
be refunded by the Assistant Commissioner of Finance. 
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in force and effect for the con- 
tinuation of the tick eradication program in the Municipality of St. 
Croix for the fiscal year 1940-1941. 
SectioN 6. That Municipal Council Bill No. 80 approved June 27, 
1940 be and the same is hereby repealed. 
Thus duly passed in the extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Friday, December 20, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., December 20, 1940. 
FrepERICK D. DORScH, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-seventh day of December, a. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor.
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MounicipanL Councit Bin. No. 119 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND 
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE BORROWING OF FUNDS 
FROM THE IMMIGRATION FUND OR THE RESERVE FUND APPROVED 
NOVEMBER 25, 1940 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session as- 
sembl.d, That the Ordinance to authorize the borrowing of funds from 
the Immigration Fund or the Reserve Fund, approved November 25, 
1940, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: 
In Section 
1. 
After the words “from the balances of’ and before 
the words “such amounts’ strike the words ‘““the Immigration Fund, 
or the Reserve Fund’ and substitute in lieu thereof the following “All 
available public Funds.” 
Thus duly passed in the extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Friday, December 20, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I1., December 20, 1940. 
Freperick D. Dorsch, 
A. C. PEbpro, 
Charman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-seventh day of December, a. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
MunicirarL Councin Bin No. 118 
~ 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO PROVIDE FOR FIRE INSURANCE PROTECTION FOR THE PROPERTIES 
OF THE MUNICIPALITY 
OF 
ST. CROIX 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council 
of Saint Croix in session 
assembled, That the Governor of the Virgin Islands of the United 
States be and he is hereby authorized, directed and empowered to 
insure against fire any or all buildings owned by the Municipality of 
St. Croix and to pay the premiums for such insurance from funds to 
be made available in the Municipal Budget. 
Thus duly passed in the extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Friday, December 20, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., December 20, 1940. 
Freperick D. DorscH, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary.
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37 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-seventh day of December, A. D., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
RosBeErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
Mounicipar Councin Bin No. 116 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO PROMOTE THE KILLING 
OF WILD DEER 
IN ORDER 
TO SECURE THE 
COMPLETION OF THE TICK ERADICATION PROGRAM BY JUNE 30, 1941 
Be 
it enacted 
by the Municipal Council 
of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
Section 
1. The Captain of Police is authorized to issue licenses to 
shoot wild deer, free of cost to holders of registered firearms. 
SecTioN 
2. A bounty of not less than Three Dollars ($3.00) 
per 
animal shall be paid by the Assistant Commissioner of Finance on 
presentation of a voucher issued by the Police Department at any of 
the three police stations upon receipt of the four (4) feet of a deer. 
The carcass shall be the property of the hunter. 
The Captain of 
Police 
shall be responsible 
for the immediate destruction 
of such 
evidence. 
Section 3. Records of deer killed will be kept in each station by 
means of receipts issued. 
Section 4. All Sections of the Ordinance concerning the protection 
of wild life, approved November 
10, 
1934, and 
all Sections of the 
Ordinance Providing for the removal of wild deer approved April 17, 
1939, which are in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. 
Thus duly passed in the extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Friday, December 20, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., December 20, 1940. 
Freperick D. DorscH, 
A. C. Pepro, 
Chairman. 
: 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-seventh day of December, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor.
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Municipal Councit Bint No. 115 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO AUTHORIZE 
THE GOVERNOR 
OF 
THE 
VIRGIN 
ISLANDS 
TO BORROW 
FUNDS AND TO MORTGAGE MUNICIPAL PROPERTY 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix im session 
assembled: 
Section 
1. That the Governor of the Virgin Islands be and he is 
hereby authorized and directed for and on behalf of the Municipality 
of St. Croix to borrow from the Virgin Islands National Bank an 
amount not to exceed $25,000 for the purpose of assisting in defraying 
the deficit in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands, Municipality of St. 
Croix, and to deposit the said moneys in the Treasury of the Virgin 
Islands, Municipality of St. Croix, for the aforesaid purpose. 
Section 2. That the Governor of the Virgin Islands, with the advice 
and consent of the Municipal Committee, be and he is hereby au- 
thorized and directed for and on behalf of the Municipality of St. Croix 
to execute the necessary documents to grant to the Virgin Islands 
National Bank as security for the said loan first priority mortgages on 
such properties of the Municipality of St. Croix and/or municipal 
owned securities 
as may 
be accepted 
by 
the 
said Virgin Islands 
National Bank. 
Section 3. That the Governor of the Virgin Islands be and he 
is 
hereby authorized and directed for and on behalf of the Municipality 
of St. Croix to repay the said loan semi-annually with mterest at 69, 
per annum within ten (10) years upon annual budgetary authorizations 
therefor or upon receipt of an additional Federal deficiency appropria- 
tion for the fiscal year 1941. 
Suction 4. That the Municipality of St. Croix shall provide for the 
repayment of the said loan with interest by appropriations 
in its 
annual budget beginning with the Budget for the Municipality of 
St. Croix for the fiscal year July 1, 1941 to June 30, 1942. 
Thus duly passed in the extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Friday, December 20, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. 1., December 20, 1940. 
FrepERICK D. DoORsCH, 
A. C. Pepro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-seventh day of December, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
RoseErT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor.
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Municipar Couxcin Bin No. 
110 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
AMENDMENT NO. 
3 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF 
ST. CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR 
1941 
Be 
at enacted by the Municipal Council 
of Saint Croix in session 
assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the 
fiscal year July 
1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 be, and the same is hereby, 
amended as follows: 
1. Under EstimaTEp REVENUES, 
1. 
Direct Taxes, Item 
2. 
In- 
come Tax, increase “11,150.” to “13,590.” 
2. Under Estimatep Revenues, III Sundry Revenues, Item 21. 
Miscellaneous, increase “6,500.00” to “6,800.00” 
3. Under EstTimaTEDp ExpENDITURES, the following: 
Change the Money Bill number of General Contingent from 
“XVIII” to “XX11”, and add 
“Money Brun XVIII. 
Sponsor’s Contribution for a Project of the National Youth 
Administration to build children’s wards at the Municipal 
Hospitals, Christiansted and 
Frederiksted_.____ 1,400”. 
“Money BLL XIX. 
Sponsor’s Contribution for a Sewing Project of the National 
Youth Administration. ____ 6707. 
“Money Bir XX. 
Sponsor’s Contribution for a Project of the Works Projects 
Administration for Nursery Schools and Parent Guidance 
ARR 3707. 
“MoneEY Birr XXI. 
Sponsors Contribution for National Youth Administration 
girls resident Project for purchasing materials and find- 
ings...... 300”, 
4. Change all totals affected in the Budget accordingly. 
Thus duly passed in the extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Friday, December 20, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. 1., December 20, 1940. 
Freperick D. Dorsch, 
A. C. Pepro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-seventh day of December, a. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
RoBerT M. LoveTrT, 
Acting Governor.
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ReviseEp Municipan Councin Binu No. 
107 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
RESOLUTION 
Whereas, 
the Work Projects Administration 
and 
the 
National 
Youth 
Administration 
are undertaking a 
substantial program 
of 
projects in St. Croix; and 
Whereas, these programs under federal regulations require sponsor 
contributions by the communities in which the projects are under- 
taken: Now therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the sum of $2,740 be authorized for appropriation 
in the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the fiscal year 1941 
for sponsor contributions as follows: 
a. National Youth Administration Project 
to Build children’s 
wards at the Municipal Hospitals, Christiansted and Fred- 
eriksted, $1400. 
b. National Youth Administration Sewing Project, $670. 
c. Work Projects Administration Project for Nursery Schools 
and Parent Schools and Parent Guidance, $370. 
d. National Youth Administration Girs’ Resident Project 
to 
purchase materials and findings, $300.00. 
Thus duly passed in the extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Friday, December 20, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., December 20, 1940. 
FreEpERICK D. Dorsch, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-seventh day of December, A. D., 1940. 
[sean] 
RoseErT M. Lover, 
Acting Governor. 
  
Municipal Councin Bin No. 96 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO CONTROL LEPROSY IN ST. CROIX 
“Be 
1t enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
absembled: 
SecTtioN A 
The control of leprosy 
in the Municipality of St. Croix, Virgin 
Islands of the United States of America, shall be vested in the Depart- 
ment of Health which shall be responsible for carrying out the follow- 
ing provisions:
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41 
Section B 
1. 
It shall be the duty of all physicians, midwives, district nurses, 
members of the police force, sanitary inspectors and others, to report, 
in writing by name to the Chief Municipal Physician any person known 
to be suffering from leprosy, or showing symptoms thereof. 
2. Any person 
so reported must submit 
to examination by the 
Leprosy Board, hereinafter called the Board, which shall consist of 
three qualified physicians as follows: 
two members to be appointed 
by the Chief Municipal Physician and said Municipal Physician to 
constitute the third member and be Chairman of said Board. 
The 
examination shall be made at the time and place designated by the 
Chairman of the Board and in the presence of any members of the 
patient’s family or any other person whom he may designate. 
3. All cases of open leprosy, that is, cases in which acid-fast bacilli 
can be found by ordinary methods of skin scrapings and nasal smears 
shall be isolated in the Leper Asylum by order of the Board until 
such time as they may be paroled in accordance with the provisions 
of this Ordinance. 
4. Closed cases of leprosy, that is, cases in which acid-fast bacilli 
cannot be found by ordinary methods of examination may be isolated 
in the Leper Asylum at their own request or upon the order of the 
Board. 
5. All paroled lepers shall be subject to the following restrictions 
and regulations: 
(a) Change of address must be reported immediately to the Chief 
Municipal Physician by such paroled lepers. 
(b) No person with leprosy may leave the island of St. Croix with- 
out written permission of the Chief Municipal Physician. 
(¢) Except in the Leper Asylum leprous persons are hereby pro- 
hibited from being occupied in the sale of articles of food or the prep- 
aration of such for others, or the serving of such to others, or the manu- 
facture 
of tobacco products. 
They shall not serve 
as physicians, 
midwives, nurses, nurse-maids, pharmacists, barbers, washers, house- 
hold or personal servants or assistants to the same. 
(d) Paragraph 
(c) 
above 
shall 
not apply 
to 
persons 
in whom 
leprosy 
is arrested, that 
is in whom the disease has been entirely 
quiescent for a period of not less than five years; such status to be 
proved by certificate from the Department of Health. 
(e) The Chief Municipal Physician 
or 
a qualified physician ap- 
pointed by him shall examine all leprous persons remaining at large, 
at intervals of not more than three months when lesions are active 
and progressive; at intervals of six months when the disease is classed 
as quiescent, that is, when there has been no evidence of activity for 
at least one year; and at intervals of one year when the disease has 
been arrested; such examinations to include skin scrapings and nasal 
smears when advisable. 
6. All known contacts with a leper, including all family connections 
by blood or marriage and all persons known to have leprosy resident 
in St. Croix shall submit 
to examinations by the Chief Municipal 
Physician or by a physician licensed to practice in the Municipality 
of St. Croix at intervals not to exceed twelve months during the first 
ten years following the last contact and thereafter at the discretion 
of the Board.
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7. Lepers confined to the Leper Asylum may be paroled upon the 
recommendation 
of 
the Board, 
Such lepers 
shall not 
be paroled 
until they have had not less than six consecutive monthly examina- 
tions of nasal smears and skin scrapings which have failed to reveal 
the presence of acid-fast bacilli. 
Paroled lepers shall be subject to 
provisions of Section B, Paragraph 
5, except that during the first 
year 
of 
parole 
examinations, 
including 
skin 
scrapings 
and 
nasal 
smears, shall be made monthly. 
Section C 
Failure to comply with the provisions of this Ordinance shall be 
deemed 
a misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction by 
a fine not 
exceeding $100.00 or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. 
The payment of such fine or imprisonment or both shall not release 
any person from the examinations provided herein. 
Section D 
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to render to the 
Department of Health and/or the Board such aid they may request 
for the enforcement of this Ordinance. 
Section E 
All previous laws of the Municipality of St. Croix relative to the 
control of leprosy are hereby repealed; and all other laws or Ordinances 
or parts thereof in conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 
This Ordinance shall become effective upon approval by the Gov- 
€rnor. 
Thus duly passed in the extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Friday, December 20, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., December 20, 1940. 
FreperIick D. DoRscH, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Charman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-seventh day of December, A. p., 1940. 
IsEa1] 
RoseErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
Moun~icipan Councin Bir No. 95 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
AMENDMENT 
TO THE BUDGET FOP THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR 
1941 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the 
fiscal year July 
1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 be, and the same is hereby, 
amended as follows:
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43 
1. UnpeEr EstiMaTED REVENUES, Item 
III. SunprRY REVENUES, 
add new subitem “23” Special tax on cattle ______ 600. 
2. Unper EstiMaTED REVENUES, Item III. SunprY REVENUES, 
Item 21, Miscellaneous, increase “6,800” to ‘7,000. 
3. UnpeEr EsTiMaTED ExPENDITURES, MONEY Bin XVII, Miscel- 
laneous, add new item ‘‘6.”” 
Expenses necessary for tick eradication, 
including materials, supplies, transportation, services and bounties 
not provided for in the allotment made by the Work Projects Admin- 
istration for St. Croix ______ 1550.7 
4. Unper EsTiMmaTED EXPENDITURES, MONEY BiLr XVII, Miscel- 
laneous, add Item 
7. 
Premiums on fire insurance, not 
to exceed 
$200. 
5. Change all totals affected in the Budget accordingly. 
Thus duly passed in the extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Friday, December 20, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., December 20, 1940. 
FrepERICK D. DoRscH, 
A. C. PEbro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment 
to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-seventh day of December, a. »., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
RoBerT M. LovEeTT, 
Acting Governor. 
MuniciparL Councit Bint No. 
117 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
RESOLUTION 
Waereas, the Surplus Marketing Administration of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture 
is giving consideration to the establishment of 
the Food Stamp Plan in the Virgin Islands; and 
Whereas, low wage scales, unemployment and the fiscal weakness 
of the Municipality have contributed to widespread malnutrition and 
undernourishment among the great majority of the population depend- 
ent upon public assistance: Now, therefore, be it 
ResoLvep, by the Municipal Council of St. Croix in session assem- 
bled: 
TuaaT THE GOVERNOR be and he is hereby authorized on behalf of 
the Municipality of St. Croix to enter into an agreement with the 
Surplus Marketing Administration incorporating the provisions of a 
tentative agreement signed by the Governor and by James S. Allen, 
Regional Director and James H. Palmer, Assistant Regional Director 
in charge of Distribution, of the Surplus Marketing Administration, 
under date of October 20, 1940; and be it further 
ResovLvep, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to 
submit an application to the Works Project Administration on behalf 
of the Municipality of St. Croix for a Surplus Commodities distribution 
project to be sponsored by the Municipality of St. Croix; provided 
that the sponsor’s Contribution 
to June 
30, 
1941 
shall not exceed 
$850.00; and be it further
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Resorvep, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to 
bind the Municipality of St. Croix to make available $2,500.00 from 
public funds as a revolving fund for the purchase of stamps issued by 
the Surplus Marketing Administration on condition that the Works 
Progress Administration allots not less than 759 of the cost of a Sur- 
plus Commodities Distribution Project for the Virgin Islands. 
Thus duly passed in an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, December 16, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., December 16, 1940. 
FrEpERICK D. DORSCH, 
A. 
C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the 
Seal 
of 
the Government 
of 
the Vir- 
gin Islands of the United States, 
at Christiansted, St. Croix, this 
eighteenth day of December, A. »., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
RoserT M. LovETrT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
Municipal Councin Bint No. 
113 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
AMENDMENT No. 
4 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR 
1941 
Be 
it enacted 
by the Municipal Council 
of Saint Croix in session 
assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the 
fiscal year July 
1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 be, and the same is hereby, 
amended as follows: 
1. UnpER EstiMATED EXPENDITURES: 
Money Biun IX, Pensions and allowances, Item 
21, Julius 
Barry, decrease the amount from “180” 
to “127.50”, and add 
new item “35. Albertina Barry, 
(7 months). 
$52.50. 
2. Money Bin X. 
Department of Education, Item 
1. 
Salaries, 
change subitem 
(a) 
to read “7 Principal Teachers ____ “4.492”, and 
subitem (b) to read “28 Graded Teachers. ____ 
13,040.” 
Thus duly passed in an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, December 16, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., December 16, 1940. 
FreEpERICK D. DoORSCH, 
A. 
C. PEbro, 
Chavrman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Christiansted, St. Croix, this sigh 
eenth day of December, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
RoBeErT M. LovEeTT, 
Acting Governor.
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45 
Municipal Councin Bir No. 
112 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
RESOLUTION 
Be it resolved by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session assem- 
bled, That Albertina Barry be paid the full monthly pension of her 
deceased husband, Julius Barry, for the month of November; and that 
thereafter she be and is hereby granted a pension at the rate of $7.50 
per month. 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, December 16, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., December 16, 1940. 
Freperick D. DorscH, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Christiansted, St. Croix, 
this eight- 
eenth day of December, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
Roser M. LoverT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
Municipal Councin Bint No. 
105 
~ 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO 
PROVIDE FOR THE RELEASE 
OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM UNDER 
MORTGAGE 
TO THE MUNICIPALITY 
OF 
ST. 
CROIX 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
Section 1. That the Governor be and is hereby authorized to release 
from under the mortgage of the St. Croix Labor Union, dated Novem- 
ber 11, 1931, that land known as Estate Prosperity; provided, that the 
receipts from the sale of said estate shall be applied, first, to the pay- 
ment of any taxes due from the St. Croix Labor Union to the Munici- 
pality of St. Croix; second, to the liquidation of the St. Croix Labor 
Union’s mortgage in Estate Grove Place to the Virgin Islands National 
Bank; and third, to the payment of interest and principal account on 
the St. Croix Labor Union’s mortgage to the funds of the Municipality 
first above referred to. 
Thus duly passed in an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, December 16, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., December 16, 1940. 
Freperick D. DorscH, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Christiansted, St. Croix, this eight- 
eenth day of December, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
H. Doc. 366, T7—1——4
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Municipal Councin BiLn No. 111 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO AUTHORIZE THE BORROWING 
OF FUNDS FROM THE IMMIGRATION 
: 
FUND, OR THE RESERVE FUND 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
Section 
1. The Assistant Commissioner of Finance 
be, and 
he 
is 
hereby, authorized and empowered to withdraw from the balances of 
the Immigration Fund, or the Reserve Fund such amounts as shall 
not exceed a total of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) and shall 
deposit same in the Municipal Treasury of St. Croix, to be used for 
the payment of current expenses of the Municipality. 
SEcTioN 
2. The Assistant Commissioner 
of Finance shall repay 
from current revenues and without interest, such funds as may be 
borrowed under the above section. 
Suction 3. The Assistant Commissioner of Finance shall report to 
the Governor and to the Municipal Committee, at the close of each 
month, the amounts borrowed and the amounts repaid in accordance 
with the provisions of this Ordinance. 
Thus duly passed at the sixth ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, November 18, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., November 18, 1940. 
FreEpErIck D. Dorsch, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, ia Chanabie Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-fifth day of November, 
, 1940. 
[SEAL] 
Lawrence W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
  
Muntciean Councit Bin No. 106 
Second Council-—Second Session, 1940 
RESOLUTION 
WaERrEAS, 
the Surplus Marketing Administration of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture 
is giving consideration 
to the establishment of 
the Food Stamp Plan in the Virgin Islands; and 
WaEREAS, low wage scales, unemployment and the fiscal weakness 
of the Municipality have contributed to widespread malnutrition and 
undernourishment among 
the great majority 
of the population de- 
pendent on public assistance; Now, therefore, be 
it resolved by the 
Municipal Council of St. Cr oix in session assembled: 
That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized on behalf of the 
Municipality of St. Croix to enter into an agreement with the Surplus 
Marketing Administration incorporating the provisions of a tentative 
agreement signed by the Governor and by James S. Allen, Regional
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Director, and James H. Palmer, Assistant Regional Director in charge 
of Distribution, 
of 
the 
Surplus Marketing Administration, 
under 
date of October 20, 
1940; Provided, however, That the minimum 
purchase rate for those who wish to participate shall be 
A. 
One pRTSOn Cases. 
a Ried 
ian $4.00 per month 
B. Twoperson eoses. 
bi dis 
aa 
4.00 per month 
OC. 
Three to five Person Ga8e8. I. J. 
ui 
evi ven abies 
il 
6.00 per month 
DP. 
Six person Cases ald OVO  s. Lt 
ies vain dient Simm om 
mio mm 
oe im 
8.00 per month 
and provided further that 
all cases in the unskilled, intermediate, 
skilled, and professional and technical groups be included; and be it 
further 
ResonLveDp, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to 
submit an application to the Works Project Administration on behalf 
of the Municipality of St. Croix for a Surplus Commodities distribu- 
tion project to be sponsored by the Municipality of St. Croix; provided 
that the sponsor’s Contribution 
to June 
30, 
1941 
shall not exceed 
$850; and be it further 
Resorvep, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized 
to 
bind the Municipality of St. Croix 
to make available $2,500 from 
public funds as 
a revolving fund for the purchase of stamps issued 
by 
the Surplus Marketing Administration 
on 
condition 
that 
the 
Works Progress Administration allots not less than 759, of the cost 
of a Surplus Commodities distribution project for the Virgin Islands. 
Thus duly passed at the sixth ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, November 18, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. 1., November 18, 1940. 
Freperick D. DorscH, 
A. C. Pebpro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-fifth day of November, a. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LawreNcE W. CRAMER, 
Governor, 
Municipal Councit Bint No. 
103 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A LOAN FUND FOR THE IMPROVE- 
MENT 
OF PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDERS WATER SUPPLY 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
‘assembled: 
Section 1. That the Ordinance to establish 
a loan fund for the 
improvement 
of 
private 
householders’ 
water 
supply, 
approved 
. 
‘October 22, 1937, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: 
In Section 2, last line, after the word “properties” change the 
“7 to a“) and add “including fixtures and/or materials and/or 
labor 
for installing modern flush systems and/or connections 
with established salt water lines and sewer lines.”
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Thus duly passed at the sixth ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, November 18, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., November 18, 1940. 
Freperick D. Dorsch, 
A. 
C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-fifth day of November, a. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LAWRENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
MunicipaL Councin Bin No. 102 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
RESOLUTION 
Be 
at resolved by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
: 
Section 
1. That the Governor of the Virgin Islands or his duly 
appointed representative is hereby authorized for and on behalf of the 
Municipality of St. Croix 
to execute any and 
all legal documents 
necessary to grant the Rural Electrification Administration easement 
or right-of-way over any and all Municipal property outside of the 
towns of Christiansted and Frederiksted. 
Thus duly passed at the sixth ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, November 18, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., November 18, 1940. 
Freperick D. Dorsch, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-fifth day of November, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
LAWRENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
  
Municipal Councin Bin 
No. 
93 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE 
TO CREATE THE OFFICE 
OF RECORDER 
OF 
DEEDS 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council 
of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
1. That the Ordinance to create the Office of Recorder of Deeds, 
approved July 9, 1936, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: 
2. That Section 
1 read: “From and after November 19, 1940 the 
Tax assessor for the Municipality of St. Croix shall be the Recorder of
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49 
Deeds, and as such shall record all deeds and other instruments re- 
quired or authorized by law to be recorded.” 
3. That Section 2 read: “Any and all recordings of the Tax Assessor 
for the Municipality of St. Croix, performed in his capacity as Acting 
Recorder 
of Deeds during the period between June 
28, 
1940 and 
November 19, 1940 shall be deemed to have been executed by virtue of 
the authority "herein vested in the Recorder of Deeds. 
Thus duly passed at the sixth ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, November 18, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. "Croix, V. 1., November 18, 1940. 
FrepERrICK D. DoRrscH, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-fifth day of November, 
A. 
D., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
Lawasics W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
  
MunicipaL Councin Bint No. 104 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
RESOLUTION 
Be 
it resolved by the Municipal Council 
of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
WaEREAS, the late Robert Fechner, former Director of the Civilian 
Conservation Corps, took a deep personal interest in the establishment 
and expansion of Civilian Conservation Corps activities in the Virgin 
Islands and made possible the plan under which the Civilian Conserva- 
tion Corps is developing for recreational purposes and for afforestation 
the east end of the Island of St. Croix; and 
WaEREAs, the Municipality of St. Croix is appreciative of Robert 
Fechner’s great personal interest 
in the Virgin Islands and 
of the 
useful and beneficial developments resulting therefrom, 
Now, TueErerorg, BE IT ResoLvep that that area of Municipal 
land under development 
and commonly known 
as 
the East End 
Estates 
be 
hereafter 
officially 
designated 
as 
“RoBerT FECHNER 
RecreaTioNaL REsERVE” and that the Governor of the Virgin Islands 
be and 
is hereby authorized to advise the Director of the Civilian 
Conservation Corps and the late Robert Fechner’s family of this action 
taken by the Municipal Council for the Municipality of St. Croix. 
Thus duly passed at the sixth ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, November 18, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, November 18, 1940. 
Freperick D. Dorsch, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Shs 
twenty-fifth day. of N ovember, A. D., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
Lawnsses W. CRAMER, 
: 
: 
Governor...
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Municipar Councit Bion No. 108 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
AMENDMENT 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR 
1941 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council 
of Saint Croix in session 
assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the 
fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 be, and the same is hereby 
amended as follows: 
1. Under Estimated Revenues, 
I. 
Direct Taxes, item 
2, Income 
Tax, increase “10,000” to “11,150”. 
Under Estimated Expenditures, the following changes: 
2. Money Bill XV, ReEcisTraTION BoARD, Item 
1. 
Maintenance, 
increase the amount from “500” to “1,050”. 
3. Money Bill XVI, Scuoor. Boarp, Item 
1. 
Maintenance, 
in- 
crease the amount from “150” to “450”. 
4. Money Bill XVII, MiscELLANEOUS, Item 2. 
General Printing 
Expenses: Christiansted and Frederiksted, increase the amount from 
“300° to 600". 
5. Change all totals affected in the Budget accordingly. 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Friday, October 25, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, October 25, 1940. 
Freperick D. Dorsch, 
A. C. Pebpro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
fourth day of November, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
Morris F. pe Castro, 
Acting Governor. 
BE 
——— 
Municipal Councin Bin No. 
68 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE 
OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND DISTILLED SPIRITS 
IN THE MUNICI- 
PALITY 
OF 
ST. 
CROIX 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council 
of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
CuaPTER 
1. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS As UsEp IN THis Act 
Section 
1. 
(a) The term “fermented liquors” shall mean any and 
all fermented beer, lager beer, ale, porter, wine, or any other beverage 
containing more than one-half of one percentum of alcohol by volume 
and not more than sixteen percentum of alcohol by volume.
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(b) The term “distilled spirits” as used in this Ordinance shall mean 
any and all alcoholic beverages, of whatever nature, containing more 
than sixteen percentum of alcohol by volume, by whatever process 
Pron and by whatever name such alcoholic beverages may be 
called. 
(¢) The term “bottle” shall mean a container of glass or any other 
material holding not more than forty (40) fluid ounces. 
(d) The term “case” shall mean 
a carton or container of not less 
than six bottles each containing not less than 20 fluid ounces, or the 
equivalent thereof in smaller bottles. 
CuaprTER 
II. Boarp or CONTROL 
Section 
1. There is hereby created a Board of Control for alcoholic 
beverages hereinafter referred to as “the Board” which shall be and 
is hereby vested with the power to regulate and control within the 
provisions 
of 
this Ordinance 
the production and 
sale 
of alcoholic 
beverages within, and the exportation of alcoholic beverages from this 
Municipality. 
The Board shall consist of 
5 members appointed by 
the Governor with the advice and consent of the Council, of whom 
two shall be members of the council. 
One member only of the Board 
shall be connected with the liquor business. 
Their term 
of office 
shall be two 
(2) years and until their successors are appointed pro- 
vided however at the first organization meeting of the members of the 
Board of Control created herein lots shall be drawn to determine which 
two appointees shall serve for one year only, and that thereafter each 
member of the Board of Control shall serve the full two years and 
until his successor is appointed. 
SectioN 2. The duties of the Board shall be to carry out the pro- 
visions of this Ordinance and such regulations as are issued by the 
Governor with the approval of the Municipal Council and only such 
regulations as are approved by the Municipal Council shall have the 
force and effect of law. 
CHAPTER III. LicENsEs GENERAL 
~ 
Section 
1. 
(a) No person, persons, partnership, corporation, com- 
pany, 
or association of person by whatever name designated shall 
engage in the brewing, distilling, blending, manufacturing, selling or 
distributing of fermented liquors or distilled spirits without a license 
as provided for in this Ordinance and such permits as may be required 
by Federal Statutes. 
(b) Applications for licenses shall be made in writing to the Board 
and shall be acted upon within thirty days after receipt. 
(¢) The Governor shall be and is hereby authorized to issue, upon 
recommendation of the Board, such licenses as are provided in this 
Ordinance. 
(d) All licenses shall be issued without term. 
(e) A license shall be valid only for one place of business which 
business may be moved to another location only upon permission of 
the Board. 
No license shall be assigned to or transferred to, or be 
used by any one other than the party to whom it is issued, provided 
however, that the widow of a license holder shall be entitled so long 
as she remains unmarried to continue the business under her hus- 
band’s license. 
Temporary permits to license holders to be-granted
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by the Administrator for periods of not more than twenty-four (24) 
hours shall be required for the sale of alcoholic beverages in places 
other than that covered by the license. 
(f). The Governor shall be and is hereby authorized, upon recom- 
mendation of the Board and after giving opportunity for a hearing 
to suspend for a period of not more than three months any license for 
any violation 
of 
this law 
or regulations pertaining thereto. 
The 
Governor shall be and is hereby authorized to revoke any license for 
nonpayment of fees or upon conviction of any violation of this Ordi- 
nance. 
Section 
2. The 
sale 
or possession 
of any fermented liquors 
or 
distilled spirit on which the duties or taxes required by law have not 
been paid shall constitute cause for immediate revocation of license in 
addition to such other penalties as may be legally imposed. 
CHAPTER IV. IMPORTER’S LiQUOR LICENSE 
SectioN 
1. An Importer’s Liquor License shall be required of any 
person importing fermented liquors and/or distilled spirits for sale in 
the Municipality of St. Croix. 
An Importer’s Liquor License, for 
which no fee shall be charged, shall be granted only to a holder of a 
burgher brief, Provided however, that a person may bring in with 
him as personal baggage not more than one gallon of fermented liquors 
and/or distilled spirits, and provided further that the provisions of 
this section shall not apply 
to established churches importing fer- 
mented liquors for sacramental purposes only. 
SectioN 2. The holder of an Importer’s Liquor License may sell 
fermented liquors and/or distilled spirits only in quantities of case lots 
or more unless such importer holds a retail Liquor License, and such 
licensee shall sell fermented liquors and/or distilled spirits locally only 
to holders of licenses herein provided for but shall not be so restricted 
as to export sales. 
: 
: 
CHAPTER V. PRODUCER'S LIQUuor LICENSE 
Section 1. A Brewer's License shall be required for the production 
of fermented liquors in excess of two gallons per week and such licensee 
shall sell fermented liquors locally only to holders of licenses herein 
provided for but shall not be so restricted as to export sales. 
Section. 
2 
(a) 
A Distiller’s License shall be required for each dis- 
tillery for the production of distilled spirits by any process whatso- 
ever, except as hereinafter provided in section 3 of this Chapter. 
(b) A licensee under this section shall sell in the Municipality of 
St. Croix only to holders of licenses herein provided for but shall not 
be so restricted with respect to export sales. 
A Distiller’s License 
shall include a manufacturer’s license as defined in section 
3 of this 
Chapter. 
(¢) The holder of a Distiller’s License shall keep accurate records 
of production and withdrawals. 
A report 
of such production 
and 
withdrawals shall be. filed with the Administrator for St. Croix for 
each month before the tenth day of the following month. 
| 
Section 3 (a). A Manufacturer’s Liquor License shall be required, 
except of a licensed distiller, for the manufacture or production of 
any form of distilled spirits by any process other than distillation.
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Such licenses however shall be available only for the production of 
beverages decidedly different 
in character (other than proof) from 
the original distillates. 
Such production shall not be deemed to in- 
clude cutting, blending or the mixing of similar distillates. 
(b) The products made under 
a Manufacturer's Liquor License 
shall be sold in the Municipality of St. Croix only to or by those 
holding licenses herein provided for but shall not be so restricted with 
respect to export sales. 
Section 4. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply only to pro- 
ducers of liquor for sale, trade, or barter. 
CuaprEr VI. RETAIL LICENSE 
Section 
1. 
(a) 
A Retail Liquor License shall be required for the 
sale of fermented liquors and/or distilled spirits by the drink or by 
the bottle. 
(b) 
No 
place of business licensed under this Chapter shall have any 
booths or rooms that are not open to full view. 
(¢) 
In a conspicuous place inside the licensed store the license shall 
be posted for inspection by the Police and notice to the public. 
(d) All places licensed under this Section whether dealing in other 
merchandise or not may be opened for business only between the 
hours of 7:00 A. M. and 11:00 P. M. on all days except Saturdays and 
holidays on which days the closing hour shall be 12:00 midnight. 
At 
the closing hour all doors shall be closed and no person shall be per- 
mitted to enter thereafter. 
The application of this Section shall not 
nullify or affect the provisions of the Holiday Ordinance approved 
May 9, 1919, as amended February 24, 1925; May 25, 1927; May 26, 
1936; July 
9, 1936; July 22, 1938. 
Section 2. A Club Liquor License shall be required for the sale of 
fermented liquors and/or distilled spirits by any club, group or asso- 
ciation by whatever name called, and no such license shall be issued 
or valid except to properly domiciled clubs, associations or groups of 
at least twenty-five bona fide members, united for the purpose of 
mutual entertainment or recreation and registered as such in the office 
of the Administrator for St. Croix, which registration shall include a 
copy of its by-laws, shall state the names of its members, and shall 
be supplemented upon request by further data required. 
Without 
such license fermented liquors or distilled spirits may not be sold or 
consumed on the club’s premises. 
A Club Liquor License shall per- 
mit the sale of fermented liquors by the drink or by the bottle and 
the sale of distilled spirits by the drink only. 
It shall not permit the 
sale of distilled spirits by the case or bottle. 
Section 3. 
(a) A Hotel Liquor License shall be required of botels 
or boarding houses for the sale of fermented liquors and/or distilled 
spirits but such license shall permit the sale of distilled spirits by the 
drink only. 
(b) A Hotel Liquor License shall limit the sale of said alcoholic 
beverages to seated patrons of said hotels or boarding houses and to 
seated bona fide guests of such patrons when accompanied by them, 
and alcoholic beverages shall be served only in such rooms as patrons 
regularly use for sleeping, dining, or lounging and as are not open to 
the public. 
For the purposes of this Ordinance a patron of a hotel or 
boarding house shall be deemed to be any person residing in or taking
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his meals at said hotel or boarding house. 
Only those places are to 
be considered as hotels and boarding houses which both serve meals 
regularly to patrons and guests and provide sleeping quarters for at 
least six patrons. 
SectioN 4. No owner, lessee, or manager of any place of business 
not duly licensed according to the provisions of this Ordinance shall 
abet or permit the sale of fermented liquors or distilled spirits on or 
within such place of business, within any part thereof partitioned off 
or otherwise separated therefrom, or on or in any premises adjacent 
thereto and within his jurisdiction. 
In the event of the violation of 
this section the owner or owners or the lessee or lessees and the man- 
ager or responsible employee shall be jointly and severally liable to 
the penalties imposed by this Ordinance. 
CuapTeEr VII. BonDED WAREHOUSES 
SectrioN 
1. The Governor 
of the Virgin Islands shall be and is 
hereby authorized to establish or designate and license bonded ware- 
houses upon the recommendation of the Board for the storage and 
aging of fermented liquors and/or distilled spirits; and upon recom- 
mendation of the Board to establish regulations with the approval of 
the Municipal Council and not inconsistent with applicable laws and 
Ordinances for the operation of such bonded warehouses, to provide 
for the proper storage, security, gauging, entry and removal of dis- 
tilled spirits; to provide for warehouse receipts, for bottling in bond, 
for proper identification and labeling of all goods in bond or sold as 
bonded goods, for the payment of warehouse charges, and for the 
issuance of age certificates. 
CuaprTER VIII. License FEEks 
SectioN 1. The following license fees are prescribed: 
(a) 
For Joes Retail Liquor License, per annum payable quarterly in ad- 
BE 
ui 
a 
rE Bali 
In 
Re 
Ei 
te 
a 
SEES Eo 
$60. 00 
(b) ig each Club Liquor License, per annum payable quarterly in ad- 
A 
a REA 
Cpe 
Js be ERED BE In Ste RR 
A 
TR ERE 
EE RN 
60. 00 
(c¢) 
For each Hotel Liquor License, per annum payable quarterly in ad- 
VANCE. Lon 
dt har 
ee 
aE SBE Si 
sn 
Tn 
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0) 
40. 00 
(d) 
For each Brewer’s License, per annum payable in advance_________ 
60. 00 
(e) 
For each Distiller’s License, a minimum of $100.00 plus $4.00 for each 
1,000 gallons of production in excess of 20,000 gallons. 
The Dis- 
tiller shall pay in advance according to his anticipated production 
for the year for which the license is issued and adjustment shall be 
made at the close of each year to the end that the license fee shall 
conform with the schedule provided in this sub-section. 
(f) 
For each Manufacturer’s License, per annum payable in advance____ 
50. 00 
CuAPTER IX. Taxes AND DUTIES 
SEcTiON 1. 
(a) Section 6 of the Law concerning Excise Duty on Rum 
in St. Croix, as approved April 6, 1906, shall be and the same is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
“Out of the amount derived from excise duties the sum 
of 
$1,000.00 shall be payable annually to the Pension Fund of St. 
Croix, when established, and until the said Pension Fund shall 
become self-supporting according to the decision of the Municipal 
Council; the balance shall be covered into the Treasury of the 
Municipality of St. Croix.”
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(b) Section 10 of the Law concerning Excise Duty on Rum in St. 
Croix, as approved April 
6, 1906, shall be and the same is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
“All fines imposed under the present law shall be covered into 
the treasury of the Municipality of St. Croix.” 
Section 
2. There shall be levied and collected on all fermented 
liquors and on all distilled spirits as hereinabove defined which shall 
be, on or after the effective date of this Ordinance, sold for consump- 
tion in the Municipality of St. Croix, by whatever name such liquors 
may be called, an internal revenue tax at a rate of $1.00 per gallon of 
alcohol contained in such fermented beverages or at a rate of one cent 
for each one percentum or fraction thereof of a gallon of alcohol con- 
tained in such fermented or distilled beverages, to be collected under 
regulations proposed by the Governor of the Virgin Islands of the 
United States and approved by the Municipal Council, provided, that 
the tax levied in this section shall be paid before the said articles are 
removed from the manufacturer’s or other warehouse of Customs De- 
partment storehouse. 
The 
officers 
of 
the United States Customs 
Service and the United States Postal Service in the Municipality 
of 
St. Croix are hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with the 
Act of Congress of June 24, 1932, to assist the Collector of Internal 
Revenue of the Municipality of St. Croix to collect such tax upon im- 
portations of such articles into the Municipality of St. Croix and before 
removal of such articles from the custody of the respective depart- 
ments; provided also, that the Administrator for St. Croix may waive 
or refund the tax imposed under this Section on wines purchased for 
‘sacramental use only by recognized church authorities upon presen- 
tation of satisfactory affidavit by such authorities. 
Section 3. The tax imposed by Section 2 of this Chapter upon any 
beverage sold for consumption in the Municipality of St. Croix shall 
if any tax other than import tax is now imposed thereon by law, be in 
in of such other tax from the time the tax imposed by Section 2 takes 
effect. 
SuctioN 4. Every person who sells or transfers for consumption or 
‘sale fermented liquor or liqueurs or distilled spirits upon which the tax 
levied in this Ordinance had not been paid shall be held to have vio- 
lated this Ordinance and every sale or transfer shall constitute 
a 
‘separate offense. 
Section 5. On all fermented liquors and distilled spirits which are 
sold or transferred for exportation from the Municipality of St. Croix 
and which are not intended for reimportation into the Municipality of 
‘St. Croix and which are not reimported into the Municipality of St. 
Croix, the taxes levied herein shall not be collected or, if collected, shall 
be refunded to the exporter. 
CHAPTER X. (GENERAL 
Section 
1. All bottled distilled spirits introduced into, manufac- 
tured in, sold in, and exported from the Municipality of St. Croix shall 
be truthfully labeled. 
The label shall state the alcoholic content. 
Local producers, bottlers, or retailers shall be held responsible for false 
labeling. 
SecTioN 2. Except as hereinabove otherwise provided, any violation 
of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulations issued pur-
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suant thereto and approved by the Municipal Council shall be punish- 
able by fine of not less than $25.00 or more than $100.00, or by impris- 
onment for not less than thirty (30) days or more than 6 months, or by 
both such fine and imprisonment, Provided however, that the penalty 
for falsifying alcoholic content for each violation shall be not less than 
$5.00 nor more than $25.00. 
Section 
3. Upon the effective date of this Ordinance all existing 
licenses shall be reclassified under the provisions of this Ordinance and 
shall remain in force and effect as long as the holders thereof comply 
with the provisions of this Ordinance. 
SectioN 4. The Ordinance to regulate and control the manufacture, 
sale, and exportation of, and to provide for the taxation of alcoholic 
beverages in the Municipality of St. Croix, and for other purposes, 
approved June 
9, 
1934, 
and 
as amended by Ordinance approved 
March 28, 1938; and the Ordinance to control the sale of rum in St. 
Croix, approved May 27, 1935, and all laws or Ordinances or parts 
thereof in conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 
SectioN 5. This Ordinance shall be in force and effect thirty (30) 
days after its approval by the Governor. 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, August 26, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, August 26, 1940. 
FreEperIick D. Dorsch, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
(Received by the Governor August 31, 1940.) 
The foregoing Ordinance having been presented to the Governor of 
the Virgin Islands for his approval, and not having been returned by 
him to the Municipal Council of St. Croix within thirty calendar days, 
as prescribed by Section 16 of the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 
the United States, has become a law without his approval, effective 
October 29, 1940. 
Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States, Charlotte 
Amalie, 
St. Thomas, V. I. October 7, 1940. 
Morris F. pe Castro, 
Acting Government Secretary. 
MuniciparL Counciu Bin No. 
92 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDNANCE 
os y enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session as- 
sembled: 
1. That there 
is hereby authorized 
to be paid 
to Frank Smith 
of Frederiksted (former District Chief and at present Acting Lieu- 
tenant) whose services with the Police and Prison Department of St. 
Croix will be terminated as of the close of August 31, 1940 because of 
the reorganization of the Municipal Police Force, a separation allow- 
ance in the amount of $151.00.
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57 
Thus duly passed 
at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix held Monday, August 26, 1940. 
- Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., August 26, 1940. 
Freperick D. Dorsch, 
A. 
C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Christiansted, St. Croix, this twenty- 
eighth day of September, a. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LawreNcE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
Municipal Councin Binn No. 94 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
AMENDMENT 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
: 
YEAR 1941 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the 
fiscal year July 
1, 1940 to June 30, 1941, be, and the same is hereby 
amended as follows: 
1. Under 
Money 
Brun 
II, 
Jupiciary 
DEeparTMENT, 
Item 
1. 
Salaries: 
Change subitem (a) to read “Judge of the Police Court, Christian- 
sted and Recorder for St. Croix, from July 1, to October 
1, incl 
525.77". 
Add new subitem “f. Judge of the Police Court, Christiansted, from 
October 
1 to June 30, incl. __ __ 1,200". 
2. Under Money Brun 
HI, 
PoricE aNp Prison DEPARTMENT, 
Item 1. Salaries: 
Add to subitem 
(a) “Separation allowance for Acting Lieutenant 
from September 
1 to noon October 22____151"". 
3. Under Money Bin XVIII, GENERAL CoNTINGENT, Item 
1, 
change the amount from “1,789” to 1,792.23". 
4. Under MonEY BiLL XIII, Orrick oF Tax ASSESSOR AND WHARE- 
HOUSE INSPECTOR: 
Amend the Title to read: “OrricE or Tax AssEsSOR, WAREHOUSE 
InsPpECTOR AND RECORDER OF DEEDS”. 
Change item 
1. Salaries, 
subitem 
(a) 
to 
read: “Tax 
Assessor, 
Wharehouse Inspector and Recorder of Deeds____1,640". 
5. Change all totals affected in the Budget accordingly. 
Thus duly passed at the fifth ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, September 9, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., September 9, 1940. 
FrepERICK D. DORscH, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Charman. 
Secretary.
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The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-fifth day of September, A. D., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
LawreNCcE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
Municipal Councit Bin No. 
100 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO 
PROVIDE 
FUNDS 
FOR 
CONTINUATION 
OF 
THE 
TICK 
ERADICATION 
PROGRAM, APPROVED JUNE 
27, 
1940 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session as- 
sembled, That in Section 
1 of the Ordinance to provide funds for con- 
tinuation of the tick eradication program, approved June 27, 
1940, 
“thirty days” be changed to “90 days.” 
Thus duly passed at the fifth ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, September 9, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., September 9, 1940. 
FrepericKk D. Dorsch, 
A. 
C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
sixteenth day of September, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LawreNcE W. CRAMER, 
Governor, 
  
Municipal CounciL Brinn No. 98 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
AMENDMENT 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST, CROIX FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR 1940 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix for the 
fiscal year July 
1, 1939, to June 30, 1940, be, and the same is hereby 
amended as follows: 
1. Under EstimaTep Expenpitrures, the following increases and 
decreases: 
Money BirL I, Municipal CoUNCIL: 
Item 3. Maintenance, subitem (a) Increase from__ 
$1, 862. 00 to $1, 896. 50 
Money BILL IB, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY: 
Item 1. Maintenance, subitem (a) Increase 
“ 
__ 
1,195.17 
““ 
1,447. 44 
Money Bini III, PoLicE AND PrRisoN DEPARTMENT: 
Item 
1. Salaries, subitem (1) decrease from i 
aa 
360. 00 
“ 
Nil 
‘“ 
2. Equipment, subitem (a) 
exe==ai 
1,590.00 
891. 62 
‘ 
3. Maintenance Increase. .._....- 
He 
hanes 
5, 064. 00 
“ 
5,424. 00
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59 
Money Birr VIII, Poor DEPARTMENT: 
Item 
1. Maintenance, subitem (e) Increase from . . 
$450.00 to 
$566. 91 
gt 
(8) 
A 
300. 00 
“ 
344. 70 
MonEy BILL XVI, MISCELLANEOUS: 
Item 2. General Printing Expenses 
yy BE 
V0 
300. 00 
“ 
510. 00 
Moxey Bin XVIII, GENERAL CONTINGENT: 
Yoem:Y, Increase from. =... 
ios aia 
1, 920. 00 
*“ 
1, 960. 00 
2. Change all totals affected in the Budget accordingly. 
Thus duly passed at the fifth ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, September 9, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., September 9, 1940. 
Freperick D. Dorsch, 
A. C. Pebro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
sixteenth day of September, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
LawreNcE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
  
Municipar Councit Bin No. 
91 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE 
TO PROVIDE 
FOR THE COLLECTION 
OF 
WHARFAGE IN THE ISLAND OF ST. CROIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS, APPROVED 
DECEMBER 28TH, 
1939 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled, That the following amendment be made to the Ordinance 
to provide for the collection of wharfage in the Municipality of St. 
Croix, Virgin Islands, approved December 28th, 1939: 
That after the second paragraph in Section one add a new paragraph 
reading: 
“All empty containers shall pay wharfage on importation or 
exportation on weight only and not on measurement.” 
Thus duly passed at the fifth ordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Monday, September 9, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. ‘Croix, V. 1., September 9, 1940. 
Freperick D. Dorsch, 
A.C. Peoro, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
sixteenth day of September, A. n., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
LAwrENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor.
60 
LAWS PASSED ‘BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
Municipal Councin Bin No. 88 
Second Council-—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO 
PROVIDE 
FUNDS 
REQUIRED 
BY 
SECTION 
3123 
OF 
THE 
INTERNAL 
REVENUE 
CODE 
FOR 
DEFRAYING 
NECESSARY 
EXPENSES 
OF 
THE 
TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT 
IN 
ST. 
CROIX, 
V. 
I. 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council 
of Saint Croix in session 
assembled: 
1. That the Governor of the Virgin Islands be and is hereby author- 
ized to withdraw from any of the available public funds of St. Croix 
an amount not to exceed two thousand five hundred (2,500) dollars 
to be deposited in a separate trust fund in the Treasury of the United 
States and to be available to the Treasury Department for the pur- 
poses designated in Section 3123 of the Internal Revenue Code; and 
that the Governor be likewise authorized to deposit into such Trust 
Fund, from fees hereinafter provided for, such amounts as may from 
time to time be required for its maintenance. 
2. That such withdrawal and deposit shall be made when the Gov- 
ernor shall have been assured that the need for it exists and when the 
local producer or producers of denatured alcohol or articles made there- 
from shall have agreed to pay to the Municipality each month such 
fees as are hereinafter specified and provided for. 
3. The fee for the supervision prescribed for the manufacture of 
denatured alcohol and articles produced therefrom shall be $400 per 
month beginning from the date that such supervision service is inau- 
gurated ; provided however that at the end of six months the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix shall by amendment to this Ordinance adjust this 
fee to conform with the actual costs of the service rendered. 
Fees 
shall be paid to the Municipality of St. Croix on or before the 10th 
day of each month for the previous month. 
These fees shall be avail- 
able for maintenance of the Trust Fund. 
4. 
In addition to the above fee the producer or producers of dena- 
tured alcohol or articles made therefrom shall from date of inaugura- 
tion of supervision, pay to the Municipality of St. Croix the sum of 
$50 per month toward liquidation of the $2,500 advanced until such 
advance shall have been paid together with interest at the rate of 49 
per annum on all unliquidated balances; provided however that if and 
when the federal supervision herein provided for shall be discontinued 
and the Trust Fund or any balance thereof shall be returned to the 
Municipality, such payments 
as may have been made toward the 
liquidation of the Trust Fund by the producer shall be refunded to 
the producer but without interest. 
5. That the Governor shall be and is hereby authorized to execute 
all documents necessary to provide ample security to the Municipality 
and to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Ordinance. 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Wednesday, July 31, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., July 31, 1940. 
FrepeErICcK D. DoRscH, 
W. L. JOHANSEN, 
Chairman. 
Ass’t. Secretary.
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
61 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
thirty-first day of August, A. »., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LAawreENcE W. CRAMER, 
* 
Governor. 
Municipal Councin Bin No. 
84 
Second Council—Second Session, 1940 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE CONCERNING MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC 
AND TAXES THEREON, APPROVED NOVEMBER 
24, 
1939 AS AMENDED 
AND APPROVED JANUARY 15, 1940 AND FURTHER AMENDED AND AP- 
PROVED FEBRUARY 
6, 
1940 
Be 
it enacted by the Municipal Council of Saint Croix in session 
assembled, That [the Ordinance concerning Motor Vehicular Traffic 
and Taxes thereon, approved November 24, 1939 
as amended and 
approved January 
15, 
1940 
and 
further amended 
and approved 
February 6, 1940 be and the same is hereby further amended as follows: 
In Section 40 at the end of the paragraph add a new paragraph 
reading as follows: 
(a) 
For passenger carrying automobiles weighing 2,600 lbs. or less_____ 
$12. 50 
(b) 
For passenger carrying automobiles from 2,601 to 3,300 lbs________ 
15. 00 
(ec) 
For passenger carrying automobiles above 3,300 lbs_______________ 
18. 00 
(d) 
For auto trucks or other freight vehicles under 3,000 lbs___________ 
20. 00 
(e) 
For auto trucks or other freight vehicles from 3,000 to 5,000 lbs___ 
30. 00 
(f) 
For auto trucks or other freight vehicles above 5,000 lbs__________ 
50. 00 
(g) 
For auto truck trailers, per ton capacity per trailer. ____________ 
10. 00 
(h) 
For auto bus, sitting capacity 9 passengers or less, inclusive_______ 
30. 00 
(i) 
For auto bus, sitting capacity 10 to 22 passengers, inclusive__ _____ 
40. 00 
(G) 
For auto bus, sitting capacity 23 passengers or more______________ 
45.00 
or motor e¥Cles.. 
cil tA 
Lin 
a Bais Se 
4. 00 
(1) 
For dealer’s license, first license $10.00, each additional license... 
6. 00 
CLG I LT a 
ee EA £0 
A 
ER 
1. 00 
Thus duly passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Municipal 
Council of St. Croix, held Tuesday, June 25, 1940. 
Christiansted, St. Croix, V. 1., June 25, 1940. 
Freperick D. DorscH, 
AxpreEw C. PEDRO, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
first day of July, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
RoBeErT M. LoveTT, 
Acting Governor. 
H. Doc. 366, T7-1——5
62 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, JULY 
1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAINT 
THOMAS AND SAINT JOHN 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Revenues 
I. DIRECT TAXES 
1. Real properly a8. ofl 
rt ial Se Sannin 
$52, 000 
2. Incometax. 
ruil CurTooger nll 
Sol 
90, 000 
3. Road fund: 
(a) 
Casoline day. 
fat ph 
fe 
$6, 500 
(b) 
Automobile license fees_.._._._._._.__._. 
5,500 
12,000 
$154, 000. 00 
II. INDIRECT TAXES 
4. Net Bevenuesfromcecustoms. °c. 
. =. $14, 000 
5. Taxes onninheritanees so 
10 
Dill 
Dill 
ic. 
us 
1, 000 
6. Court fees and fees from police office _____________ 
5, 500 
7 - Stamp dues sien 
ae ded 
2, 800 
8S. Feosfromssteamertickets. 
+ 
2. o_o 
i 
a. 
1, 200 
9. 
Fees from grants and dues on burgher briefs, ete___ _ 
6, 000 
10: Internalivevenue taxes. 
. 00 
i les) 
LG 
2, 000 
Ji Tradeittax. 
io. 20 
fa 
MLL ed 
28, 000 
re 
60, 500. 00 
III. SUNDRY REVENUES 
12. From pay patients at Municipal Hospital ._________ 
$5, 000 
13. Fees collected by cusiom house... 
... 
600 
14. Nighisoll removal service... 
...C.. 
3, 500 
13. Passport fees. 
JT Lome 
dan Lin 
Coon GLIBC 
100 
16. Corporation annual license fees_ __________________ 
2, 200 
17. 
Miscellaneous. 
oF 
0 
E® cial Solita 
SL 
5, 500 
18. Harbor board. 
oooh 
ld 
NS 
ol 
2, 500 
— 
19, 400. 00 
Total revenues. 
Sou 
Fil GUI RHGT Siar Jad BE 
ai 
233, 900. 00 
Total expenditures. 
20h 
wn th or 
iu 
i 
Lu 
nl 
ds 
255, 915. 80 
United Stateseontribution cco 
nL ooo 
s ac 
iz 
15, 000. 00 
Deficit—further amount needed to balance___________ 
7, 015. 80 
JusTiricaTioN: The deficit is caused by the raising of some salaries and pensions 
in the lowest bracket, which did not constitute 
a living income. 
feels justified in making these advances in view of the possibility of additional 
receipts, not certain enough to be budgeted at this time. 
The council 
In case these expecta- 
tions are not fulfilled the council will revise the budget by January 
1, 1941, to 
eliminate the deficit.
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
  
63 
Expenditures 
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 
. Salaries: 
Asgglotantil. 
le Conoco ae BALL 
CME 
Oe 
LL 
gil 
$3$1, 200. 00 
Messenger... 
oc 
ooo arora 
oo, 
480. 00 
Auditor... 
oo eiodioc 
a lion. Ft RIEL 
EO wt 
480. 00 
— 
$2, 160. 00 
. Maintenance: 
Consumable supplies and services necessary to the operation 
of the council and legislative assembly, including compensa- 
tion of members pursuant to law, travelling expenses for 
member from St. John at $3 per meeting; subscriptions to 
newspapers; expenses in connection with various commit- 
tees; and for rental of municipal council’s office. _________ 
3, 072. 50 
. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY: 
For 
the payment 
of 
necessary 
expenses 
incident 
to 
the 
functions of the legislative assembly upon certification of 
the chairman or vice-chairman whoever is resident in this 
MANIEIPAILY lao 
ce ea 
Le eee 
Ra SLL 
200. 00 
5, 432. 50 
MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE 
. Maintenance: 
Consumable supplies and services necessary to the operation 
of 
the 
committee 
including 
compensation 
of 
members 
putsiant to law. ...... cone 
baan Lan Las 
dot 
I TL 
500. 00 
POLICE COURT AND RECORDER’S OFFICE 
. Salaries: 
* 
Judge of the police court and recorder of deeds... 
3, 000. 00 
Clerliof the police court... =... 
..... 
1, 000. 00 
dC RRR 
A 
A 
AR 
Lr RI 
ce SN 
600. 00 
eee 
46000, 00 
. Equipment and maintenance: 
Consumable supplies, equipment and services necessary to the 
operation of the police court and the office of the recorder of 
dead: 
.. es 
Ta 
a ed LNs 
200. 00 
4, 800. 00 
POLICE AND PRISON DEPARTMENTS 
. Salaries: 
1 Director of police... 
o. sur. lala 
$1, 800. 00 
1 Chief clerk and immigration inspector________ 
1, 600. 00 
1 Inspectorof police. 
ool. Cu. oC. lion. 
tail 
1, 400. 00 
8 Sergeants a $960 each... ...__. _..__.... 
2, 880. 00 
10 Senior patrolmen, class A at $780 each_______ 
7, 800. 00 
5 Senior patrolmen, class B, at $720 each______ 
3, 600. 00 
5 Junior patrolmen at $540 each______________ 
2, 700. 00 
4 Constables for St. 
John at $180 each_________ 
720. 00 
Overseer... 
ci 
eel 
480. 00 
Matron... 
ane 
ge stair art 
aos 
480. 00 
rs 
23, 460. 00 
8. Maintenance: 
Consumable supplies and services necessary to the operation 
of 
the 
department 
including 
uniforms; 
subscription 
to 
newspapers; subsistence 
of prisoners; pay 
of police com- 
missioners; 
and 
maintenance 
and 
operation 
of 
motor 
. 
LE eg ean 
A er 
SR 
Sep 
hee 
3, 400. 00 
26, 860. 00
64 
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
Expenditures—Continued 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
Medical Service 
9. Salaries: 
2 Municipal physicians, 
1 at $3,000 and 1 at $3,100_ 
$6, 100 
1 Superintendent, municipal hospital ._ ___________ 
00 
YL Property clerk. 
0 
oe 
ii 
960 
ERT RS 
a dll 
SS a ee 
480 
L Chief arses... 
co 
Fonisanss wis tum 
imdgiah Das 4 
1, 440 
1 Assistant chief BULEe,. 
id. oi iivmios bandit igus 
1, 080 
1: District nurse, French village... 
ovo 
ccm aa. 
420 
Y Messenger. 
i. on cn bain a 
SU 
adh 
ee 
360 
3 Midwives, ab $720 cic niin v saben 
nnn Ed 
ie 
2, 160 
HL Craduate NUTS Sal ira 
vo 
ae ais be prbi 
le 
660 
Le Craduntenause. 
5000 ood 
660 
LT Craduate nurse... 
=oul. es 
odo lO 
600 
1 Disirich Aue, Sh Jone 
Joa 
nl dns 
Beas 
700 
12 Pupil nurses, at S180 each... 
uo curinmninnin 
nnn 
2, 160 
LMalenunse. 
fol 
es ey 
1, 000 
UMalomanse. 
or. 
ein ant 
nd SL 
600 
2 Male nurses, at $480 each... 
.. .. 
960 
Y: Laboratory technielan os 
ooo Coa 
1, 300 
Y Wardmaid. nine 
aa iia Dre 
216 
1 Wardmald 
_.o0 
0 
fond 
216 
3 Wardmaids, at $180 eael...cc 
cium bn salaiun 
540 
1 SeamBimess. 
oo ion simi tied pa 
ED 
HE a 
SE 
360 
YChicfwagher... 
>. 
J 
fo aiios ios 
als 
216 
5 Assistant washers, at $180 each... ___________ 
900 
LOhief Janilora. Coder 
aaa Sl ca 
400 
YT Assistant janitor. 
oon 
ol sane 
400 
1 CAtEROBDRY. 
. 
- . swmis an dda 
An 
ds 
AR 
216 
VY Hoeugelcceper- 5. 
oh Lui 
nee 
eo 
600 
TE Chiefegoker 
or 
fo. 
ns 
ae 
216 
TY Assistantcoale 
0 
noo. ro 
En 
180 
I Riteheniservamb. 5... 
oo 
sawed alfa 
150 
4 Kitchen servants, at $130 each... oo. 
520 
$28, 770. 00 
10. Equipment: 
Nonexpendable articles necessary 
to 
the operation 
of the 
hospiial Ce ETRE 
Rs 
400. 00 
11, Maintenance: 
Consumable supplies and services necessary to the operation 
of the office of commissioner of health and hospital, includ- 
ing subsistence 
of nursing 
staff and servants while on 
duty; subsistence of patients; maintenance and operation 
of motor-propelled vehicles and ambulances; subscriptions 
to medical periodicals; transportation of patients to insane 
asylum, 
St. Croix, and maintenance therein; transporta- 
tion of lepers to leper asylum, St. Croix, and maintenance 
therein; transportation of poor sick, St. John, to hospital, 
St. Thomas, and return; burial expenses of paupers of St. 
Thomas and St. JON. Coes 
ce ema 
n 
16, 000. 00 
45, 170. 00 
Office of the Municipal Dentist 
12, Salaries: 
1 Municipal idetitist. 
cc. catucador 
tums assnudnns am 
$2, 200 
I Nurse o.oo 
iadoiean 
duis saoae 
lon 
bani 
285
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
65 
Ezxpenditures—Continued 
  
DEPARTMENT 
OF HEALTH—continued 
Office of the Municipal Dentist—Ceontinued 
. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary to 
the operation of the office of the Municipal 
denbist oa vo 
ono 
ug 
els 
$100 
0) 
Bemialofofffce.. 
= ini 
on ol 
120 
{¢) 
Rentaloltelephone 0... 
ct. 
oo 
oot 
36 
aa ws 
$256 
2,741. 00 
Sanitation Service 
. Salaries: 
T@hiotolerle, 
2 or oo 
a 
1, 200 
Y Laboratory technician... 
oo... Col 
1, 300 
1 Sanitation. inspector... 
ao 
-. 
1,140 
L.Sanltntioniuspeeior. 
nae. ono 
i 
720 
1 Sanjtation inspector. oi 
a 
600 
YGeneralloborer. 
oo tianios 
ns 
od 
420 
Y Messengerwelerk. 
0. co 
a ae 
ann 
600 
r—— 
080), 00 
. Maintenance: 
Consumable supplies and services necessary to the operation 
of the service, including purchase of uniforms for sanita- 
tion inspectors; subscriptions to newspapers and health 
periodicals; purchase and maintenance of receptacles, and 
hire of laborers for night-soil removal service and opera- 
flomolone automobile... 
ol. nee 
aa 
5, 000. 00 
10, 980. 00 
ELECTORAL BOARD 
. Maintenance: 
All necessary expenses for the operation of the board______ 
600. 00 
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE 
. Salaries: 
1 Assistant superintendent of public welfare. 
_____ 
$1, 200 
1 Wellnre worker, St. John. 
oo... oof ciao 
to 
420 
1. Clerk, St. Thomas... 
cove bad hones tassios 
mes 
660 
1: Messengevealork. (dois einiiiiness sedialeiloda 
420 
—_— 
2, 700. 00 
. Maintenance: 
{@)" 
In aid of the poor, St. Thomas. .....c cua... 
5, 000, 
{b) 
In 2id of the poor, St.John... ........c.--o.= 
700 
(¢) Expense of maintaining inmates at King’s Hill 
Poor Farm, St. Croix, from St. Thomas_____ 
500 
{d) Emergency aid 10 POOL... 
ooo on 
1, 150 
(e) Consumable supplies and services necessary for 
the 
operation 
of 
the 
department 
including 
rental of office. odoin 
es 
640 
eee 
+ 7, 900, 00 
10, 690. 00
66 
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
Expenditures—Continued 
PUBLIC LIBRARY 
19. Salaries: 
Vi ibrariansidctanse 
brain 
ra 
aR 
iP 
$600 
LT Assistant Nbravian. 
oye nen 
. 
480 
VY Janitor. 
sr rare 
a LT 
300 
ERB TSO Ness oie 
a 
ae Sead sh oi SSE ue 
360 
20. Equipment: 
Nonexpendable articles, including books, magazines, period- 
icals, newspapers and furniture necessary to the operation 
of thefpublicHbrary. o.oo 
eit 
ol fa 
21. Maintenance: 
Consumable supplies and services necessary to the operation 
ofthe public Bbrary i 
code 
lo 
ie 
a dl, 
$1, 740. 00 
500. 00 
1, 150. 
00 
3, 390. 
00 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
22. Salaries: 
10. Cinss' A teachers. 
oun. ooo 
$13, 586. 40 
di@loas Btenchers. o_o. 
ai 
2, 193. 00 
17. Piretelass teachers. 
io 
con on oon, 
16, 094. 40 
21:-Second-class teachers... coc 
ccc ican a 
10, 095. 00 
11 Third-class teachers at $420 each__________ 
4, 620. 00 
1Chiefelark. ...0.. 
oli 
eo aa. 
1, 260. 00 
1 Properiyielerk.. 
ou. 0 
ol 
oan Ll 
1, 170. 00 
1 Clerk 
ooiadislyy ten 
Mine 
fo SUE 
Vath 
hie 
ey 
en 
600. 00 
L:-Messenger. 
rate 
do ie, 
480. 00 
2 Janitors at $360 each, 
> o_o 
Co Cf 
720. 00 
Yodanflor: 
oo Cen othe ev 
ie 
el 
a 
420. 00 
1. Beecordiclerks 
online ing Slime 
0 
600. 00 
I Sehoolinurge. 
ii Saitama 
aia is Ser 
540. 00 
Tdanitor 
ice 
i 
comin 
bal 
Lael 
ons i 
ei 
360. 00 
1 Trunntioffleer 
oo 
tlm 
smal 
i 
a 
720. 00 
  
23. Equipment: 
; 
Nonexpendable articles necessary 
to 
the operation 
of the 
departmewb. 
oF 
J Se Ch 
ead 
24. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary to the oper- 
ation of the department, and operation of one auto- 
mobile for visiting schools and transportation of sup- 
plies, and subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals 
and for expenses of annual high-school athletic meet in 
St. Croix including transportation and incidental ex- 
PUBLIC WORKS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS 
25. 
Salaries: 
YChielelerle 
0-0 
eng SRO 
aL 
$1, 800 
8 Clerks at $1,400 @aeh... 
J cio 
duo dans 
4, 200 
} Supervisor... 
Li 
LL 
aL 
1, 400 
] Supervisor. 
an 
I 
a 
LOL 
960 
lL Poreman-earpenter 
co. 
o.oo 
1, 080 
LT Blectrieian: 
oo 
oui 
an noe 
ey 
1, 080 
3 Cravediggeraat $425 each. oo 
0. 
oo 
1,275 
2 Truck-drivers at $600 each... 
... . ... ..... 
1, 200 
1 Fire engine chauffeur and mechanic... _________._ 
300 
1 Fire department inspector... 
ooo. .oa. 
540 
1 Fire engine chauffeur and mechanie_ ___________ 
300 
INightganrd 
ov bees 
wan 
Cla. 
420 
EDavedard: 
0 
onli 
sont 
cn 
ol 
420 
1Storekesper....... 
coco 
el ae anaes 
1, 200 
YFPoreman-magon. 
 - 
unio 
a 
rea Bd nl 
1, 080 
53, 458. 80 
725. 00 
5, 290. 
00 
100. 00 
59, 573. 80 
17, 255. 00
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
67 
Ezxpenditures—Continued 
PUBLIC WORKS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS—continued 
26. Equipment: 
Nonexpendable articles necessary to the operation of the 
Aepartment lL 
a 
a 
a we 
$700. 00 
27. Maintenance: 
(a) Consumable supplies and services necessary 
to the operation of the department, in- 
cluding 
maintenance 
and 
operation 
of 
equipment, automobiles and trucks, sub- 
scriptions 
to newspapers and technical 
publications, uniforms for the inspector, 
telephone 
rental 
for 
brandmajor 
and 
supervisor of pumpstation...._._ .._.___ 
$15, 000. 00 
Repairs to public buildings: 
(0) 
Mediealserviee. 
. _... ...  . 
- 
. ....32) 
420. 00 
(c) 
Policedepartment..... 
... 2 viii 
ua. 
250. 00 
(2): Sanitation service... 
io 
a 
cad 
ul 
250. 00 
(¢) Department of education... 
______ 
362. 50 
(fy 
St. John...c... 
oo ceca 
dion 
LD 
200. 00 
gy 
Pablicmarket. 
oo. Lio 
iB Be TN 
100. 
00 
(hy) 
Biredepartment...... 
o-oo 
ios Jd 
0 
325. 00 
(By Roadifund -- 
'. .._ ..c. oli 
ol 
12, 000. 00 
(j) Street cleaning, including daily flushing of 
gutters; all necessary expenses, including 
wages 
of 
drivers, 
sweepers, 
cartmen, 
assistants, 
etc. 
to be fixed by superin- 
tendent of publieworks........._..._... 
9, 500. 00 
{k) Streetlighting 
oc esi 
ro gn 
4, 500. 00 
Public land division: 
(0 
Shapveys: 
oo oul 
eRe a 
350. 00 
(m) Upkeep of public cemeteries and parks____ 
1, 000. 00 
(n) Lease of water rights, Estate Staabi_______ 
480. 00 
(0) Lease 
of water supply 
site, 
Estate Hon- 
Quess. 
ous 
a 
et 
ee 
15. 00 
. 
(p) 
Lease of site for quarantine pen and servic- 
a 
A 
TER I 
IRSA LL 
SNE 
REA 
120. 00 
Nightsoil removal service: 
(9) 
For maintenance and operation 
of motor 
vehicles for nightsoil removal _ 
_ ___ XOSEES 
1, 000. 00 
Botanical garden: 
(r) Maintenance 
and 
operation 
of 
botanical 
garden, including operation of transpor- 
Fr 
nT i 
el 
1d nL DR 
SER Be 
2, 400. 00 
— 
48,272. 50 
66, 227. 50 
MISCELLANEOUS 
28. General printing expenses... 
oc. nou 
ane 
a 
1, 500 
pt! IR EEE ET 
RO 
SN 
CNL 
EMBER, 
£3 SE Srl 
Rusa 
600 
30. Purchase of auto license plates and badges and dog licenses. _ _ - 
300 
31. Contribution to community band for 
12 public concerts to be 
approved as to time and place by the chairman of the municipal 
COMNEL oe 
a EE 
Te 
esa 
500 
32. Registration of patents and trade-marks_____________________ 
250 
33. Sary of tax assessor. uu. eed 
AI 
2, 000 
34. Grant to the recreational fund... 
....ocuen dudalen 
200 
$5. Grant to school lunch fund... 
. col iii 
Sadr 
em daa 
1, 200 
36. Payment of bounty for mongoose... .....-cocacuacamancran- 
200 
37. For purchase of materials and supplies to carry out a program 
of cattle tick eradication... 
i. 
ise 
can dis Fi 
as 
500 
38. Repayment of public funds, 2 installments and interest on loan 
of $22,000. 
For municipal building. ......v-civain cana. 
3, 520
68 
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
39. 
40. 
61 
Ezxpenditures—Continued 
MISCELLANEOUS—continued 
Repayment to public funds, installment and interest on loan of 
$5,200: for mupnicipaldellelt. (o.oo 
lu ellen 
nialaar 
Repayment to Virgin Islands National Bank, installments and 
interest on loan of $6,931 for municipal building 
$1, 144 
1, 109 
13, 023. 00 
PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES 
. Former teacher Miss Adrianna Dunbavin_.__________________ 
.. Daughter of Policeman BDBesen.. 
vd. fac 
5 eta 
i nm eibininimin w= 
.. Former five ingpeetor, Henry Clement J: .oonncel cancmanees 
. Former first teacher, Miss G. H. Stevenson___________________ 
Widow Marie Lafomiaing. 
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+ Lormer male purge Christian Franels. of. 
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» Widow of chief bookkeeper Lafranque.... 
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. Widow.ofpolice clerk Basmusgen . .. ..cvacadcninicissbmmmeds 
Former gravediggeor Willlam. Francia... 
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». Widow of bookkeeper Wilhelmsen: 
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.. Former gravedigger Lows Krigger. o_o 
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. Former janitor: Joseph H. Monzanto. 
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.. Dormer teacher Miss Aong M. Vegsup. 
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. District nurse, Miss Blyden, St. Joh. o.oo 
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. Former teacher Ann Benjamin, St.John... oo... 
. Widow of former prison driver, James George. ..______:_______ 
.. Former collegtoriAdolph Duavergee. 
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.- Dormer teacher Philemon Sividivon_. «ooo 
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. Former basket maker Ernest Sewer, St. John_________________ 
. Former policeman Edward A. Moorehead, Cruz Bay, St. John__ 
. GENERAL CONTINGENT: 
For expenditure in the discretion of the Governor including 
subscriptions to newspapers for government files_.______ 
GENERAL PROVISIONS: 
(1) 
Salaries herein authorized cannot be exceeded; lesser amounts 
may be paid in the discretion of the Governor, subject to 
the approval of the municipal committee, except when 
a 
specific salary is fixed by law. 
(2) The Governor may, subject to the approval of the municipal 
committee, 
transfer between 
the 
items 
of 
the 
budget 
amounts within the individual departments. 
But no such 
transfers 
shall be made by 
the Governor except upon 
recommendation of the municipal committee. 
Transfer 
of budgeted amounts between departments 
shall 
only 
be effected by special money bills. 
Grand total estimated expenditures—budget for St. Thomas 
and SteJohm—304) 
= adres 
Leeds 
$255, 915. 80 
Thus passed by the municipal council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held June 28, 1940. 
LioNneEL ROBERTS, 
Rarpa PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Budget is hereby sanctioned and approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
fifth day of July, A. o., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
LAwrENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor.
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
69 
ADDITIONAL MONEY BILLS 
Total Expenditures carried in Budget as originally passed ________ 
$255, 519. 80 
No. 
1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7, No. 8, No. 9, No. 10, No. 11, 
No. 12, No. 13, No. 14, No. 15. 
RESOLUTION 
TO FORM A COMMITTEE TO STUDY SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND EDUCATIONAL 
ACTIVITIES 
IN PUERTO RICO 
WaerEas, It is urgently necessary at the present time to get first- 
hand information on the activities of the Federal Housing Adminis- 
tration and the Slum Clearance Program in Puerto Rico, 
so that 
similar activities may be carried on in the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John; and, 
Wauereas, First-hand information on the social, economic, and 
educational activities of Puerto Rico would be of value to this Munici- 
pality, especially information from the Director of Education, and 
inspection of the High School in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and, 
Waereas, Closer relationship with the Legislature of Puerto Rico 
is necessary for legislative improvement in this municipality; 
Now, THEREFORE, be it resolved, and it is hereby Resolved That the 
Chairman of the Municipal Council is hereby designated and author- 
ized to appoint a committee of three (3) Members of the Municipal 
Council to inspect, study, and gather first-hand information on social, 
economic, and educational activities in Puerto Rico; to initiate closer 
relationship between the Legislature of Puerto Rico and this Munici- 
pal Council; and to submit a report to the Council on return; 
A~p BE IT FurTHER RESoLvED, That the Members of the committee 
shall receive an allowance at the regular rate of Ten Dollars ($10) 
per diem for not to exceed Fifteen (15) days, while actually on the 
mission of this committee. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Extraordinary Meeting held on June 20, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
RavLrH PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpeEmMAr A. Hit, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-eighth day of June, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
Mogrris F. pr CasTrO, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 50 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940, TO JUNE 
30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St.
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LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July i 1940, to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. Direct TAXES: 
Increase Hem 2, Income Tax, by... 
ta 
oC... .. $350 
EXPENDITURES: 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Increase Item 35, Grant to School Lunch Fund, by_____________ $350 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at the Continuation of its Extraordinary Meeting of June 20, 1941, 
held Wednesday, June 25, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
RAaLpH PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpEMAR A. HiLy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget is hereby sanctioned and ap- 
proved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-eigchth day of June A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
Morris F. pe Castro, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 49 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940, TO JUNE 
80, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, 
That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
Increase Item 
19, Operating Fund of the St. Thomas Virgin Islands 
Ottery, DY. oes cai 
a 
dL 
El 
dh al 
rin Bis He 
$900 
EXPENDITURES: 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SANITATION SERVICE: 
Increase Item 15, Maintenance, for purchase of nightsoil cans, by. $900 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held on June 20, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
RavrH PAIEWONSKY, 
VarLpEMAR A. Hiri, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-third day of June A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
Morris F. pe Castro, 
Acting Governor.
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
71 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND ORDINANCE OF OCTOBER 183, 1921, APPROVED OCTOBER 17, 1921, 
‘““SETTING APART CERTAIN DAYS AS HOLIDAYS,’ AS AMENDED JUNE 
15, 1927; JUNE 26, 1931; MAY 1, 1933; JUNE 26, 
1935; JULY 20, 1938; AND 
OCTOBER 26, 1940 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Ordinance of October 13, 1921, ap- 
proved October 17, 1921, “setting apart certain days as holidays,” 
as amended June 15,1927; June 26,1931; May 1, 1933; June 26, 1935; 
July 20, 1938 and October 26, 1940, be, and the same is hereby further 
amended as follows: 
Section 2 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“No distilled liquor or any drinks prepared with such shall 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 
Sundays or on Holy Thursday and Good Friday and Christmas 
Pay.” 
Violations of this section shall be a misdemeanor. 
Section 
3 and 
7 
of the above-mentioned Ordinance are hereby 
repealed. 
Section 4, 5, and 6 are hereby renumbered 3, 4, and 5, respectively. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Extraordinary Meeting held on June 20, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
RALPH PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpeEMAR A. Hiv, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-first day of June, a. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RosErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 48 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940, TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, is hereby 
amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. Direct TAXES: 
Incrense Hem 2, Tneome Tax, by... 
oo cn noe 
i 
oes $300 
EXPENDITURES: 
PuBric LIBRARY: 
Increase Item 21; Maintenance, by... 
ober nrnnewe 
nen. $200 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Add new item 40 (0), for the purchase of decorative articles 
foruse on Flag Day, June 14, 1941... 
..... cou. . $100
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LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Ordinary Meeting held Thursday and Monday, June 5 and 9, 
respectively, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
Ravrpa PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpeEmar A. Hiv, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
thirteenth day of June A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
~ 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT No. 47 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940, 
TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, is hereby 
amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. DirEcT TAXES: 
Increase tom 2, Income Tax, by... 
0 
to. 
$11, 880. 55 
EXPENDITURES: 
Porice CourRT AND RECORDER’s OFFICE: 
Item 
5, Salaries: Add 1 Substitute Clerk of the 
Police Court two-thirds month at $1,000 per 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: 
Sanitation Service: 
Increase Item 15, Maintenance, by _______________ 
65. 00 
PusLic WORKS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS: 
Increase Item 26, Equipment, by._____________ 
635. 00 
Increase Item 27 (a), Maintenance, by________ 
4, 550. 00 
Increase Item 27 (e), Repairs to Public Build- 
ings, Department of Education, by_________ 
50. 00 
Increase Item 27 
(j), Street cleaning, including 
daily flushing 
of 
gutters; 
all 
necessary 
ex- 
penses, including wages of drivers, sweepers, 
cartmen, assistants, ete., to be fixed by Sup- 
erintendent of Public Works, by____________ 
1, 050. 00 
Increase Item 27 (k), Street Lighting, by______ 
325. 00 
Increase Item 27 (m), Upkeep of Public Ceme- 
toric aud Parks, by... cao 
as 
150. 00 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Add new Item 40 
(n), Grant to “High School 
Building Fund” 
as provided 
by 
Ordinance 
passed 
by 
the 
Municipal 
Council 
of 
St. 
Thomas and St. John on March 28, 1941____ $5,000.00 
rem. 
B11, 880, BS 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Ordinary Meeting held Thursday and Monday, June 
5 and 9, 
respectively, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
RavLpa PATEWONSKY, 
VarpeEMAR A. Hiri, 
Chairman. 
Secretary.
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
73 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
thirteenth day of June A. b., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoserT M. LoVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 46 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF 
ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN. 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940, 
TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John wn: 
sessions assembled, That 
the Budget 
for 
the Municipality 
of 
St.. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. DirEcT TAXES: 
Inerease Hem 2, Income Pax, by... 
dein naira 
$5, 000 
EXPENDITURES: 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Add Item 40 (m) To defray all expenses in connection with trans- 
portation of twenty-five insane patients from St. Thomas and 
St. John to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C____ 
5, 000 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Ordinary Meeting held Thursday and Monday, June 5 and 9, 
respectively, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
Raven PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpEmMAr A. Hiri, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
thirteenth day of June A. p., 1941, 
[SEAL] 
~ 
RosBeErT M. LovEeTT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 45 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940, TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be at enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. DirEcT TAXES: 
Increase Item 3, Road Fund: 
  
(a) 
Gasoline Tax, by... re 
cal mnnain $2, 000 
(b) Automobile License Fees, by____.____________ 
1, 500 
$3, 500 
EXPENDITURES: 
PuBrLic WoRkS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS: 
Increase Item 27 (1), Road Fund, BY... ccncveanmenanmamems 
3, 500
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LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Ordinary Meeting held Thursday and Monday, June 5 and 9, 
respectively, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
RarLre PAtEwoNsky, 
VarpeEmar A. Hii, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
thirteenth day of June a. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoBeErT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 44 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled. That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 is hereby 
amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. 
Direct TAXES: 
Yncrease tem 2, Income Tax, by... 
<1. o_o 
Si $3, 500 
EXPENDITURES: 
MunicipAL COUNCIL: 
Add new Item 1 (b), Permanent improvements to Munici- 
pal Connells Office... 
occ 
a 
a 
a 
rae 
mm 
$500 
PusLic Works AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS: 
Increase 
Item 
27 
(j), 
street 
cleaning, 
including 
daily 
flushing 
of gutters; 
all necessary expenses, including 
wages 
of drivers, sweepers, 
cartmen, 
assistants, 
etc., 
to be fixed by Superintendent of Public Works_______ 
500 
HARBOR DEPARTMENT: 
Increase Item 
62, Equipment, 
for the purchase 
of new 
engine for Pilot Launch... 
o-oo cos od 
es 
2, 500 
  $3, 500 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Ordinary Meeting held Thursday and Monday, June 5 and 9, 
respectively, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
RALPH PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpEMAR A. Hiri, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
thirteenth day of June A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoBerT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor.
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
75 
ORDINANCE 
CONCERNING CLOSING TIME, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled: 
Section 1. That 
every business establishment 
of every nature, 
including taverns, restaurants and hucksters’ shops, shall cease doing 
business, including the dispensing of liquors, and close its doors to the 
public at midnight of every day except on legal holidays, when the 
hour of ceasing business and closing doors to the public shall be one 
a.m. 
Taverns shall not be opened before six a. m. 
Any violation of this section shall be punishable as a misdemeanor. 
SectioN 2. 
It shall be unlawful to keep distilled spirits in any huck- 
sters establishment. 
Any violation of this section shall be punishable as a misdemeanor. 
SectIioN 3. Section 54 of Chapter 11 of Police Regulations of August 
12, 1908, is hereby repealed. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Ordinary Meeting held Thursday and Monday, June 5 and 9, 
respectively, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
RaLpa PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpemAr A. Hiry, 
Chairman. 
: 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
thirteenth day of June, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoBeErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
TO PROVIDE MONEYS FOR THE MUNICIPAL INSURANCE FUND 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled: 
SecTioN 1. There 
is hereby authorized 
to 
be loaned from 
the 
Municipal Improvement Fund, created by Section 6 of Ordinance of 
March 1, 1941, to the Municipal Insurance Fund, created by Section 
17 of Ordinance of May 5, 1941, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars 
($10,000.00) for the purpose of providing working capital for the said 
Municipal Insurance Fund. 
Section 2. The Governor is hereby authorized to transfer the said 
sum of $10,000.00 from the Municipal Improvement Fund 
to the 
Municipal Insurance Fund, and to execute for and in the name of the 
Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John a good and sufficient note, 
or other evidence of indebtedness, 
of the Municipal Improvement 
Fund to the Municipal Insurance Fund. 
Section 3. The Commissioner of Finance, 
in his capacity as cus- 
todian of the Municipal Insurance Fund, 
is hereby authorized and 
directed for, and on behalf of, the said Fund, to repay to the Municipal 
Improvement Fund the said loan of $10,000.00 with interest payable 
semi-annually at the rate of 29, per annum, in five annual installments
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of $2,000.00 each; provided sufficient funds are available in the Munici- 
pal Insurance Fund. 
If sufficient moneys are not available in the 
Municipal Insurance Fund to provide for these repayments, repay- 
ments will be made as directed by subsequent Ordinance. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Ordinary Meeting held Thursday and Monday, June 5 and 9, 
respectively, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
RarLpe PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpeEmAr A. Hivy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
thirteenth day of June, A. »., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoBerT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND TITLE 
III, CHAPTER 
89, SECTION 
11 
OF THE CODE 
OF LAWS 
OF THE MUNICIPALITY 
OF 
ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
WuEerEas, The National Defense Program 
in 
this Municipality 
has created an emergency resulting in 
a great demand for outside 
labor; and 
Waereas, There has resulted from this demand 
a large flow of 
outside labor into this Municipality; and, 
WHEREAS, An acute housing shortage existed before this entry of 
outside labor, and this housing shortage has become more acute by 
the great flow of outside labor to satisfy the needs of the National 
Defense Project in this Municipality: 
Be 17 ENACTED by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. 
John in session assembled: 
Suction 
1. That 
during 
the 
present emergency, 
Section 
11 
of 
Chapter 89 of Title III of the Code of Laws, 
at page 292, be and 
hereby is amended to read as follows: 
“In any action for the recovery of the possession of rented prem- 
ises, notice to quit must have been served upon the tenant or 
person 
in possession for the period 
of thirty days before the 
commencement of such action.” 
In such actions for the recovery of the possession of rented premises, 
it shall be a complete defense for the tenant to show that he has ten- 
dered to the landlord the full rent due on the day of the notice to 
quit, and that no other premises are available to him to move into, 
and that the landlord does not require the premises for his own use, 
and that the rent is unjust and unreasonable. 
For the purposes of this Section, rents in force and effect on April 
1, 1941, shall be considered just and reasonable; Provided 
that 
an 
increase 
to cover improvements of not more 
than 
fifteen percent 
(15%) over the rent in force and effect on April 
1, 1941, shall 
also 
be considered just and reasonable. 
The emergency which has given rise to this legislation shall cease 
to exist upon declaration to that effect by resolution of the Municipal
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77 
Council of St. Thomas and St. John, and the present Amendment 
shall be thereby repealed. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Ordinary Meeting held Thursday and Monday, June 5 and 9, 
respectively, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
Ravpa PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpeEmar A. Hiwy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
thirteenth day of June, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 42 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. 
Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. DirEcT TAXES: 
Increase Hem 2, / Income Tax, by... rhs. 
oo 
lo vin 
$250 
EXPENDITURES: 
PoLricE AND PRISON DEPARTMENT: 
Add new Item 
7 
(b), 
for transportation, medical and surgical 
expenses, 
and hospitalization expenses 
of Patrolman 
Oliver 
Scatliffe, including per diem of $4 while out of hospital, to be 
incurred in connection with medical and surgical treatment in 
Puerto Rico for injury sustained in the line of duty__________ 
$250 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council 
of 
St. Thomas and 
St. 
‘John at its Extraordinary Meeting held on May 16, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
Rapa PATEWONSKY, 
VarpEMAR A. Hirr, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
BR 
———— 
AMENDMENT 
NO. 
41 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. Jokn in 
session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas 
H. Doc. 366, 77-1——6
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and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 is hereby 
amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
Inerease Hem 2; Ancome Tax, by... 
Coot dana 
$1, 060 
EXPENDITURES: 
MunicipAL COUNCIL: 
Increase tem 2, Maintenance, by... 
_.. _.... 
$1, 000 
Increase Item 
61, general contingent 
to provide pay- 
ment to Attorneys George T. Dudley and R. 
H. 
A. 
Leader for services rendered in connection with trial 
ofdnsane:Potlente. 
on co. 
ion 
ob 
a 
60 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Extraordinary Meeting held May 16, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
RAvrrH PATEWONSKY, 
VALDEMAR A. Hivy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of May, A. o., 1941. 
: 
[SEAL] 
RoserT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 40 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN FOR 
THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled: That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, is hereby 
amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. Direct TAXES: 
Increase tem 2, Income Tax, by... 
o.oo. 
r= 
$2, 200 
EXPENDITURES: 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, MEDICAL SERVICE: 
Increase Item 
10, equipment, 
for 
the 
purchase 
of 
one 
aswtomobile, byl 
lagi 
nil doe sLiniouil. 
$1, 000 
Increase Ttem 11, maintenance, by... 
0. C.. .._ _.L_. 
1, 200 
  
2, 200 
Thus passed by 
the Municipal Council 
of St. Thomas and 
St. 
John at its Extraordinary Meeting held May 16, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
RaLpa PAtEWONSKY, 
VALDEMAR A. Hii, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment 
to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoseErT M. LoverT, 
Acting Governor.
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AMENDMENT NO. 39 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
FOR THE 
FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940, TO JUNE 
30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
Change: Item 24 (d), For expense of Parental School for 8 months 
from November 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, to read as follows: 
; 
Item 24 
(d), Towards the construction of buildings for a Juve- 
nile’ School on the island of 8t.. John, V. 
Yo loot 
o 
cam 
$3, 000 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Extraordinary Meeting held on May 16, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
Rarpa PArEwoNsky, 
Varpemar A. Hiri, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 38 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940, TO JUNE 
30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
im session assembled, 
That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. Direct TAXES: 
Increase Hem 2, Income Tax, bye 
fue 
S00 oo 
nu dio old 
$460 
EXPENDITURES: 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Add new Item 40 (j), Grant to Miss Blanche Grayson, Jeanes 
Teacher, for transportation expenses incurred and borne 
by her personally in connection with her official duties 
during the past 3M years. 
LL. ibe cilululdieas $360 
Add new Item 40 (k), Grant to Leroy Joseph for services 
rendered in St. John during the month of April, 1941, in 
connection with Tick Eradication. Lo... 
c._ a ... 
100 
00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Extraordinary Meeting held on May 16, 1941, at 8:00 p. m. 
Ravre PArtEWONSKY, 
VaLpemAr A. Hivr, 
Chairman. 
Secretary.
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The above Amendment to the Budget is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of May, A. o., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoseErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDED 
WORKMEN COMPENSATION ORDINANCE 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled: 
Section 1. This Ordinance shall be known as the Kean Workmen 
Compensation Act of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John. 
SectioN 2. (a) The term “employer” means the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John, all public and quasi-public corporations, any 
person or body of persons whether incorporated or not, partnership 
or association, contractors and sub-contractors. 
The term ‘“‘employee’” means every person, including minors, em- 
ployed under any appointment or contract, express or implied, oral or 
written, or in the service of any employer. 
Section 2. (b) This Ordinance shall be applicable to all employers 
who employed four or more employees affected by this Act, whatever 
their wages may be, provided that, in administering this section in the 
case of employers not normally affected by the Act, temporary em- 
ployment outside the usual course of the employer’s business shall be 
considered on its own footing, without regard to the regular employ- 
ment rolls of the employer, and provided that, if such temporary em- 
ployment is affected by the Act, it shall not cause to be affected the 
regular employment not usually affected. 
Section 2. (¢) This Ordinance shall be applicable to all employees 
except those engaged in agriculture, religious service, domestic service, 
or work in their homes, provided that the exemption as to agriculture 
shall apply only to services ordinarily connected with farming and 
shall not apply to employment in connection with machinery, con- 
struction and similar work, and provided that the term ‘‘domestic 
service’’ as used herein shall include only persons performing domestic 
service in a private home. 
Section 2. (d) Subject to all the provisions of this Act defining em- 
ployers and employees affected by it, an employer is liable for com- 
pensation under this Act to employees of contractors or sub-contrac- 
tors performing work for him unless such contractors or sub-con- 
tractors have secured the payment of compensation to these employees 
as provided in section seven (7) hereof. 
Section 2. 
(e) By consent, both of employer and employees con- 
cerned, and under regulations to be prescribed by the Compensation 
Commission, an employer and his employee or employees exempt under 
this Act may elect to accept the terms and conditions hereof, provided 
that employers and employees making such election shall be entitled 
to all rights and privileges of and shall be subject to all obligations 
imposed by this Act.
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Section 3. Every employer shall pay compensation as hereinafter 
specified for the disability or death of an employee resulting from a 
personal injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, 
irrespective of fault as a cause of the injury or death ; provided, however, 
that the employee shall not be entitled to compensation until the sixth 
day of disability, except as provided in Section 5 (a), unless the dis- 
ability extends beyond two weeks, in which case compensation shall 
begin on the first full day of disability. 
No compensation shall be 
paid if the injury or death is caused solely by the wilful misconduct of 
the employee or by the wilful intention of the employee to injure or kill 
himself or another, or by the intoxication of the employee, in which 
cases, the burden of proof shall be on the employer to show that the 
injury was so caused. 
Section 4. Wages shall be determined on the basis of the earnings 
of the worker, at the time of injury, from the employer liable to pay 
compensation, except that, in the case of employees whose tenure at 
the time of injury was less than one month, the weekly wage of such 
employee shall be determined by the Commission on the basis of 
weekly wages for permanent employment of similar character. 
The 
value of subsistence and/or quarters furnished an employee as part 
of his remuneration shall be included as part of his wages. 
In com- 
puting the weekly wage of workers paid on an hourly or daily basis, 
the full number of hours or days usually worked shall be taken into 
account at the normal rate per hour or day at the time of injury. 
Special over-time rates shall not be taken into account except earned 
regularly over a period of two (2) months immediately preceding the 
accident. 
Compensation for any fractional portion of a week shall 
be computed on the basis of the working days involved. 
Section 5. Every employee who suffers an injury or death under 
the condition specified in this Ordinance shall be entitled to: 
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE 
(a) Medical Attendance, including such hospitalization, medicines, 
dental treatment, services, and appliances as may be necessary and 
may be prescribed by duly qualified physicians acceptable to the Com- 
mission, provided that all claims and charges therefore shall be subject 
to the approval of the Commission, and provided further, that an 
employee shall not be entitled to claim expenses incurred, without 
prior approval of the Commission, for artificial eyes, limbs, dentures 
and similar appliances. 
For securing the treatment and the services 
prescribed above, the employee shall be allowed only such transporta- 
tion 
as, 
in the opinion 
of the Commission, 
is necessary, just and 
reasonable. 
Medical Attendance at the home of the injured employee 
is authorized only in cases where and for the period during which the 
injured employee 
is so disabled that 
it is impracticable for him to 
report to the doctor’s office for needed treatment. 
No claim for costs 
of personal transportation or Medical Attendance outside the Munici- 
pality shall be allowed unless same was formerly ordered by the Com- 
mission. 
In no case shall an employee be entitled under this sub- 
section to a sum in excess of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00).
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TEMPORARY DISABILITY 
(b) Compensation for Temporary Total Disability equal to one-half 
the weekly wage rate at the time of injury, the rate of compensation 
not to exceed fifteen dollars per week, for such time as the employee 
is disabled for work as shown by a doctor’s certificate; and compensa- 
tion for Temporary Partial Disability equal to one-half of the difference 
between the weekly wage rate at the time of injury, which wage shall 
not be computed at a rate exceeding thirty dollars ($30.00) per week, 
and the wages, if any, earned by the injured worker during his partial 
disability ; payable weekly or as the Commission may order; provided 
that, for injuries resulting from the same accident, compensation due 
under this sub-section shall not exceed fifty-two (52) weeks, provided 
further, that, an employee shall not be entitled to compensation for 
temporary disability as above for any period during which he receives 
from his employer full wages or wages not less than the compensation 
rate provided above. 
PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY 
(¢) Compensation for Permanent Partial Disability equal to one- 
half the weekly wage rate at the time of injury, the rate of compensa- 
tion not to exceed fifteen dollars per week, for the period specified in 
the following table, payable weekly or as the Commission may order; 
provided that, compensation for Permanent Partial Disability shall be 
in addition to compensation for temporary disability under Section 
Five B (5b); and provided further, that for injuries resulting from the 
same accident, 
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Compensation for permanent total loss of function of 
a member 
shall be the same 
as for loss 
of 
the member. 
Compensation for 
permanent partial loss of function or loss of a member may be for the 
proportionate loss of use or function of the member. 
Permanent partial disability shall be considered to be the loss of 
one foot or leg, one hand, one arm, one eye, one or more fingers or 
toes, one or both testicles, the penis, loss of hearing of one or both 
ears.
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Phalanges: Compensation for loss of first phalange shall be one-half 
of that for loss of entire digit. 
Compensation for loss of more than 
one phalange of a digit shall be the same as for loss of entire digit. 
Amputated Arm or Leg: Compensation for an arm or a leg, if am- 
putated at or above the elbow or knee, shall be the same as for the 
loss of the arm or leg; but, 
if amputated below the elbow or knee, 
shall be the same as for the loss of a hand or foot. 
Compensation for any other permanent partial disability not speci- 
fied shall be graded with such disability as it resembles most, and com- 
pensation shall be given for a similar number of weeks. 
PERMANENT TOTAL 
DISABILITY 
(d) Compensation for Permanent Total Disability 
equal 
to 
one- 
half the weekly wage rate at the time of injury, the rate of compensa- 
tion not to exceed fifteen dollars per week, for a period of one hundred 
eighty-two (182) weeks, payable weekly or as the Commission may 
order. 
Compensation for Permanent Total Disability as above pro- 
vided shall include and shall not be in addition to compensation under 
Sus-SectIoNs 5 (b) and 5 (e). 
Permanent Total Disability shall be considered to be total and per- 
manent loss of vision in both eyes; the loss of both feet at or above 
the ankle; the loss of both hands at or above the wrist; the loss of 
hand and one foot; and such other injuries as result in the total and 
permanent disability of the person to perform any kind of labor in 
remunerative occupations. 
IN CASE 
OF DEATH 
(e) 
If death ensues at the time of the injury, or within two years as 
a consequence thereof, and the employee leaves no relative who de- 
pended on him for support, the liability by reason of such death shall 
be limited to the payment of funeral expenses not exceeding seventy- 
five dollars ($75.00) and other expenses for medical services, medicine 
and hospitalization. 
If the employee is survived by a spouse and/or 
any heirs, including illegitimate children, any of whom were depend- 
ent on him for support partially or totally at the time of his death, 
they 
shall 
receive 
compensation 
of 
from 
one 
thousand 
dollars 
($1,000.00) to two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), graduated according 
to the earning capacity of the decedent and to his probabilities of life 
according to the American Experience Table of Mortality, and in 
accordance with such rules as the Compensation Commission shall 
prescribe, which rules shall be approved and promulgated by the 
Governor. 
The Compensation shall be payable one-half to the surviving spouse 
and one-half to the employee’s heirs in the order that they would 
inherit an intestate estate under the laws of this Municipality; pro- 
nded, however, that payments shall cease: 
(1) To any beneficiary upon death 
(2) To minors upon reaching the age of eighteen years, unless 
disabled for work or for other good cause shown.
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Upon application of the beneficiary, compensation may be paid in 
a lump sum, or in installments, in the discretion of the Commission. 
Only for good cause shown may lump sum payments be awarded. 
The total aggregate compensation in any case for injury and death 
resulting therefrom shall not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). 
SecTION 6. No assignment, release, sale or conveyance of compen- 
sation due or payable under this Ordinance shall be valid, and such 
compensation shall be exempt from levy, execution and attachment, 
which exemption shall not be waived. 
Compensation shall constitute 
a first priority lien against the assets of an employer. 
No agreement 
by any employee to waive his right to compensation under this Ordi- 
nance shall be valid. 
COMPENSATION COMMISSION 
~ 
SectioN 7. There is hereby created a Compensation Commission 
consisting of five commissioners: Three of whom shall be appointed 
by the Governor, by and with the consent and advice of the Munic- 
ipal Council, one for a term of three years, one for a term of two 
years, and one for a term of one year; and two elected by the Munic- 
ipal Council from among its members. 
Upon the expiration of the 
first term as above mentioned, the Governor’s appointee shall have a 
term of three years. 
The members of the Council shall serve during 
their tenure 
as such, 
and until their successors have taken office. 
The Commission shall elect its own officers. 
Section 8. The Commission shall have power to administer this 
Ordinance; to compile 
a register of employers affected by the Act, 
and, for that purpose, to demand all pertinent information; to hold 
hearing and investigations; to inspect and examine places of employ- 
ment; to receive claims in writing; to notarize claims and other per- 
tinent documents filed with the Commission; to prescribe rules and 
regulations; 
to make studies 
of safety devices and to issue safety 
orders 
to- employers; 
to issue subpoenas, 
to compel attendance of 
witnesses; to administer oaths; to compel the production of relevant 
documents; to issue orders awarding compensation; to refuse claims; 
to reopen claims; to review and revise awards; and to bring suit in its 
own name, or in the name and in the behalf of any beneficiary. 
Pro- 
ceedings before the Commission shall be according to such rules as 
it shall prescribe. 
Parties shall have the right to be represented by 
counsel. 
The Commission shall approve the fee of attorneys appear- 
ing for employees. 
Orders of the Commission shall be served by personal delivery or 
by registered mail. 
If not in accordance with law, the order awarding 
compensation may be reversed or modified by the District Court upon 
appeal by any party in interest within thirty (30) days from the date 
of the order. 
Upon application of the Commission or any beneficiary, the District 
Court shall enforce obedience to the orders of the Commission, by 
proper process. 
NOTICES 
OF INJURY AND CLAIMS 
Section 
9. By personal delivery or by mail, written notice of in- 
jury shall be given by the person injured or someone in his behalf 
to the employer or any of his agents within forty-eight (48) hours
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85 
after the injury. 
Such notice shall contain the name of the person, 
the nature of the injury, when and where it occurred. 
Unless written 
notice of injury is given as above, or unless the employee’s immediate 
superior has actual knowledge of the injury, compensation may be 
refused. 
For reasonable cause shown, the Commission may accept 
written notice of injury given later than forty-eight (48) hours, but not 
later than thirty (30) days after the injury. 
SecrtioN 
10. 
(a) The first claim for compensation for an injury 
shall be filed in writing within sixty days after the injury on forms to 
be furnished by the Commission. 
Such claim shall be filed at the 
office of the Commission or deposited in the mail properly stamped 
and addressed to the Commission or to any person whom the Com- 
mission may designate. 
Each claim shall be sworn to by the injured 
person or whoever acts in his behalf, and shall be accompanied by a 
doctor’s certificate stating the nature and probable extent 
of the 
disability, or by a death certificate. 
Section 
10. 
(b) Supplementary claims, if any, for protracted dis- 
ability or for any additional compensation claimed, shall be filed in 
the manner directed by the Commission. 
Section. 
10 
(¢) For reasonable cause shown, the Commission may 
extend the time limit set by this section, but under no circumstances 
may such time limit be extended beyond six months. 
SectioN 
10. 
(d) 
In the case of compensation claims involving minor 
injuries, direct settlement between the parties concerned may be per- 
mitted under regulations prescribed by the Commission. 
Section 
11. 
(a) After any injury, the employee shall, as frequently 
and at such times and places as may be reasonably required, submit 
himself to examination by such doctor as the Commission may desig- 
nate. 
The employee may have his own doctor present at all such 
examinations 
at employee’s expense. 
If any employee refuses 
to 
submit to an examination, his right to claim compensation under this 
Ordnance shall be suspended until such refusal ceases. 
If an injured worker delays submission to treatment and/or exami- 
nation without just cause, the Commission shall disallow compensa- 
tion for the period involved. 
Section 
11. 
(b) Upon application 
of the employer 
or his duly 
authorized agent 
(or someone in behalf of the deceased employee) 
and for reasonable cause shown, the Chairman of the Commission is 
empowered to order an autopsy of the body of a deceased employee 
by a duly registered physician in order to determine the cause of death. 
In the event the beneficiary of the deceased or anyone for him shall 
refuse an autopsy so ordered, no compensation shall be paid for the 
death of such employee. 
Section 12. In cases where it may be necessary to determine the 
heirs of a deceased employee, the proceeding in the District Court 
shall be free of all court costs. 
Any right given by this Ordinance to 
any employee shall survive 
to 
his personal representative for 
the 
benefit of his heirs. 
Section 13. The Common Law defenses of Assumption of Risk, 
Negligence of a Fellow Servant, and Contributory Negligence of the 
Employee are hereby abolished. 
Section 14. Where injury or death results from failure to obey a 
safety order of the Commission, fifteen per cent penalty shall be added
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to any award by the Commission, which penalty shall be payable 
directly by the employer. 
SectioN 15. Where the injury or death for which compensation is 
payable under this Act was caused under circumstances creating 
a 
legal liability in some one other than the employer to pay damages in 
respect thereof, the employee may take proceedings both against the 
one so liable to recover damages and against anyone liable to pay 
compensation under this Act, but shall not be entitled to receive both 
damages and compensation. 
And 
if the employee has been paid 
compensation under this Act, the employer by whom the compensation 
was paid shall be entitled 
to indemnity from the person, firm, or 
corporation so liable to pay damages as aforesaid and to the extent of 
such indemnity shall be subrogated 
to 
the rights 
of employee 
to 
recover damages therefor. 
MUNICIPAL INSURANCE 
Section 16. Every employer shall secure the payment of compen- 
sation under this Ordinance by insuring with the Municipal Insurance 
Fund hereinafter created; provided that non-resident employers or 
contractors, not required to be licensed to do business in the Munici- 
pality shall insure with any insurance company licensed to do business 
in the Municipality. 
Failure to insure as herein provided shall consti- 
tute a misdemeanor punishable by fine not exceeding $500 or imprison- 
ment not exceeding six months, or both. 
Section 17. There is hereby created a fund to be known as “The 
Municipal Insurance Fund” for the purpose of insuring employers 
against liabilities under this Ordinance and of assuring to the persons 
entitled thereto the compensation provided by this Ordinance. 
This 
fund shall consist of all premiums received and paid into the fund, of 
properties and securities acquired by the fund, and of interest earned 
upon monies belonging to the fund. 
Such fund shall be administered 
by the Commissioner of Finance. 
Necessary additional personnel shall 
be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the 
Municipal Council. 
The fund shall be applicable to the payment of 
losses sustained on account of injuries and to the payment of expenses 
in the manner provided in this Ordinance. 
Section 18. The Commissioner of Finance shall be the custodian 
of the Municipal Insurance Fund; and all compensation shall be paid 
by him upon vouchers authorized by the Compensation Commission 
and signed by the Chairman. 
The Commissioner of Finance may 
deposit any portion of the Municipal Insurance Fund not needed for 
immediate usein the same manner as other municipal 
funds 
are 
deposited by him. 
Interest earned by the Municipal Insurance Fund 
shall be collected by the Commissioner of Finance and placed to the 
credit of the said fund. 
Section 19. The expense of administering the Municipal Insurance 
Fund shall be paid, until June 30, 1942, out of monies to be appropri- 
ated by the Municipal Council. 
Thereafter, the expense of adminis- 
tering the said fund shall be paid from the proceeds of the fund upon 
budgets to be approved by the Municipal Council. 
Section 20. 
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Finance 
in the exercise of the power and discretion hereby conferred upon him 
to prepare 
a schedule of classifications according to the hazards of
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87 
the occupations or industries. 
He shall also fix the lowest possible 
premium rates, including minimum premiums consistent with the 
establishment of a solvent Municipal Insurance Fund and the crea- 
tion of 
a reasonable surplus, covering the period beginning July 
1, 
1941 and continuing until June 30, 1942. 
Section 21. On July 
1, 1942, and annually thereafter, it shall be 
the duty of the Commissioner of Finance to revise such classifications 
and premiums as, in his judgment, should be revised. 
Such revision 
shall be in accordance with underwriting experience and other inci- 
dental experience and available statistics in regad to the hazards and 
underwriting risks. 
Section 22. The Commissioner of Finance shall keep an accurate 
account of the money paid in for premiums by each of the several 
groups of occupations or industries, and the expenses of administer- 
ing the Municipal Insurance Fund, as well as the disbursements and 
expenses incurred on account of injuries or deaths of workmen and 
employees in each of said groups of occupations 
and industries; he 
shall also keep an account of the premiums received from each em- 
ployer; he shall also keep an account of payments and costs for in- 
juries and deaths of the workmen and employees of each employer, 
and all other necessary accounts and statistics consistent with the 
efficient administration of a solvent Municipal Insurance Fund. 
SecrioN 23. The decision of the Commissioner of Finance fixing 
and regulating the premium rates for each group of occupations or 
industries, or any order increasing the premium rate, may be reviewed 
by the Compensation Commission provided the aggrieved employer 
files a complaint with the said Commission within thirty days after 
the decision of the Commissioner of Finance becomes effective. 
The 
Compensation Commission shall proceed to render 
a final decision, 
provided that during the pendency of this appeal the collection of the 
premiums shall continue in accordance with the decision of the Com- 
missioner of Finance; nor shall the Courts issue writs of injunction 
enjoining the collection of said premiums during the pendency 
of 
such appeal. 
If the decision of the Commission reduces the rate of 
premium fixed by the Commissioner of Finance, the Commjssioner of 
Finance shall not be ordered to return the excess paid in premiums, 
but such excess, computed from the date of the filing of the petition, 
shall be deducted from premiums to be collected in the future from 
the employers filing the petitions. 
In case any classification is modi- 
fied by an order of the Commission, as herein provided, the Com- 
missioner of Finance shall compute new rates of premiums for all 
such employers as have workmen or employees within the challenged 
classification or classifications. 
Section 24. The Commissioner of Finance 
is hereby authorized, 
empowered, 
and 
directed 
to 
assess 
and levy 
on 
every employer 
affected by this Ordinance, annual premiums determined in accord- 
ance with preceding sections, on the total amount of wages paid during 
the preceding year by said employer 
to workmen and employees 
who were, or would have been, entitled to the benefits of this Ordi- 
nance; provided that said premium shall be collected semi-annually 
in advance on or before January 31 and June 30 of each year, and 
shall be deposited in the Municipal Insurance Fund established by this 
Ordinance.
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Section 25. The premium shall be fixed as soon as the report here- 
after referred to is received by the Commissioner of Finance, the basis 
therefor to be the total amount paid by the employer for wages of 
workmen and employees employed by him during the previous year, 
who were, or would have been entitled to the benefits of this Ordinance; 
provided that salaries or wages reported by employers shall not be 
computed 
at a rate exceeding $30.00 
per week 
for any individual 
workman or employee. 
SecTION 26. Any employer who prior to July 1, or January 1 of any 
year ceases to be subject to the provisions of this Ordinance may be 
excused from the payment of premiums by giving the notice and proof 
required by the Commissioner of Finance that he will not be subject 
to the provisions of this Ordinance. 
SecrioN 27. At the end of each fiscal year, the Commissioner of 
Finance shall compare the payroll of each employer paying premiums 
in accordance with this Ordinance for such fiscal year with the payroll 
of the preceding fiscal year on the basis of which the premiums were 
assessed, levied, and collected; and if the payroll for the year during 
which the insurance was affected is greater than that of the previous 
fiscal year, the Commissioner of Finance shall assess, levy, and collect 
additional premiums in the same manner and on the same basis as 
the original premiums were assessed, levied, and collected; and if the 
payroll is less than that of the previous fiscal year, the Commissioner 
of Finance shall refund from the Municipal Insurance Fund the pro- 
portion of the premiums corresponding to the difference between the 
actual payroll for the year during which the insurance was affected 
and the year on the basis of which said premiums were assessed, levied, 
and collected. 
Suction 28. 
It shall be the duty of every employer affected by this 
Ordinance to file with the Commissioner of Finance not later than 
January 15 of each year a statement under oath on forms supplied 
by the Commissioner of Finance, showing the number of workmen 
employed by said employer, the kind of occupation or industry of the 
sald workmen, and the total amount of wages paid to said workmen 
during the calendar year. 
The premiums prescribed by this Ordinance 
shall be computed on the total amount of wages declared in said state- 
ments provided that every employer employing workmen covered by 
this Ordinance for any part of the half year shall file the aforesaid 
duplicate statement, under oath, including the estimated wages to be 
paid 
to said workmen or employees, before commencement of the 
said work, and upon termination of the work, the employer shall file a 
sworn statement showing the actual amount of wages paid, on which 
sum the corresponding liquidation shall be made either by assessment 
of additional premium 
or by refund 
of excess premium collected. 
Should any employer substantially increase his payroll during the 
term 
of insurance, 
he shall 
file 
a supplementary statement within 
fifteen 
(15) days after such increase, and he shall pay additional 
deposit premiums on the basis of such increase. 
Should any employer 
fail to file such statements on the date specified above or before the 
commencement of temporary work, he shall be guilty of 
a misde- 
meanor punishable by fine not less than $50 nor more than $500.
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SecrioN 29. Any employer who has been covered by the Municipal 
Insurance Fund up to the end of the preceding year shall be covered 
during the period January 
1 
to January 
31, provided that every 
employer who has not presented the statement under oath and who 
has not paid the premiums within the time herein specified shall be 
considered an uninsured employer; and provided further that the first 
statement under this Ordinance shall be filed with the Commissioner 
of Finance within thirty days after the effective date of this Ordinance 
for the period July 1 to December 31, 1940. 
SrctioN 30. On receipt of payment, the Commissioner of Finance 
shall forward to the employer 
a receipt which shall be prima facie 
evidence of said payment of the premium and insurance coverage. 
Premiums shall be paid by every employer into the Municipal Insur- 
ance Fund on or before January 31 and June 30 of each year, except 
that premiums shall be paid for the first time within forty five days 
after the effective date of this Ordinance; and provided further that 
premiums of employers employing workmen for any part of a half 
year shall be paid within thirty days after the filing of the statement 
hereinbefore provided. 
If any employer shall default in any payment 
of premium, the amount due from him shall be collected by civil 
action in the name of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John. 
Section 31. Every employer insured in the Municipal Insurance 
Fund shall keep 
a true and accurate record of the number of his 
employees and of the wages paid by him, and such records shall be 
open 
to inspection at any time by the Compensation Commission 
and by the Commissioner of Finance. 
Any employer who shall fail 
to keep true and accurate records or who shall willfully misrepresent 
the amount of the pay roll upon which the premium chargeable is 
based shall be liable to a fine of five times the amount of the differ- 
ence between the premium paid and the premiums which should have 
been paid, and the Commissioner of Finance shall assess and collect 
said fine in the same manner as premiums are assessed and collected. 
Section 32. The Municipal Insurance Fund shall be in force and 
effect from July 1, 1941. 
Section 33. All laws or Ordinances, or parts thereof, in conflict 
with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. 
SectioN 34. This Ordinance shall become effective fifteen (15) days 
after its approval by the Governor. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at 
its Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Monday, April 
25 
and 28, respectively, at 8:00 p. m. 
RAaLpH PAIEWONSKY, 
Varpemar A. HiLr, 
Charrman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amended Workmen's Compensation Ordinance is hereby 
sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
fifth day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoBerT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
 
090. 
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AMENDMENT NO. 37 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940, 
TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John tn 
session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 is hereby 
amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
ITI. SunDRY REVENUES: 
Increase Item 17, Miscellaneous, 
By... o_o. 
0. oinelzl. 
$220 
EXPENDITURES: 
PusrLic Works AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS: 
Item 
25, Salaries, Add: Janitor, Municipal Building at $45 
per TORI TOF TWO THONG. «oe omar 
em 
rao on es 
ie 
$90 
Watchman for Municipal Building at $40 per month for 
twormonthel 
coo Ltr 
Tae 
a Ca 
EL 
Increase Item 27 (a), Maintenance, by. ____________________ 
50 
23) 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Monday, April 25 and 
28, 1941, respectively, at 8:00 p. m. 
RavLpH PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpeEMAR A. Hiri, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
second day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoseErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO, 36 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be at enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. Direct TAXES: 
Increazse Item 2; Income Tax, Dy... 
ccc. 
cdnnr asm 
hms etn mann $400 
EXPENDITURES: 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Item 34, Grant to the Recreational Fund, by. oc. 
____ 
400 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Monday, April 25 and 
28, 1941, respectively, at 8:00 p. m. 
RaLpH PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpemAr A. HiLL, 
Chairman. 
Secretary.
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The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole, 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
second day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoBeErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 35 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1041, is hereby 
amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
] 
Increase Hem 2, Income Tax, BY. Loui 
ue ooian 8, 
20000 
$1, 000 
EXPENDITURES: 
PuBric Works DEPARTMENT: 
Increase Item 27 (3), Street Cleaning, by... 
wo cco cea... 
1, 000 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Monday, April 25 and 
28, 1941, respectively, at 8:00 p. m. 
RavpH PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpeEmMAr A. Hiri, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
second day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoBerT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 34 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
FOR THE 
FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940, 
TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. Direct TAXES: 
g 
Increase Item 2, Income Tax, by... -ooocmmenaoL 
$27, 308. 61 
EXPENDITURES: 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Increase 
Item 
38, 
for repayment 
in 
full 
of 
balance 
of loan 
of $11,500 from the Poor 
Fund, with interest to June 6, 1941_________ 
$10, 903. 20
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ExpENDITURES—Continued. 
MisceLLANEOUs—C Continued. 
Increase 
Item 
38, 
for repayment 
in 
full 
of 
balance of loan of $10,500 from the Militia 
Fund, with interest to June 8, 1941_________ 
$9, 876. 56 
Increase 
Item 
40, 
for repayment 
in 
full 
of 
balance of mortgage loan of $6,931 from the 
Virgin Islands National Bank, with interest 
toduned, 104). 
ie 
ida 
6, 393. 85 
PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES: 
Add Item 60 (a) Former Teacher Thomas John- 
son @ $45 per month, from April 1, 1941, to 
June 30, TO4Y oo 
135. 00 
$27, 308. 61 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Monday, April 25 and 
28, 1941, respectively, at 8:00 p. m. 
RavLpa PATEWONSKY, 
VaLpEMAR A. Hii, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
second day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoseErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 
33 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
; 
Inereasze United Siateg Contribution, by: 
oc tnd 
$29, 933. 78 
EXPENDITURES: 
: 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Add new item 40 (a), for refund of Income Taxes in amount 
of $25,140.31 erroneously collected, together with interest 
thereon. 
ob. 
ol 
as 
ea Ba 
29, 933. 78 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at 
its Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Monday, April 25 
and 28, 1941, respectively, at 8:00 p. m. 
Raven Pate wonaay, 
VarpeEmAr A. Hiny, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
second day of May, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoBeErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor.
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AMENDMENT NO. 32 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940, 
TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 is hereby 
amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. Dmmecr Taxes: 
Increase tom 2, Income Tax, by. 
aun 
ned sh 
$68. 25 
EXPENDITURES: 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Add new item 40 (i), for renewal of fire insurance on East Point 
properties of the former St. Thomas Harbor Board for a period 
of one (1) yearfrom April 21, 4041 J... ccna 
68. 25 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at its Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Monday, April 25 and 
28, 1941, respectively, at 8: 00 p. m. 
! 
Raver PATEWONSKY, 
VaupeEmMAr A. Hiri, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
second day of May, a. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoBeErT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 
31 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of 
St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, 
i 
hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. Direct TAXES: 
Inerease Tien 2, Ineome Tax, 
by... 
acolo. Co 
La lo 
$1, 087. 50 
EXPENDITURES: 
PovricE AND Prison Dor snes 
Item 7, Salaries: 
Add 
1 
Sergeant 
at 
$960 
per annum 
for 
3 
montis |e 
rate 
sient RS Sat 
pn 
hg Td 
$240. 00 
months: 
0 
rin. (NE 
Ln 
652. 50 
Add 
1 Senior Patrolman, Class A, at $780 per 
aprpum for 
Smonbhs.. 
0) 
tole 
cso Lo Suds 
195. 00 
— 
1,087. 50 
11. Doe. 366, 7T7T-1——17
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Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
RALPH PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpeEMAR A. HiLr, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoBERT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
AMENDMENT NO. 
30 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
~ 
II. INDIRECT TAXES: 
Increase Item 4, Revenue from Customs, by__.______________ 
$650 
EXPENDITURES: 
Pusric LiBRARY: 
Ingrense lew: 20, Bauipment, BY. 
tem eee 
l 
$350 
Increase Item 21, Maintenanee, by. 
wee coe 
300 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
RAavrpH PATEWONSKY, 
VaLpeEMAR A. HILL, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, a. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoseERT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 
29 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
wn session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality 
of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows:
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REVENUES: 
I. DirEcT TAXES: 
: 
Increase Item 3 (a) Road Fund, Gasoline Tax, by.___________ 
$3, 500 
EXPENDITURES: 
PuBrLic WORKS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS: 
Tiem27 A Road Fund; by... Ls 
stolen 
oo 
a a, 
$3, 500 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
RaLpa PATEWONSKY, 
VarpeEMAR A. Hwy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment 
to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 28 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
II. INDIRECT TAXES: 
Increase Item 4, Net Revenues from Customs, 
by. ___.._.. 
$5, 912. 50 
EXPENDITURES: 
Municipal CoUNCIL: 
Inerense Tiem 
1, Salaries, by... .cveeeneunendana 
$385. 00 
For 
salaries 
of 
one 
Stenographer-Clerk 
@ 
$1,200 
per annum, 
and 
one 
Janitress 
@ 
$120 per annum from March 15, 1941. 
Add new item 
1 
(a), Equipment: Non-expendable 
articles necessary to the operation of the Coun- 
EIS 
CR 
A 
TI A OS Seder 
1, 000. 00 
Increase item 2, Maintenance, by_______________ 
1, 000. 00 
Add new item 2 (a), Legal Service____._________. 
500. 00 
MouonicipAL COMMITTEE: 
Add new item 4 (a) Salary of Junior Stenographer- 
Clerk: $780 per annum from March 15, 1941___ 
227. 50 
Increase item 4, Maintenance, by... 
_______ 
200. 00 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Increase item 30, Purchase of auto license plates, 
badges, and dog Heenses.... 
... oven 
naan 
100. 00 
Increase item 40 
(e), for purchase of equipment 
for Food Stamp Plan Office... 
cca... 
225. 00 
Add new item 40 
(g), for grant-in-aid to the St. 
Thomas Municipal Telephone System for pur- 
chase of telephone equipment.________________ 
2, 000. 00 
GENERAL CONTINGENT: 
Increase Hem Gl, DY ccna 
tain ii name 
275. 00 
$5, 912, 50
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Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
RavrH PATEWONSKY, 
Varpemar A. Hirr, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment 
to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LovEeTT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 27 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
an session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
II. INDIRECT TAXES: 
Incrense Ttem 12, plotage fees, PY uwwe vin iaataii 
aaa 
$6, 100 
EXPENDITURES: 
Pusric Works AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS: 
Increase item 27 
(a), 
for grant-in-aid 
to 
Percival 
H. 
Reese 
as compensation 
for 
loss 
of 
pay 
occasioned 
through months of illness contracted while on official 
Quiby. Ce Ee 
age 
Tr sa 
A 
$350 
Increase item 26, Equipment, 
for the purchase 
of one 
modern garbage removal truck unit and one fire truck_ 
5, 000 
Increase item 27 (k), Street Lighting, by_______________ 
750 
  
$6, 100 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
RavrpH PAIEWONSKY, 
VarLpeMar A. Hiwi, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole.” 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoBERT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor.
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AMENDMENT NO. 26 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. 
Thomas and St. John 
im session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
II. InDIRECT TAXES: 
Increase item 4, Net Revenues from Customs, by__._________ 
$2, 135 
EXPENDITURES: 
Porice AND PrRisoN DEPARTMENT: 
Add new item 
7 
(a), Equipment: 
for purchase of one 
metal body wagon 
with 
necessary 
equipment, 
and 
twenty-nine 
(29) 
regulation 
police 
revolvers 
with 
holsters. ©. 
0 
aan Ub 
aa 
Ne, 
a 
$2, 005 
Increase item 8, Maintenance, by... 
_____._. 
130 
$2, 135 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
RAaLpH PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpeEMAR A. HivLr, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
+The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoBERT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
  
ORDINANCE 
* 
TO PROVIDE FOR 
A ‘‘MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL BUILDING FUND’ AND FOR 
THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled: 
~ Section 1. There is hereby created under the direct supervision of 
the Governor a special fund to be known as the “MunicipaL HospiTAL 
Bumping Fund” in which shall be deposited any money herein or 
hereafter appropriated to said fund. 
The Governor may accept for 
such fund: gifts, devises, and bequests of property, real or personal. 
Any such property so accepted by the Governor shall be managed or 
administered under his direction, 
by and with the advice 
of the 
Municipal Committee. 
Section 2. This fund shall be used as a nucleus for the construction 
of 
an adequate, modern 
Hospital Building 
in Charlotte Amalie, 
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, and procurement 
of the necessary 
Hospital Building Equipment; and may be expended by the Governor, 
with the advice and consent of the Municipal Council, for this purpose. 
SecTioN 3. There is hereby appropriated for the fund created in 
Section 
1 
of this Ordinance, out 
of any money in the Municipal
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Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, 
the sum 
of Five Thousand 
($5,000.00) dollars. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
RALPH PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpeEmar A. Hiv, 
Chairman, 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
ORDNANCE 
TO AMEND TITLE 2, CHAPTER 89, SECTION 11, OF THE CODE OF LAWS FOR 
THE MUNICIPALITY 
OF 
ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
Be at enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled, That Title 2, Chapter 89, Section 11 of the Code of 
Laws of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John be amended and 
is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“An action for the recovery of the possession of the premises 
may be maintained in the case specified in subdivision second of 
section nine next preceding, when the notice to quit has been 
served upon the tenant or person in possession for the period of 
three days before the commencement thereof, unless the leasing 
or occupation 
is for the purpose of farming or agriculture, 
in 
which case such notice must be served for the period of six 
(6) 
months before commencement of such action.” 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council 
of 
St. Thomas and 
St. 
John, 
at 
the Extraordinary Meeting 
held Friday 
and Saturday, 
March 28 and 29, 1941. 
Ravru PATE WONSEY, 
VarpEMAR A. Hin, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, 
at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL) 
RoBerT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor, 
RESOLUTION 
TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TO SELL PROP- 
ERTY MATRICULATED AS NO. 
57 QUEEN’S STREET, KING'S QUARTER, 
CHARLOTTE 
AMALIE, 
ST. 
THOMAS, 
VIRGIN 
ISLANDS, 
AND 
GIVE 
A 
DEED THEREFOR 
‘Wagereas, The property matriculated 
as No. 
57 Queen’s Street, 
King’s Quarter, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, has
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99 
escheated to the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John in a judg- 
ment in Civil No. 17-1940 on November 19, 1940; and, 
WrEereaAs, Fred E. Truelsen has expressed a desire to purchase said 
property for the sum of $250.00; and, 
WaEereAs, The Municipal Committee of St. Thomas and St. John 
has appraised the value of said property at $250.00 and has approved 
its sale direct to the said Fred E. Truelsen; 
Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Municipal Council of 
St. Thomas and St. John, That the Governor of the Virgin Islands, 
be and he is hereby authorized to sell to Fred E. Truelsen the prop- 
erty matriculated as No. 57 Queen’s Street, King’s Quarter, Charlotte 
Amalie, 
St. Thomas, 
Virgin 
Islands, 
for 
and 
in consideration 
of 
$250.00, to execute a deed for and on behalf of the Municipality to the 
said Fred E. Truelsen, transferring said property; stamp tax, how- 
ever, to be paid by the purchaser, and to deposit the purchase price 
in the treasury of the Virgin Islands, Municipality of St. Thomas and 
St. John, as a miscellaneous receipt. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
Ravrra PAiEwoNSKY, 
VaLpeMmar A. Hiv, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, 
at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, A. p., 1941. 
[sBAL] 
RoserT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
TO 
PROVIDE 
FOR 
A 
‘‘HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING FUND’ 
AND 
FOR 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION THEREOF 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled: 
SectioN 1. There is hereby created under the direct supervision of 
the Governor a special fund to be known as the “Higa Scaoor BuiLp- 
ING Funp” in which shall be deposited any money herein or hereafter 
appropriated to said fund. 
The Governor may accept for such fund, 
gifts, devises, and bequests of property, real or personal. 
Any such 
property so accepted by the Governor shall be managed or adminis- 
tered under his direction, by and with the advice of the Municipal 
Committee. 
SectioN 2. This fund shall be used as a nucleus for the construction 
of an adequate, modern High School Building in Charlotte Amalie, 
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, and procurement of the necessary High 
School Equipment; and may be expended by the Governor, with the 
advice and consent of the. Municipal Council, for this purpose. 
SectioN 3. There is hereby appropriated for the fund created in 
Section 1 of this Ordinance out of any money in the Municipal Treas- 
ny not otherwise appropriated the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) 
dollars. 
. 
a» 
2."
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Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
RaAvLrH PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpeEmar A. Hin, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, a. p., 1941. 
[sBAL] 
RoseErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
TO 
PROVIDE 
FOR 
A ‘WATER 
SUPPLY SYSTEM 
FUND’ 
AND 
FOR 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION THEREOF 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
wn session assembled: 
Section 1. There is hereby created under direct supervision of the 
Governor a special fund to be known as the “WATER SupPLY SYSTEM 
Funp” in which shall be deposited any money herein or hereafter 
appropriated to said fund. 
The Governor may accept for such fund: 
gifts, devises, and bequests of property, real or personal. 
Any such 
property so accepted by the Governor shall be managed or adminis- 
tered under his direction by and with the advice of the Municipal 
Committee. 
Section 2. This fund shall be used as a nucleus for the construc- 
tion 
of an adequate, modern Water Supply System 
in Charlotte 
Amalie, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, and procurement of the neces- 
sary Water Supply System equipment; and may be expended by the 
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Municipal Council, for 
this purpose. 
Section 3. There 
is hereby appropriated for the fund created in 
Section 
1 
of this Ordinance, out 
of any money 
in the Municipal 
Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum 
of Five Thousand 
($5,000.00) dollars. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
RaLpa PAIEWONSKY, 
VarLpEMAR A. Hin, 
Chazrman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoseErT M. LOVETT, 
. 
Acting Governor.
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101 
ORDINANCE 
TO REPEAL THE ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR TO BORROW 
MONEYS 
FROM 
THE 
PUBLIC 
FUNDS 
OF 
THE 
MUNICIPALITY 
OF 
ST. 
THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN TO ASSIST IN MEETING THE DEFICIT IN THE 
TREASURY 
OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, MUNICIPALITY 
OF 
ST. THOMAS 
AND ST. JOHN, FISCAL YEAR 1940-1941, APPROVED FEBRUARY 20, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Ordinance to authorize the Governor 
to borrow moneys from the Public Funds of the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John to assist in meeting the deficit in the Treasury 
of the Virgin Islands, Municipality 
of 
St. Thomas and 
St. John, 
fiscal year 1940-1941, approved February 20, 1941, is hereby repealed. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at 5 Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 
29, 1941. 
RaLpa PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpemar A. Hiui, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LovEeTT, 
Acting Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
PROHIBITING 
THE 
MANUFACTURE, 
SALE 
AND 
EXPLOSION 
OF 
FIRE 
CRACKERS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAINT THOMAS AND SAINT JOHN 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled: 
SectioN 
1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, 
manufacture, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of; explode or cause 
to be exploded in the streets or highways of this Municipality, any 
loud or dangerous fire crackers, torpedoes, thunderbolts, squibbs or 
any explosive packet of any description by whatever name called; 
Provided, however, that this Ordinance shall not apply to harmless 
fireworks 
such 
as Roman 
Candles, Star Light 
Sticks, 
and 
other 
illuminants 
of 
a similar nature; 
and, Provided further, 
that 
this 
Ordinance shall not apply to sky rockets used for special celebrations 
for the use of which, permission has been obtained from the Director 
of Police. 
Section 
2. Violation 
of 
the provisions 
of 
this Ordinance 
shall 
constitute a misdemeanor. 
Suction 3. This Ordinance shall take effect upon approval by the 
Governor. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. 
Thomas and St. John, 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
RAavrH PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpEmAR A. Hiv, 
Chairman. 
Secretary.
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The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, A. p., 1941, 
[sEAL] 
RosBERrT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
RESOLUTION 
TO 
CREATE 
A 
COMMITTEE 
TO 
INVESTIGATE 
SOCIAL 
AND 
ECONOMIC 
CONDITIONS 
IN 
ST. JOHN AND 
TO REPORT 
ITS FINDINGS AND MAKE 
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNOR 
OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
WaereAs, The School System in St. John requires expansion to 
include instruction beyond the sixth grade; and, 
WaEREAS, The present medical facilities at Cruz Bay and Coral 
Bay need complete renovation; and, 
WHEREAS, There is need for the development of a permanent road 
building program, the development and extension of better docking 
facilities, at Cruz Bay and Coral Bay; and for a better communication 
system, etc.; 
Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That a committee of seven (7) 
persons be selected by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. 
John to make a thorough investigation and study of conditions in the 
island of St. John and to submit a report of its findings and recom- 
mendations to the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John and 
to the Governor of the Virgin Islands. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
RavLrH PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpEMAR A. HiLy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of April, A. »., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
RESOLUTION 
TO 
PETITION 
THE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
INTERIOR, 
THROUGH 
THE 
GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF AGRICULTURE 
IN THE 
VIRGIN 
ISLANDS, 
AND 
FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
Wauergas, The Virgin Islands need the United States Department 
of Agriculture and its advice in all fields, for the reason that there is no 
municipal agricultural department, and we are without the means to 
establish and maintain one; and, 
Waereas, Certain branches of the United States Department of 
Agriculture, to wit, The Food Stamp Plan, and the Farm Security 
Administration have been extended to the Virgin Islands;
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103 
Now, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved, and it is hereby Resolved by the 
Municipal Council 
in 
session assembled, 
that 
this Resolution be 
submitted to the Governor of the Virgin Islands to be transmitted to 
the Department of the Interior to be forwarded to the proper author- 
ities in Washington, asking that consideration be given to our earnest 
request, and that early action be taken by those in authority in Wash- 
ington 
for 
the establishment 
in 
the Virgin Islands 
of 
a FIELD 
BRANCH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at da Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 
29, 
1941. 
Raver Paiewonsky, 
VaLpeEmMAR A. Hivy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
  
RESOLUTION 
TO 
PETITION 
THE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
INTERIOR, 
THROUGH 
THE 
GOVERNOR 
OF 
THE 
VIRGIN 
ISLANDS, 
TO 
ESTABLISH 
A 
BULKHEAD, 
WHARF, AND HIGHWAY ON THE WATER FRONT OF THE CITY OF CHAR- 
LOTTE AMALIE, ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS, U. 
8S. A., AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES 
WaEeRrEAS, The dredging of the harbor will become a reality within 
a few months; and, 
WaERrEAs, The disposition of the material can be utilized to increase 
the National Defense of the island of Saint Thomas; and, 
WaEREAS, The building of a bulkhead in the harbor of Saint Phono 
and the fill dredged from said harbor can be deposited behind a bulk- 
head, providing for a wharf and driveway; and, 
WaEREAS, The maneuvering of the Marine Airbase Detachment is 
impeded by the bottle-neck condition of only one road leading through 
the Town in the island of Saint Thomas; and, 
WHEREAS, Any damage to this main highway in the Town of Saint 
Thomas would automatically isolate the automotive equipment of the 
Marine Airbase Detachment from moving over said island; and, 
WaEREAS, The Navy would have additional landing facilities for 
supplies and equipment by the construction of a wharf; and, 
WrEREAS, The synchronization of these vital necessities for Na- 
tional Defense can be accomplished with the dredging operation of 
the harbor; 
Now, THEREFORE, Be it resolved, and it is hereby Resolved, That 
this strategic improvement, from 
a 
military 
and 
naval 
point 
of 
view, be considered at this time, before the dredging of the harbor 
takes place; and be it further Resolved, That immediate consideration 
be given this request, and speedy action be taken by those in authority 
for the establishment of 
a bulkhead, wharf and highway extending 
along the water front of the City of Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, 
Virgin Islands, U. 
S. A.; and that this Resolution be submitted to 
the Governor of the Virgin Islands to be transmitted to the Depart- 
ment of the Interior, 
to be forwarded to the proper authorities in 
Washington for their consideration and action.
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Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held Friday and Saturday, March 28 
and 29, 1941. 
~ 
Rarru PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpEMAR A. Hiv, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
rr —— 
ORDINANCE 
TO RATIFY AND CONFIRM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR OF THE 
VIRGIN ISLANDS 
ON BEHALF 
OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF 
ST. THOMAS 
AND 
ST. JOHN, AND THE WEST INDIAN COMPANY, LTD. FOR ELECTRIC 
ENERGY FOR LIGHT AND POWER FOR RESIDENTS 
OF 
ST. THOMAS 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
an session assembled, That the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and 
St. John hereby advises, consents to, ratifies and confirms the follow- 
ing agreement entered into by the Governor of the Virgin Islands, 
for and on behalf of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John, 
and the West Indian Company, Ltd., on March 10, 1941. 
“AGREEMENT 
between the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John and the 
West Indian Company, Limited, for Electric Energy for Light 
and Power for Residents of Saint Thomas. 
Tris AGREEMENT, made this tenth day of March, 
1941, by and 
between the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John, hereinafter 
called the Government, by the Governor of the Virgin Tslands, subject 
to the advice and consent of the Municipal Council of St. Thomas 
and St. John, and the West Indian Company, Limited, its successors 
and assigns, hereinafter called the Company. 
WITNESSETH: 
That for and in consideration of the promises of each to the other, 
the parties hereto do covenant and agree as follows: 
ARTICLE 
1. 
That the Company will continue to furnish 220 volt direct current 
electric energy for light and power to private and public consumers 
on the island of St. Thomas for an indefinite period, with the under- 
standing that the Company has the right to terminate this agreement 
with one year’s notice in writing after the expiration of one year from 
date of this agreement. 
; 
ARTICLE II. 
That, after the expiration of six months from the date of this agree- 
ment, the Government may terminate this agreement at any time by 
giving six months’ notice in writing to the Company. 
ARTICLE 
III. 
* 
That, in the event of termination, the Government agrees to pur- 
chase from the Company one 300 KW diesel generator, plus neces- 
sary appurtenances such as switch boards, extra cables and pipes in 
the power house, and installation costs, at cost price, less depreciation,
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
105 
to be approved by the Public Utilities Commission, if installed by the 
Company within six months from the date of this agreement, the total 
obligation to the Government hereunder not to exceed Thirty-Five 
Thousand ($35,000) Dollars. 
In testimony whereof the West Indian Company, Limited, has 
caused its corporate name to be hereunto subseribed by its Managing 
Director hereunto duly authorized and its corporate seal to be hereto 
affixed, and the Governor of the Virgin Islands, for and on behalf of 
the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John, subject to the advice 
and consent of the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
has executed this instrument the day and year first above written. 
~ 
MounicieariTy oF St. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN, 
(Signed) 
CuarLEs HARWOOD, 
[sEAL] 
Governor of the Virgin Islands of the United States. 
Tee West INDIAN Coupany, LiMiTED, 
i 
(Signed) 
H. Bang, 
[sBAL] 
Managing Director. 
Attest: 
Jos. RASMUSSEN 
Morris F. pe Castro.” 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council 
of 
St. Thomas and 
St. 
John, at the Extraordinary Meeting held March 11, 1941. 
RavpH PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpEMAR A. Hiri, 
_ Charrman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
thirteenth day of March, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoseErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
I 
AMENDMENT NO. 25 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of 
St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1910, to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
EXPENDITURES: 
DeparRTMENT OF EpUucaTioN, Item 22, Salaries: 
Change: 
10: Class “A” Teachers... oo... 
.. 00. $24, 971. 40 
4 Class “B” Teachers... 
cea ii... 
2, 283. 00 
25 Firat Class Teachers... 
.. _.. . 
17,735. 
10 
11 Second Class Teachers....ecee ooo. 
6, 829. 70 
5 Third Class Teachers... oo... 
v... ... 
2, 310. 00 
$54, 129. 20 
To: 
Pogehers 
0. 
ret 
LS a 
aa 
54, 129. 20 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held February 26, 1941. 
Rapa PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpEMAR A. HiLy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary.
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The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
first day of March, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
CrARLES HARWOOD, 
Governor, 
AMENDMENT NO. 24 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
an session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
II. INDIRECT TAXES: 
Increase item 4, Net Revenues from Cus- 
TOMS, DY coor 
LD 
las 
rnd 
ie sein 
$6, 608. 72 
Add new item 12, Pilotage Fees_.________ 
8, 000. 00 
III. SunpRY REVENUES: 
Increase item 17, Miscellaneous, by______ 
1, 000. 00 
Add 
new 
item 
18, 
Transfer 
of Harbor 
Board funde. ou... on. io 
ats 
N02 20,346.26 
ret 
$35, O54, 98 
I. Direct TAXES: 
Reduce item 1, Real Property Tax, by___ 
4, 000. 00 
Reduce item 2, Income Tax, by_________ 
10, 000. 00 
II. INDIRECT TAXES: 
Reduce item 11, Trade Tax, by_______ 
- 
4,700.00 
III. SunprY REVENUES: 
Eliminate 
item 
18, 
St. Thomas Harbor 
Board... 
co 
i 
co aas 
og 
Ril 
2, 500. 00 
21, 200, 00 
Net Revenuellncresse. 
- 
on cvvommciisssnrss= 
14, 754. 98 
EXPENDITURES: 
Add: 
St. Thomas Harbor Department, item 62, Salaries: 
Harbormaster oc. 0-0 oo 
bow 
Luli 
oo 
$3, 100 
FPlrst Asst. Harbormaster. so... 
co... Lc... 
2, 640 
Second: Asst Harbormasier... Jc. 
= oivpimas 
2, 640 
{GE 
Soe LOR OR 
IRA 
rn 
2, 400 
ChielEngineer. 
0. util 
rn hail 
1, 260 
2 Coxswains (launch) @ $780 ea..____.____._ 
1, 560 
1 Coxswain (rowboat) 
oc ai 
ee 
660 
1 dent. Coxswain laine)... 
«= 
0 
© 
720 
TiAsst, Enpineer. 
Jo 
cid fo) Gli 
0 Di 
720 
1 Second Asst. Fngineer........_ 
_coic. ol... 
480 
T:Bomtman. 
oc 
aaa 
600 
Signalman (Boreman) 422. oeiids 
ls pid 
780 
2 Signalmen @ $660 ea... buenas 
1,320 
1 Range Light Caretaker at St. John_______ 
90 
Srp—— 
18, 970. 00 
Above salaries from March 1, 1941, to June 30, 1941_________ 
6, 323. 32 
Add item 63, Equipment, Unexpendable supplies for launches, 
rowboats, signal stations, and office... 
-1-2a sills 
150. 00
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107 
ExprenpITURES—Continued. 
Add item 
64, Maintenance. 
Running expenses 
of launches, 
repairs to rowboats and other floating equipment, painting 
and overhauling buoys, expendable office supplies, electric 
light, Tortola Wharf, King’s Wharf, and Pier, Telephones, 
P. O. Box rent, office light, subscription to papers and adver- 
tisements, maintenance and repairs to Harbor Board build- 
ings and properties, and Miscellaneous___________________ 
$2, 473. 60 
Add 
item 
65, 
Pensions 
and 
Allowances. 
Alice 
Eggert @ $300 per annum for 4 months___ ____ 
$100 
Widow of Isaac Petersen @ $120 per annum for 
A MONENS. oe 
ad 
a 
40 
wn 
S140 
9, 086. 92 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Increase item 39, For repayment in full of loan of $5,200 
from Public Funds for Municipal Deficit ____________ 
4, 188. 06 
Add new item 4 (f), For transfer to Municipal Treasury account, 
Fiscal Year 1939-1940, 
to liquidate Road Fund and other 
obligations, on condition that any balances remaining after 
full liquidation of such obligations shall revert to the Munici- 
pal Treasury, Fiscal Year 1940-1941... 
..... 0 icon 
caaa. 
1, 480. 00 
14, 754. 98 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held February 26, 1941. 
RarLpH PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpEMAR A. HiLy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
first day of March, 
A. o., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
CaArRLES HARWOOD, 
Governor. 
  
ORDINANCE 
TO CONTROL JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, 
TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISH- 
MENT OF JUVENILE SCHOOLS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF 
ST. THOMAS 
AND 
ST. JOHN 
Section 1. Children of school age without written excuse of proper 
authority found on the public streets, roads or places, unaccompanied 
by parent or guardian, during school hours on days when the schools 
are in session, shall be taken to the office of the Department of Educa- 
tion and there held until released by order of the Superintendent of 
Education, or his duly authorized representative. 
Section 2. The Governor is hereby authorized to establish Juve- 
nile Schools, which shall be under the jurisdiction 
of 
a Board 
of 
Management, hereby created consisting of three members appointed 
by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Municipal 
Council. 
The term of office shall be two years and until their suec- 
cessors shall be appointed and qualified. 
SectioN 3. The Juvenile Schools shall receive and institutionalize 
such juvenile delinquents as may be committed to it by the District 
Court, the Police Court, the Juvenile Court, or the Board of Children’s
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Guardians, 
or upon application of 
a parent or guardian when such 
application i is approved by the Board of Management. 
Section 4. All juveniles committed to the Juvenile Schools shall 
remain in custody until arriving at the age of 18 years, unless paroled 
by order of the Governor, upon recommendation of the Board 
of 
Management. 
SectioN 5. The Superintendent of Education 
shall provide such 
instruction as may be prescribed by the Board of Management for the 
students of the Juvenile Schools, provided that instruction in manual 
and industrial arts shall be emphasized in order to provide a practical 
education which will enable its students to earn their own livelihood. 
Section 6. With the advice 
of the Board 
of Management, 
the 
Governor shall promulgate rules and regulations for the conduct and 
operation of the Juvenile Schools. 
Section 7. That Title 
1, Chapter 
1, Section 31 
of the Code 
of 
Laws for the Municipality of St. Thomas and 
St. John 
is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
“Section 31. The Juvenile Court shall have jurisdiction of all 
offenses committed by juveniles. 
For the purpose of this section 
a juvenile is a child under 16 years of age. 
A special day each 
week shall be designated by the Police Judge for the trial of such 
juvenile cases. 
The public shall be excluded from the courtroom. 
All laws or parts thereof in conflict with this section are hereby 
repealed.” 
Section 8. The employment of children under the age of 16 years 
in any occupation injurious to health or morals or hazardous to life 
or limb is hereby prohibited. 
Violation of this section shall constitute 
a misdemeanor. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at .the Extraordinary Meeting held February 26, 1941. 
RaLpH PAIEWONSKY, 
: 
VarpeEmar A. 
Hiry, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witress my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
first day of March, 
A. p., 1941. 
 [sEAL] 
CuArRLES HARWOOD, 
Governor, 
AMENDMENT NO. 23 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 19i0, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Fe it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled: That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
ITI. SunprY REVENUES: 
Increase item 17, Miscellaneous, 
by... Lo. 
oiia 
a. 
$775. 00
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EXPENDITURES: 
DeEpaArRTMENT OF HEALTH, MEDICAL SERVICE: 
Increase item 10, Purchase of new Fluoroscopic Sereen_ 
$75. 00 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Increase item 28, General Printing Expenses_ 
_ ________ 
700. 00 
  8775. 00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held February 26, 1941. 
Ravrpre PAIEWONSKY, 
Varpemar A. HiLy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
first day of March, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
CuArRLES HARWOOD, 
Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
TO REPEAL AND ANNUL THE ST. THOMAS HARBOR LAW OF APRIL 
6, 
1906, 
AS AMENDED APRIL 
5, 
1918; 
TO TRANSFER ALL PROPERTIES OWNED 
BY AND ENTRUSTED 
TO 
THE 
ST. 
THOMAS HARBOR BOARD 
TO 
THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN; TO CREATE 
A HARBOR 
DEPARTMENT; 
TO 
ESTABLISH 
A MUNICIPAL IMPROVING 
FUND, 
AND 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled: 
Section 1. That the St. Thomas Harbor Law dated April 6, 1906, 
as amended April 5, 1918, by the Colonial Council of St. Thomas and 
St. John, is hereby annulled and repealed. 
SecrioN 2. All properties owned by and entrusted to the St. Thomas 
Harbor Board 
are hereby transferred 
to 
the Municipality 
of 
St. 
Thomas and St. John, and placed under the control of the Government 
of the Virgin Islands. 
Section 3. All ship dues, pilotage fees, quarantine fees, and miscel- 
laneous revenues collected through the Harbor of St. Thomas shall 
be covered into the Treasury of the Virgin Islands, and held in account 
for the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John, and shall be expended 
for the benefit and government of said municipality in accordance 
with the annual municipal budget, as specified in Section 35 of the 
Organic Act of the Virgin Islands. 
Section 4 
(a). There is hereby created a Harbor Department for 
the purpose of administering the functions of the harbor of St. Thomas. 
The head of this Department shall be known as the Harbormaster. 
The Harbormaster and all other officers and employees necessary for 
the proper functioning of this Department shall be appointed by the 
Governor, by and with 
the advice and consent 
of the Municipal 
- 
Council, Provided, that the present incumbents of all offices and posi- 
tions under the Harbor Department shall continue in office until their 
successors are appointed and have qualified unless sooner removed by 
competent authority. 
H. Doc. 366, 77-1——S8 
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(b) Funds, for defraying the expenses of administering the Harbor 
Department, including the salaries of the Harbormaster and other 
officers and employees of said department, shall be made available in 
the annual municipal budget from March 1, 1941. 
SectioN 5. All loans made by the Municipality of St. Thomas and 
St. John from the St. Thomas Harbor Surplus Fund and now unpaid 
are hereby declared to be, and are cancelled. 
SecTtioN 
6. There 
is hereby created 
a Municipal Improvement 
Fund into which all monies, bonds, and other securities of the St. 
Thomas Harbor Surplus Fund as of June 22, 1936, less expenditures 
plus interest to February 28, 1941, shall be transferred in the proper 
manner by the Commissioner of Finance within ten days after the 
effective date of this Ordinance. 
This fund shall be used for the 
purpose of improvements 
in the Municipality 
of St. Thomas and 
St. John, upon authority of the Municipal Council and approval of 
the Governor. 
Section 7. This Ordinance shall be effective upon approval by the 
Governor. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Extraordinary Meeting held February 26, 1941. 
Ravrr PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpeEmAr A. HiLy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
first day of March, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
CuARLES HARWOOD, 
Governor, 
  
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND TITLE 4, CHAPTER 10, SECTION 23 OF THE CODE OF LAWS FOR 
THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST JOHN 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled: 
Section 
1. That Title 4, Chapter 
10, Section 23 
of the Code of 
Laws be amended by deleting sub-section (3) of the said Section 23. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Ordinary Meeting held February 13, 1941. 
Ravpa PAIEWONSKY, 
VaLpEmAR A. Hiri, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordnance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of February, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
CHARLES HARWOOD, 
Governor.
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RESOLUTION 
CONCERNING 
ADJUSTMENTS 
OF 
CONSTRUCTION 
SCHEDULE 
ON 
NON 
FEDERAL PROJECT 
NO. 
V, 
I. 
1004—F REHABILITATION 
OF MUNICIPAL 
BUILDING 
Wuereas 
the Commissioner 
of 
Public 
Works, 
Federal Works 
Agency, Washington, D. C., has approved an extension of the present 
construction schedule of non Federal project Docket V. I. 1004—F, 
rehabilitation of Municipal Building at Charlotte Amalie, to permit 
its completion by December 31, 1940; 
AND WHEREAS, a condition of this extension of time is that the cost 
of any work done after December 31, 1940, shall be omitted from the 
computation of the grant to be made by the United States; 
Axp wHEREAS, a further condition is that the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John shall agree to reimburse the United States for 
such expenses, including salaries, for field inspection and auditing 
incurred by the United States after September 30, 1940, as, in the 
determination of the Public Works Administration, are reasonably 
chargeable to the project; 
AND WHEREAS, a further condition is that no part of such amounts 
to be reimbursed to the United States shall be included in the project 
costs upon which the amount of the grant shall be computed; 
Now, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Municipal Council of St. 
Thomas and St. John in Session assembled ; 
Tra, the foregoing conditions as fixed by the Public Works Ad- 
ministration, Federal Works Agency, Washington, D. C., are hereby 
agreed to and accepted by the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John, 
and the Governor of the Virgin Islands, for and on behalf of the said 
Municipality, is authorized and empowered to execute the necessary 
documents 
to evidence 
the Municipality’s agreement 
to reimburse 
the United States for such expenses of field inspection and auditing 
as may be incurred by the United States after September 30, 1940. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Ordinary Meeting held February 13, 1941, 
RaLra PAIEWONSKY, 
VaAaLpEMAR A. Hiwnr, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of February, a. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
CHARLES HARWOOD, 
Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR TO BORROW MONEYS FROM THE PUBLIC 
FUNDS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN TO ASSIST 
IN MEETING THE DEFICIT IN THE TREASURY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, 
MUNICIPALITY OF 
ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN, FISCAL YEAR 1940-1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Governor of the Virgin Islands, with 
the advice and consent of the Municipal Committee, be and he is
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hereby authorized to borrow for and in behalf of the Municipality of 
St. Thomas and St. John from available balances of the Public Funds, 
other than the Trust Funds, of the Municipality of St. Thomas and 
St. John a sum not to exceed Fifteen Thousand (15,000.00) Dollars, 
and to deposit the same in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands, Munici- 
pality of St. Thomas and St. John, to be used and expended to assist 
in defraying the deficit in the said Municipal Treasury for the Fiscal 
Year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941. 
That the Governor 
of the Virgin Islands 
be and he 
is hereby 
authorized and directed for and in behalf of the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John to repay the said loan with interest at 29, per 
annum; 
within 
five 
years 
upon annual budgetary 
authorizations 
therefor or upon receipt of an additional federal deficiency appro- 
priation for the fiscal year 1941, is made for the purpose. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Ordinary Meeting held February 13, 1941. 
RavpH PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpeEmAR A. Hivry, 
Charman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of February, A. b., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
CuarLeEs Harwoob, 
Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 22 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
II. INDIRECT TAXES: 
Increase Item: 7, Samp Tax, Dy. 
1. if 
oad 
toa 
a 
$915. 60 
EXPENDITURES: 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Add new item 40 
(e), For sponsoring of a WPA project for 
operation of the Food Stamp Plan... ..ccuiatele 
ss 
= mie om ih 
915. 60 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at- the Ordinary Meeting held February 13, 1941. 
RAvrH PATEWONSKY, 
VaLpEMAR A. Hinz, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment 
to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of February, a. o., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
CuarLES HARWOOD, 
: 
Governor.
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AMENDMENT NO. 21 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940, 
TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That 
the Budget for the Municipality 
of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1040 to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. Direct TAXES: 
Item 3, Road Fund: 
Add new sub-item (C) transfer of unobligated balance of 
Road Fund, fiscal year 
1939-1040... 
iv ccncmmuna 
$2, 744. 02 
EXPENDITURES: 
PuBric Works AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS: 
Increase item 27 
(1) Road. Fund, 
By... 
co --ccuviime mame 
2, 744. 02 
for the construction and repair of road from Estate Laer- 
kenlund through Estates Barrett and Hull to Hull Bay. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Ordinary Meeting held February 13, 1941. 
RavLpa PAIEWONSKY, 
VarpEmar A. Hiri, 
Chairman. 
~ Secretary. 
The above Amendment 
to 
the Budget is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of February, a. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
CuAarLES HArRwoOOD, 
Governor. 
  
AMENDMENT NO. 20 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session 
assembled, That 
the Budget 
for 
the 
Municipality 
of 
St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
EXPENDITURES: 
Item 59, Former Basket Maker, Ernest Sewer, St. John, is hereby 
amended to read as follows: Former Teacher Miss Inger Henry at 
$10.00 per month effective February 1, 1941. 
, Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Ordinary Meeting held February 13, 1941. 
Ravpe PATIEWONSKY, 
VarpeEmar A. Hiv, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of February, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
CuarrLEs Harwoob, 
Governor.
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AMENDMENT NO. 
19 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940, 
TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, is hereby 
amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
II. INDIRECT TAXES: 
Increase item 4, Revenues from Custom by________________ 
$300. 00 
EXPENDITURES: 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH—MEDICAL SERVICE: 
Increase item 9, 
to provide 
for the appointment of 
1 District 
Nurse, East End, St. John, V. I. at $60 permonth______________ 
300. 00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the Ordinary Meeting held February 13, 1941. 
RAvrH PATEWONSKY, 
VALDEMAR A. HiLy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of February, a. o., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
CHARLES Tro. 
Governor. 
  
AMENDMENT NO. 
18 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
wn session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941, 
be and is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
Increase Item 4, Net Revenue from Customs, by... 
________ $400. 00 
EXPENDITURES: 
Increase 
Item 
61, 
General 
Contingent, 
for 
salaries, equipment, 
maintenance, consumable supplies and services and all necessary 
expenses of the Compensation Commission, by. _______________ 
400. 00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held January 16, 1941. 
Ravpe PATEWONSKY, 
VarpeEMmARr A. Hin, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of January, 
A. 
b., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoseErT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor.
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AMENDMENT NO. 17 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST! JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
EXPENDITURES: 
Item 37. For the purchase of materials and supplies to carry out a 
program of cattle tick eradication, is hereby amended to read: “For 
purchase of materials and supplies, for travel expenses and incidentals 
in connection with cattle tick eradication.” 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held January 16, 1941. 
Ravra PAlEWONSKY, 
VarpeEMmAR A. HiLr, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands 
of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of January, A. p., 1941. 
[sEAL] 
RoBERT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 
16 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1940 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
: 
II. InpIRECT TAXES: 
Increase Item 4, Revenue from Customs by_________________ 
$650. 00 
EXPENDITURES: 
GENERAL CONTINGENT: 
Increase Item 
61, 
For expenditure 
in the discretion 
of the 
COVETNOr. 
os 
ddl et 
hn 
fo 
i hmm 
pind mia Ri 
$650. 00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held January 16, 1941. 
Rare PAIEWONSKY, 
Vaupemar A. Hin, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment. to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twentieth day of January, A. p., 1941. 
[SEAL] 
RoBerT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor.
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AMENDMENT NO. 15 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE 
FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940, TO JUNE 
30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
wn session assembled: That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, 
be and is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
Increase item 19, Operating Fund of the St. Thomas Virgin Is- 
lands-Lottery, by... 
i losin 
ol 
cana 
is ode 
ch 
id 
a 
tien lb 
$2, 500. 00 
EXPENDITURES: 
DerARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE: 
Item 18, Maintenance: 
Add new subitem (f), for distribution on De- 
cember 23, 1940 to 100 needy persons in St. 
Thomas and St. John at $5.00 per person 
to be selected by the Poor Advisory Com- 
mittee 
oo 
8 
a 
Ph eae 
$500. 00 
DerPARTMENT OF HEALTH, MEDICAL SERVICE: 
Increase item 10, Equipment, by. 
coo ooo 
ooo 
200. 00 
Increase item 11, Maintenance, by______________ $1, 800. 00 
$2, 500. 00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held December 6, 1940. 
LioneL RoBERTS, 
; 
Rare PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and 3 Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
tenth day of December, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LawrENncE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
RESOLUTION 
TO ACCEPT THE 
GIFT 
OF 
A 
CERTAIN 
STRIP 
OF PROPERTY FROM 
THE 
FREDERICK 
EVANGELICAL 
LUTHERAN 
CHURCH 
OF 
ST. 
THOMAS, 
. VIRGIN ISLANDS, 
UPON CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
WaersAs the Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Thomas 
is the owner of a certain piece of property situated in Charlotte Amalie, 
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, matriculated 
as No. 
1 Torve Straede, 
Crown Prince Quarter, Virgin Islands of the United States; and, 
WHhEREAS the said Church is willing to transfer to the Municipality 
by deed of gift a strip four feet wide along the entire southern bound- 
ary of said property, more particularly described as follows: 
Starting at point No. 
1 located at the southeast corner of the lot, 
the line runs westward along the southern boundary of the property, 
for 
a distance 
of 34-feet, thence 
to 
the north, 
along the western 
boundary line for a distance of four feet, thence eastward in a straight 
line parallel with the original south boundary line for 
a distance of
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35-feet to the eastern boundary of the lot, thence south along the east 
boundary for a distance of 4-feet to the point of beginning. 
Waereas 
the Municipality 
is desirous 
of having said 
strip 
of 
property to improve the public street; and, 
WHEREAS certain terms and conditions have been attached to the 
said proposed gift by the said Church, to wit; that the cost connected 
with the transfer of title be borne by the Municipality: that the re- 
mainder of said property be filled in where necessary and levelled off 
without charge to the Church; that a wall along the southern boundary 
be erected at the new boundary line; and, 
WHEREAS in connection with the furtherance of its street project 
and the advantage to be gained by the Municipality by such gift, the 
Municipality is willing to comply with said terms and conditions: 
Now, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Municipal Council of the 
Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John that the gift of the said strip 
be accepted by the Municipality; that the proper papers be drafted 
by the Municipality to consummate the transfer without cost to the 
Church; that the rest of the lot be filled in where necessary and levelled 
off and a wall be erected along the new southern boundary line by the 
Superintendent of Public Works of the Municipality, the official in 
charge of the street project. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held December 6, 1940. 
LioNerL ROBERTS, 
Raver PaiewoNsky, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
tenth day of December, a. p., 1940. 
[sBAL] 
Lawrence W. CRAMER, 
; 
Governor. 
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ORDINANCE 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
wn session assembled: 
SECTION 
1. This Ordinance shall be known as the Kean’s Work- 
men’s Compensation Act 
of the Municipality 
of 
St. Thomas and 
St. John. 
DEFINITIONS 
SecrioN 
2. The 
term 
“employer” 
means 
the 
Municipality 
of 
St. Thomas and St. John, 
all public and quasi-public corporations, 
any person or body of persons whether incorporated or not, partner- 
ship 
or association, contractors and subcontractors. 
The 
term 
“employee” 
means 
every 
person, 
including 
minors, 
employed under any appointment or contract express or implied, oral 
or written, or in the service of any employer. 
SkctioN 3. Ev ery employer shall pay compensation as hereinafter 
specified for the disability or death of an employee resulting from a 
personal injury 
sustained 
while 
in 
the performance 
of 
his 
duty, 
irrespective of fault as 
a cause of the injury or death. 
Provided, 
however, that during the first five days of disability the employee shall
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not be entitled to compensation, unless the disability continues beyond 
five days in which case compensation shall begin on the day following 
the injury. 
No compensation shall be paid if the injury or death is 
caused solely by the wilful misconduct of the employee or by the wilful 
intention of the employee to injure or kill himself or another, or by the 
intoxication of the employee, in which cases the burden of proof shall 
be on the employer to show that the injury was so caused. 
SecTioN 4. This Ordinance shall be applicable to all employers who 
employ four or more employees, whatever their wages may be; but 
shall not apply to employees engaged in domestic service, agriculture, 
or work in their homes. 
SecTION 4 (a). In the case of employees whose tenure at the time of 
injury was less than one month, the weekly wage of such employee 
shall be determined by the Commission on the basis of weekly wages 
for permanent employment of similar character. 
Section 5. Every employee who suffers an injury or death under 
the condition specified in this Ordinance shall be entitled to: 
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE 
(A) Medical Attendance, such medicines as may be prescribed, and 
such hospitalization as may be necessary. 
TEMPORARY DISABILITY 
(B) Compensation for temporary disability equal 
to one-half of 
the wages received, but not exceeding fifteen dollars per week, for 
such time as he is disabled for work, payable at the end of each week, 
but such period of payment shall not exceed fifty-two weeks. 
PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY 
(C) Compensation for permanent partial disability equal to one- 
half of wages received weekly for the period specified in the following 
table, provided, however, that in no case shall 
a sum in excess of 
One Thousand Dollars be paid: 
Weeks 
In 
ie RRA DE SO 
A 
EE 
SENN SS 
CL TRIS 
LT RSVR 
J 
A 
AR 
Rae 
52 
Yoglont. od Oe 
a Sa 
78 
Rightthandlosh 
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Permanent partial disability shall be considered to be the loss of 
one foot or leg, one hand, one arm, one eye, one or more fingers or toes, 
one or both testicles. 
Phalanges: Compensation for loss of first phalange shall be one-half 
of that for loss of entire phalange. 
Compensation for loss of more 
than one phalange of a digit shall be the same as for loss of entire digit.
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119 
Compensation for any other permanent partial disability not spec- 
ified shall be graded with such disability as 
it resembles most, and 
compensation shall be given for a similar number of weeks, provided 
that such compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars. 
PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY 
(D) Compensation for permanent total disability equal to one-half 
the wages received, payable weekly for a period of 156 weeks provided, 
however, that in no case shall a sum in excess of two thousand dollars 
be paid. 
Permanent total disability shall be considered 
to be the 
total and permanent loss of vision in both eyes; the loss of both feet 
at or above the ankle; the loss of both hands at or above the wrist; 
the loss of one hand, and one foot and such other injuries as result in 
the total and permanent disability of the person to perform any kind 
of labor in remunerative occupations. 
IN CASE OF DEATH 
(E) 
If death ensues at the time of the injury, or within two years 
as a consequence thereof, and the employee leaves no relative who 
depended on him for support, the liability by reason of such death 
shall be limited to the payment of funeral expenses not exceeding 
seventy-five dollars and other expenses for medical services, medicine 
and hospitalization. 
If the employee is survived by a spouse and/or 
any heirs, including illegitimate children, any of whom were dependent 
on him for support partially or totally at the time of his death, they 
shall receive compensation 
of from 
one thousand 
dollars 
to 
two 
thousand dollars graduated according to the earning capacity of the 
decedent and to his probabilities of life according to the American 
Experience Table of Mortality, and in accordance with such rules as 
the Compensation Commission shall prescribe, which rules shall be 
approved and promulgated by the Governor. 
The compensation shall be payable one-half to the surviving spouse 
and one-half to the employee's heirs in the order that they would 
inherit 
an 
intestate 
estate under 
the laws 
of 
this Municipality; 
Provided, however, that payments shall cease: 
(a) to any beneficiary upon death; 
(b) to minors upon reaching the age of eighteen years, unless 
disabled for work or for other good causes shown. 
Upon the application of the beneficiary, compensation may be paid 
in a lump sum, or in installments, in the discretion of the Commission. 
Only for good cause shown may lump sum payments be awarded. 
The total aggregate compensation in any case for injury or death, or 
both, shall not exceed three thousand dollars. 
Section 6. No assignment, release, sale or conveyance of compensa- 
tion due or payable under this Ordinance shall be valid, and such 
compensation shall be exempt from levy, execution and attachment, 
which exemption shall not be waived. 
Compensation shall constitute 
a first priority lien against the assets of an employer. 
No agreement 
by any employee 
to waive 
his right 
to compensation under 
this 
Ordnance shall be valid. 
Section 7. Every employer shall secure the payment of compensa- 
tion under this Ordinance by insuring with any insurance company
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licensed to do business in the Municipality, or by posting bond or 
other security with the Commissioner of Finance, acceptable to him, 
in such amount 
as 
the compensation 
Commission 
may 
require. 
Failure to insure or post bond or security as herein provided shall 
constitute 
a misdemeanor, 
punishable 
by 
fine 
not exceeding 
one 
hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. 
SectioN 8. There is hereby created a Compensation Commission, 
consisting of five commissioners; three of whom shall be appointed by 
the Governor, by and with the consent and advice of the Municipal 
Council, one for a term of three years, one for a term of two years, 
and one for a term of one year; and two elected by the Municipal 
Council from among its members. 
Upon the expiration of the first 
term as above mentioned the Governor’s appointees shall have a term 
of three years. 
The members of the Council shall serve during their 
tenure as such. 
The Commission shall elect its own officers. 
Suction 
9. The Commission shall have power to administer this 
Ordinance; to hold hearings and investigations; to inspect and examine 
places of employment; to receive claims in writing; to prescribe rules 
and regulations; to make studies of safety devices and to issue safety 
orders 
to employers; 
to 
issue subpoenas, 
to compel attendance 
of 
witnesses; to administer oaths; to compel the production of relevant 
documents; to issue orders awarding compensation; to refuse claims, 
and to bring suit in its own name, or in the name and in the behalf of 
any beneficiary. 
Proceedings before the Commission shall be accord- 
ing to such rules as it shall prescribe. 
Parties shall have the right to 
be represented by counsel. 
The Commission shall approve the fee 
of attorneys appearing for employees. 
Orders of the Commission shall be served by personal delivery or by 
registered mail. 
If not in accordance with law, the order awarding 
compensation may be reversed or modified by the District Court upon 
Sppan by any party in interest within 30 days from the date of the 
order. 
Upon application of the Commission or any beneficiary, the District 
Court shall enforce obedience to the orders of the Commission, by 
proper process. 
Section 
10. By personal delivery 
or by mail, written notice 
of 
injury shall be given by the person injured or someone in his behalf to 
the employer or any of his agents within 48 hours after the injury. 
Such notice shall contain the name of the person, the nature of the 
injury, when and where it occurred. 
Section 11. Claims for compensation shall be filed in writing within 
sixty days after the injury on forms to be prepared and supplied to 
claimants by the Commission. 
Each claim shall be sworn 
to by 
the injured person or whoever acts in his behalf, and shall be accom- 
panied by a doctor’s certificate stating the nature and probable extent 
of the disability, or by a death certificate. 
Section 12. After any injury, 
the employee shall, 
as Sraontiy 
and at such times and places as may be reasonably required, submit 
himself 
to examination 
by such 
doctor 
as 
the Commission may 
designate. 
The employee may have his own doctor present 
at 
all 
such examinations. 
If any employee refuses to submit to an examina- 
tion his right to claim compensation under this Ordnance shall be 
suspended until such refusal ceases.
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121 
Section 13. In cases where it may be necessary to determine the 
heirs of a deceased employee, the proceeding in the District Court 
shall be free of all court costs, any right given by this Ordinance to 
any employee shall survive 
to 
his personal representative 
for 
the 
benefit of his heirs. 
SecrioN 
14. The common law 
defenses 
of assumption 
of 
risk, 
negligence 
of 
a fellow servant, and contributory negligence 
of the 
employee are hereby abolished. 
Section 15. Where injury or death results from failure to obey a 
safety order of the Commission, fifteen per cent penalty shall be added 
to any award by the Commission which penalty shall be payable 
directly by the employer. 
Section 16. All laws or Ordinances, or parts thereof, in conflict with 
this Ordinance are hereby repealed. 
Section 17. This Ordinance shall become effective fifteen days after 
its approval by the Governor. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held November 28, 1940. 
LionNeL ROBERTS, 
Ravru PATEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
fifth day of December, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LawrencE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND ORDINANCE OF JUNE 1, 1937, CREATING AN OFFICIAL LOTTERY 
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN TO BE KNOWN 
AS THE 
ST. THOMAS VIRGIN ISLANDS LOTTERY, TO PROVIDE FUNDS 
FOR HOSPITALIZATION, SANITATION, EDUCATION, POOR RELIEF; AND 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCES OF NOVEMBER 
8, 
1937; JANUARY 
21, 
1938; DECEMBER 
20, 
1938, JULY 
1, 
1939, AND 
FEBRUARY 1, 1940 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
an session assembled, That the Ordinance creating an Official Lottery 
in the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John to be known as the 
St. Thomas Virgin Islands Lottery, to provide funds for hospitaliza- 
tion, sanitation, education, poor relief; and 
for other purposes, 
as 
amended by Ordinances 
of November 
8, 
1937, January 21, 
1938, 
December 20, 1938, July 
1, 1939, and February 
1, 1940; 
is hereby 
further amended as follows: 
Amend Section 5 by deleting the following: 
“The December drawing of each year shall be held precisely 
on the 22nd day of said month, and shall be known as a special 
drawing on account 
of the number of tickets issued and 
the 
number and amount of the prizes offered.”
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and substitute the following: 
“The December drawing of each year shall be held between the 
15th and 22nd day of said month, 
as may be decided by the 
Lottery Board, 
and shall be known 
as 
a special drawing on 
account of the number of tickets issued and the number and 
amount of the prizes offered.” 
Section 15 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“The proceeds from the sale of the tickets of the St. Thomas 
Virgin Islands Lottery shall be deposited 
in 
a Special Fund, 
hereby created, with the title ‘Operating Fund of the St. Thomas 
Virgin Islands Lottery’ all expenses of the Lottery, repayment of 
the loan authorized 
in Section 
16 
of this Ordinance, and the 
payment 
of 
prizes, 
shall 
be 
charged 
to 
this 
fund. 
The 
net 
proceeds of the said fund shall be expended solely for hospitaliza- 
tion, sanitation, education and poor relief 
as may be recom- 
mended from time 
to time by the Lottery Board and appro- 
priated 
by 
the Municipal 
Council 
by 
budgets 
or 
additional 
money bills.” 
Section 16 is hereby amended by changing the words: 
“Special trust fund” to “operating fund.” 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held November 28, 1940. 
LioNEL ROBERTS, 
RavpH PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
third day of December, A. p., 1940. 
: 
[SEAL] 
LAWRENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
  
RESOLUTION 
WHrEREAS, the Surplus Marketing Administration of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture is giving consideration to the establishment of the 
Food Stamp Plan in the Virgin Islands; and 
WHEREAS, low wage scales, unemployment and the fiscal weakness 
of the Municipality have contributed to widespread mulnutrition and 
undernourishment among the great majority of the population de- 
pendent on public assistance; Now, therefore, be it 
REesovvEeDp, that the Governor be and he is hereby authorized on 
behalf of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John to enter into 
an agreement with the Surplus Marketing Administration incorporat- 
ing the provisions of a tentative agreement signed by the Governor 
and by James 
S. Allen, Regional Director, and James H. Palmer, 
Assistant Regional Director in charge of Distribution, of the Surplus. 
Marketing Administration, under date of October 20, 1940; and be 
it further 
Resovnvep, that the Governor be and he 
is hereby authorized to 
submit an application to the Work Projects Administration on behalf 
of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John for a Surplus Com- 
modities distribution project to be sponsored by the Municipality of 
St. Thomas and St. John; and be it further
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123 
ResoLvep, that the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to 
bind the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John to make available 
$2,500.00 from public funds as a revolving fund for the purchase of 
stamps issued by the Surplus Marketing Administration. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held October 30, 1940. 
Lionel ROBERTS, 
Rarru PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
sixth day of November, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
Mogrzis F. pe CasTRrO, 
Acting Governor. 
  
AMENDMENT NO. 
13 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940 
TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
Tnerease Item:2,. Income Baxshy. 
Looe 
yr 
0 
0 
eos oo 
$2, 238 
EXPENDITURES: 
Add new Item 40 (c) for sponsoring of a W. P. A. project for 
the makirg of mattresses and maintaining and operating 
sewing rooms in St. Thomas, products to be distributed free 
Of charge to ANE NIReAY . oo vo 
oon Bit 
= mit mp 
ie mm 
oe 
$1, 830 
Add new Item 40 (d) for sponsoring of a W. P. A. project for 
gaNursery School... 
coo 
a laa 
408 
—_ 
2, 238 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held October 30, 1940. 
LioNeEL ROBERTS, 
RavpH PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
sixth day of November, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
Morris F. pe CasTRO, 
Acting Governor. 
  
AMENDMENT NO. 
12 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND SP. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940 TO JUNE 
30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas
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and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 be and is 
hereby amended 
as follows: 
REVENUES: 
1. Direct TAXES: 
: 
Increase Item; 2, Income Tax, Dy. 
uu. adil cin 
naib adams 
$180. 00 
EXPENDITURES: 
Pusric Works DEPARTMENT: 
Item 25, Salaries: Add 
1 Handyman, St. John, at $22.50 per 
; 
month for eight (SF months. 
Lo. cnr 
Senin 
180. 00 
Thus passed by 
the Municipal Council 
of 
St. Thomas and 
St. 
John, at the extraordinary meeting held October 30, 1940. 
: 
LionerL ROBERTS, 
RavLpH PAIRWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
sixth day of November, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
Morris F. pe Castro, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 11 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940 
TO JUNE 
30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. 
Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
be and is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
Increase -Ttem 2, Income Tas, bY oi. 
is 
einai Sans 
$2, 500. 00 
EXPENDITURES: 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Add new item 40 (b) for sponsoring of projects of the Na- 
tional Youth Administration, 
to 
be expended 
with 
the 
advice and consent of the Municipal Committee. ________ 
2, 500. 00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held October 30, 1940. 
LioNEL ROBERTS, 
Ravra PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
sixth day of November, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
Morris F. pE CasTRroO, 
Acting Governor.
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125 
AMENDMENT NO. 10 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, be and 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
Direct TAXES: 
Inecresse Ttem 2, Income Tax, by. 
char mmc i 
rie sha 
am $100. 00 
EXPENDITURES: 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Increase item 30—purchase of auto license plates and badges 
- 
and dog licenses, Dy. 
iho 
dae 
CI 
LE CER 
100. 00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held October 30, 1940. 
LioNeL ROBERTS, 
RALPH PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment 
to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
: 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
sixth day of November, A. D., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
Morris F. pe Castro, 
Acting Governor, 
RESOLUTION 
TO 
PETITION 
THE CONGRESS 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES, 
THROUGH 
THE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF INTERIOR, PRAYING FOR FUNDS 
TO ERECT PUBLIC 
BUILDINGS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
WuEereAs, that before the 76th Congress of the United States, First 
Session, appeared 
a Virgin Islands Delegation, and 
in their testi- 
monies as recorded in the Congressional Record of April 20, 1939; 
also their testimonies before a Sub-Committee on Ways and Means 
in the House of Representatives dated June 26 and 27, 
1939, did 
petition the Congress of the United States, praying for money grants 
to construct and reconstruct public buildings in the Virgin Islands 
such as hospitals, schools, ete. ete. 
And 
WaEREAS, 
the need for granting the petition submitted by the 
Delegation becomes more and more urgent as a necessity for modern 
pavements 
in health, sanitation, hospitalization and education; 
Nn 
* 
WaEREAS, the present need of a building for school purposes has 
shown 
itself 
to 
be extremely urgent through 
a petition herewith 
attached, passed by the Charlotte Amalie High School Parent Teachers 
Association at its regular meeting held Monday, October 
14, 1940, 
duly signed by its President and Secretary praying that the Municipal 
Council for St. Thomas and St. John endorse and forward its petition 
in the form of 
a Resolution to the proper agencies in Washington 
H. Doc. 366, 77-1——9
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praying that funds be appropriated for the erection of 
a suitable 
High School Building. 
Now, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Municipal Council of St. 
Thomas and St. John in session assembled, that the petition of the 
Parent Teachers Association herewith attached, 
be and 
is hereby 
endorsed, and that the said Municipal Council forward this Reso- 
lution to the Congress of the United States, through the Department 
of the Interior, praying that consideration be given this most urgent 
request and that early action be taken and a grant for school purposes 
be obtained. 
BE 
1T FURTHER RESOLVED, 
that copies of this Resolution be for- 
warded through the Governor of the Virgin Islands to other Depart- 
ments at Washington, D. C., concerned in the interest of the Virgin 
slands. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held October 30, 1940. 
LioNEL ROBERTS, 
Ravpa PArewonsky, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
thirtieth day of October, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
Morris F. pe Castro, 
Acting Governor, 
  
PETITION 
In order to carry out the American idea of education for all the 
people, 
at 
a high level, and under satisfactory physical conditions, 
1t is imperative that an adequate high school building be provided 
at Charlotte Amalie, capital of the Virgin Islands. 
The present structures now used for school purposes were formerly 
dwellings, Marine Barracks, garages and adjunct 
to the barracks. 
They are entirely inadequate as to size, lighting arrangements, equip- 
ment, 
sanitation, 
ventilation 
and 
recreational 
facilities. 
These 
facilities are far below the American Standard of modern education. 
The plant is decentralized in ten separate buildings in two separate 
locations, some distance apart, presenting the following problems: 
1. Loss of time in moving classes from building to building. 
2. Traffic danger to students. 
: 
: 
3. Moving from building to building in inclement weather. 
There is constant increasing interest in secondary education which 
has shown itself by an upward trend in enrollment during the past 
two decades. 
The present enrollment being over four hundred. 
In view of the conditions enumerated, the Charlotte Amalie High 
School 
Parent-Teachers 
Association 
hereby 
prays 
the 
Municipal 
Council of St. Thomas and St. John to endorse this, our petition, and 
to forward 
it in the form of 
a resolution, through the Governor of 
the Virgin Islands, to the proper agency in Washington praying that
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127 
funds be appropriated 
for the erection 
of 
a suitable High School 
building. 
Thus passed by the Charlotte Amalie High School Parent-Teachers 
Association at its regular meeting held Monday, October 14, 1940. 
AporrH GEREAU, 
GWENDOLYN Kear, 
President. 
Secretary. 
AMENDMENT NO. 9 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. 
JOHN 
FOR THE 
FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940 
TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled: That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 
1, 1940 to June 30, 
1941 is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
INCREASE: 
Item 
19, 
Operating Fund 
of 
the 
St. Thomas 
Virgin 
Islands Lottery, By 
or 
oe 
a 
$4, 650 
EXPENDITURES: 
PusLic LIBRARY: 
Add Item 20a—~For replacement of Juvenile Library in 
the Public Hibrovy=-__ 
0 
Too 
$1, 650 
DEPARTMENT 
OF EDUCATION: 
Add Item 24d—ZFor expenses of Parental School for 8 
months from November 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941: 
SALARIES: 
One Custodian-Instructor at $100 per month__________ 
800 
One Matron-Assistant at $50 per month______________ 
400 
Two Attendants at $15 per month each_ ____________._ 
240 
EqQuipMENT: 
For necessary equipment at $200. __________________._ 
200 
MAINTENANCE: 
Subsistence of 12 boys at $10. per month ______.______ 
960 
Allowance for ClotiNG oo cov ond ooh nm 
mide er 
5 
hn ke 
100 
For fencing of temporary quarters. 
one oun 
200 
Contigent 
=. 
moray. cca 
Lat hg 
a 
100 
  — 
4, 650 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held October 16, 1940. 
LioneL ROBERTS, 
Birve ParEwoNsKy, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment 
to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-sixth day of October, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LawreENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor.
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AMENDMENT NO. 8 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940, 
TO JUNE 
30, 1940 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 
1, 1940 to June 30, 
1941 be and is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
I. DirEcy TAXDS: 
Increase Item 2, Income Tax by 
EXPENDITURES: 
DEPARTMENT 
OF EDICATION: 
Item 22—Salaries: 
Increase amount appropriated 
for 
19 
Class 
UA Veaohers Dy. 
0. 
oi. 
does 
ae 
$405. 00 
Increase amount appropriated for 4 Class “B”’ 
Teachers, 
Dy..-. 
- 1 
Leta 
al (1g 
90. 00 
Change 
15 First Class Teachers 
to 25 First 
Class Teachers, and increase by__________ 
6, 320. 70 
Change 19 Second Class Teachers to 11 Second 
Class Teachers and reduce by _____________ 
2, 362. 90 
Change 
7 Third 
Class Teachers 
to 
5 Third 
Class Teachers and reduce by____________ 
630. 00 
Increase 
1 
Janitor from 
$420 
to 
$540 
per 
anim lor 
9 monthe 
of Cre 
90. 00 
Total increase, Department of Education. 
3, 912. 80 
DEPARTMENT 
OF HEALTH, MEDICAL SERVICE: 
Item 9—Salaries: 
Increase 
1 Male Nurse from $1,000 to $1,120 
peragpmmumforO months... 
90. 00 
DEPARTMENT 
OF PUBLIC WELFARE: 
Item 17—Salaries: 
Increase 
1 clerk from $660 to $780 per annum 
IO 
months. ra 
90. 00 
PuBrLic WORKS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS: 
Item 25—=Salaries: 
Increase 
1 Supervisor from $960 to $1,080 per 
annumiferOumonthe. 
0 
0 od 
90. 00 
Item 27—Maintenance: 
Increase Item 27 (r), Botanical Garden by___ 
240. 00 
$4, 422. 80 
4, 422. 80 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held October 16, 1940. 
LioNeErL ROBERTS, 
[sBAL] 
RAavLpH PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman, 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-sixth day of October, A. p., 1940. 
LAwRrRENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor.
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129 
AMENDMENT NO. 
7 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE 
FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940 
TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled: That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 is hereby 
amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
1. Direct TAXES: 
Increase ltem 2, INCOME ITAR, OY on oc. crm 
sites = mists siren i msi 
$2, 000. 00 
EXPENDITURES: 
Increase item 7, Salaries: Add 2 Junior Patrolmen at 
$540. eachiforSavonths: 
-... 0... 0... 
a 
2 
$720. 00 
Add new item 8, Salaries of subsitute Police Officers 
and Special Palrolmen.. 
cab icanied 
- sda bdo 
» 
1, 280. 00 
  
2, 000. 00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held October 16, 1940. 
LioNEL ROBERTS, 
Ravrre PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget is hereby sanctioned and ap- 
proved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-sixth day of October, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
LAwrRENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
  
AMENDMENT NO. 
6 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
wn session assembled: That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
EXPENDITURES: 
ITEM 25, SALARIES: 
Change one Foreman-Mason at $1,080 to read ‘One 
Foreman 
Mason 
at 
$1,080 
per 
annum 
for 
ten 
  
(1111 RR RR et 
CROLEY ra en CR a 
$900 
Decrease ol Au tlc. 
de 
aaa 
iia a 
$180. 00 
Change one Electrician $1,080 to ‘One Electrician at 
$1,080 per annum for three months_ 
_ _____________ 
$270 
and at $1,320 per annum for nine months_________ 
$990 
$1, 260 
Lao 
TR AR 
SS 
CDS 
i 
SI 
A 
i Ll 
$180. 00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held October 16, 1940. 
LioNeL ROBERTS, 
RavLpa PAIEWONSKY, 
Chazrman. 
Secretary.
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The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-sixth day of October, A. D., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LawreENCcE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 
5 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN FOR 
THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1940 TO JUNE 
30, 
1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
im session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
Add: 
Item 
19, Operating Fund 
of the 
St. Thomas Virgin Islands 
Lottery. 
Jo 
of 
i 
cat ou ta 
Se 
$660. 00 
EXPENDITURES: 
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE: 
Add: 
Item 18f—Grant 
to 
the Community Chest to 
defray expenses 
of the visiting nurse service 
for the months 
of September 
to December 
1040, inclusive 
6 nda. 
Lh 
ahaa 
aa $160. 00 
DeparTMENT OF EDUCATION: 
Add: 
Item 24c—Grant to the Department of Educa- 
tion to defray expenses 
of ten children from 
St. 
John who are attending High School in St. 
Thomas, during the current fiscal year _____ 
500. 00 
  
$660. 00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held October 16, 1940. 
LioNEL ROBERTS, 
RavLrH PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to .the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-sixth day of October, A. D., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LAwrENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 4 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940 TO JUNE 
30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of 
St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941 
is hereby amended as follows:
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131 
REVENUES: 
Direct TAXES: 
Increase: tem 2, Income Tax, by... 
Ll 
cio Sadi 
ili sl $1,125 
EXPENDITURES: 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Add new item 40 (a). 
Grant to Municipal Scholarship Fund__ 
1,125 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held October 16, 1940. 
Lionel ROBERTS, 
RarLpa PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-sixth day of October, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
LawrENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
  
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND ORDINANCE OF JUNE 25, 1920, TO PROVIDE FOR A MUNICIPAL 
POLICE FORCE FOR ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN AND FOR ITS ORGANI- 
ZATION AND REGULATION, AS AMENDED 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled: Ordinance of June 25, 
1920, 
to provide for 
a 
Municipal Police Force 
for 
St. Thomas and 
St. John and for 
its 
Organization and Regulation is hereby amended as follows: 
Section 3 is changed to read as follows: 
“The actual numerical strength of the Municipal Police Force 
shall at all times be maintained at a number not lower than the 
number 
of police officers provided 
for 
in the current annual 
budget and, except as provided in Section 4, the maximum shall 
not exceed 40 members. 
In case of absence, suspension, or dis- 
ability 
of 
any 
police 
officers, 
substitute patrolmen 
shall 
be 
appointed by the Governor to fill such temporary vacancies for 
the duration of the absence, suspension, or disability of a regular 
member of the force, so that the number of police officers on active 
duty shall always be equal to the total number of officers provided 
for in the current annual budget of the Municipality. 
Substitute 
patrolmen so appointed shall have the same authority as patrol- 
men when on duty and shall be subject to the authority of the 
Director of Police. 
ection : 
is amended by the addition of the following at the end 
thereof: 
“Upon 
the recommendation 
of 
the 
Police Commission 
the 
Governor may deputize persons who are citizens of the United 
States and residents of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. 
John, but not to exceed 10 in number, to act as special patrolmen 
of the Municipal Police Force, with compensation equal to that 
paid for similar ranks and grades in the regular force, and for 
such period of time as the Governor may deem necessary, but
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not to exceed 10 consecutive days except in cases of riot or grave 
public disorder. 
Special patrolmen so deputized shall have the 
same authority as patrolmen when on duty and shall be subject 
to the authority of the Director of Police. 
Secsion 35 is amended by the addition of the following at the end 
thereot: 
“For the purpose of identification all persons convicted of 
a 
felony shall be photographed and fingerprinted by the Police.” 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held October 16, 1940. 
LioNeL ROBERTS, 
RavrH PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-sixth day of October, A. n., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LAWRENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND ORDINANCE OF OCTOBER 13, 1921, APPROVED OCTOBER 17, 1921, 
“SETTING APART CERTAIN DAYS AS HOLIDAYS’ AS AMENDED JUNE 15, 
1927; JUNE 26, 1931; MAY 1, 1933; JUNE 25, 1935 AND JULY 20, 1938 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled: That the Ordinance of October 13, 1921, approved 
October 17, 1921, “setting apart certain days as holidays’ as amended 
by Ordinances of June 15, 1927; June 26, 1931; May 1, 1933; June 25, 
3% and July 20, 1938 be, and the same is hereby further amended as 
follows: 
In Section 
1, after the words “October 25 (Thanksgiving Day)” 
change “the last Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day)” 
to 
read “the Day declared by the President as Thanksgiving Day”. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held October 16, 1940. 
LioNeEL ROBERTS, 
Ravru PATIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-sixth day of October, A. »., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LAwRreENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor.
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133 
RESOLUTION 
TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR 
OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TO EXECUTE 
AND FILE APPLICATIONS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THROUGH 
THE FEDERAL WORKS PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE MUNI- 
CIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN AS SPONSOR FOR AN ALLOT- 
MENT 
TO 
AID 
IN 
PROVIDING 
ADMINISTRATION, 
SUPERVISION 
AND 
INSTRUCTION 
IN THE PRODUCTION 
OF HANDICRAFTS AND CABINET- 
MAKING 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled: 
SectioN 1. That the Governor of the Virgin Islands be and he is 
hereby authorized to execute and file an application in the name of 
and on behalf of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John to the 
United 
States 
of America, 
through 
the 
Federal Works 
Projects 
Administration, for an allotment of $9,000.00 to aid in financing the 
cost of administration, supervision and instruction in the production 
of handicrafts and cabinet-making. 
Section 2. That the Governor of the Virgin Islands be and he is 
hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of the Municipality of 
St. Thomas and St. John sponsor’s agreement for the financing, by 
the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John, of such part of the 
actual cost of the project aforesaid as is not to be supplied from Federal 
funds. 
. 
SectioN 3. That the Governor of the Virgin Islands be and he is 
hereby authorized for and on behalf of the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John to accept contributions of funds from the Virgin Islands 
Cooperatives, Inc., and to set up such funds in a special account to 
be used and expended as sponsor’s contributions for the financing of 
such part of the actual cost of the project aforesaid as is not to be 
supplied from federal funds. 
Thus passed 
by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held October 16, 1940. 
LioNneEL ROBERTS, 
Ravpa PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-sixth day of October, A. »., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
LawrENcE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
A ——— 
RESOLUTION 
CONCERNING 
ADJUSTMENTS 
OF 
CONSTRUCTION 
SCHEDULE 
ON 
NON 
FEDERAL PROJECT NO. 
V. 
I. 
1004—F REHABILITATION 
OF MUNICIPAL 
BUILDING 
WaeEreAs 
the Commissioner 
of 
Public Works, 
Federal Works 
Agency, Washington, D. C., has approved an extension of the present 
construction schedule of non Federal project Docket V. 
I. 1004-F, 
rehabilitation of Municipal Building at Charlotte Amalie, to permit 
its completion by December 31, 1940;
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AND WHEREAS, 
a condition of this extension of time is that the 
cost of any work done after December 31, 1940 shall be omitted from 
the computation of the grant to be made by the United States; 
AND WHEREAS, a further condition is that the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John shall agree to reimburse the United States for 
such expenses, including salaries, for field inspection and auditing 
incurred by the United States after September 30, 1940, not in excess 
of $150.00 as in the determination of the Public Works Administration, 
are reasonable chargeable to the project; 
AND WHEREAS, a further condition is that no part of such amounts 
to be reimbursed to the United States shall be included in the project 
costs upon which the amount of the grant shall be computed; 
Now, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Municipal Council of St. 
Thomas and St. John in session assembled: 
That, the foregoing conditions as fixed by the Public Works Ad- 
ministration, Federal Works Agency, Washington, D. C., are hereby 
agreed to and accepted by the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. 
John, and the Governor of the Virgin Islands, for and on behalf of the 
sald 
Municipality, 
is 
authorized 
and empowered 
to 
execute 
the 
necessary documents, 
to evidence the Municipality’s agreement to 
reimburse the United Statés for such expenses of field inspection and 
auditing as may be incurred by the United States after September 30, 
1940. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held October 16, 1940. 
Lionel ROBERTS, 
RaLra PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Resolution is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-sixth day of October, A. n., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
LAWRENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND ORDINANCE OF FEBRUARY 14, 1930, TO REGULATE THE OPERA- 
TION 
OF MOTOR VEHICLES 
IN 
ST. THOMAS, AS AMENDED 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
wn session assembled: 
Section 8 (a) of the Ordinance of February 14, 1930 to regulate the 
operation of motor vehicles in St. Thomas, as amended, as.follows: 
“The speed of motor vehicles shall not exceed fifteen (15) miles 
per hour within town limits, and at such places as may be desig- 
nated 
by 
the Director; elsewhere thirty 
(30) 
miles 
per 
hour 
when the road is clear” is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“The speed 
of motor vehicles shall not exceed twenty 
(20) 
miles 
per hour within town 
limits. 
Elsewhere 
the 
speed 
of 
motor vehicles shall not exceed thirty (30) miles per hour when 
the road is clear. 
The Director of Police, with the approval of 
the Governor, may reduce these speed limits when in his opinion 
such action is necessary for the public safety.”
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
135 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held October 16, 1940. 
LioNeEL ROBERTS, 
RaLpa PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-sixth day of October, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LawreNncE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
————— 
AMENDMENT NO. 39 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1938 TO JUNE 
30, 
1939 AS CONTINUED 
THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1939 TO JUNE 30, 1940 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
im session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality 
of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1938 to June 30, 1939 
as continued through the fiscal year July 1, 1939 to June 30, 1940, be 
and is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
II—INDIRECT TAXES: 
Increase item 7, Court fees and fees from Police Office, by 
_ ___ 
$24. 00 
EXPENDITURES: 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Add new item 31 (q) for refund of amount deposited in error by 
the Clerk of the District Court. 
ol ioiiion. 
oC 0: 
$24. 00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the ordinary meeting held October 16, 1940. 
LioNneEL ROBERTS, 
Ravpa PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment 
to the Budget 
is hereby sactioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-sixth day of October, A. 
p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LAWRENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
em——— 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND ORDINANCE 
OF FEBRUARY 
16, 
1940 
TO AUTHORIZE THE 
ST. 
THOMAS HARBOR 
BOARD 
TO APPROPRIATE 
A 
CERTAIN 
SUM 
OF 
ITS 
SURPLUS 
FUNDS 
FOR 
A 
LOAN 
TO 
THE 
TREASURY 
OF 
THE 
VIRGIN 
ISLANDS, MUNICIPALITY 
OF 
ST. THOMAS AND 
ST. JOHN 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled, Ordinance of February 16, 1940 to authorize the 
St. Thomas Harbor Board to appropriate a certain sum of its surplus 
funds for a loan to the Treasury of the Virgin Islands, Municipality
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LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
of St. Thomas and St. John is hereby amended to the extent that the 
St. Thomas Harbor Board is authorized to appropriate up to the sum 
of $20,000 from its surplus funds to be made available as a loan to the 
Treasury of the Virgin Islands, Municipality of St. Thomas and St. 
John, to be used and expended to assist in paying the deficit in the 
said Municipal Treasury for the fiscal year July 
1, 1939 to June 30, 
1940. 
Wherever the figure of $15,000 appears in the Ordinance aforesaid, 
the same 1s hereby changed to $20,000.00. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held August 26, 1940. 
LioNEL ROBERTS, 
RarLpH PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-eighth day of August, A. n., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT No. 3 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 1940 TO JUNE 
30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941, 
be and is hereby amended as follows: 
EXPENDITURES: 
GENERAL CONTINGENT: 
Change language of Item 61, General Contingent to read: 
“For 
expenditure 
in 
the 
discretion 
of 
the Governor 
including subscriptions to newspapers for Government 
files, including not to exceed $150.00 for compensation 
and Travel Expenses of members of the School Board, 
and not to exceed $500.00 for defraying the expenses of 
the 
Public 
Utilities Commission, 
including books 
of 
reference, 
office equipment and supplies, employment 
of clerical and stenographic assistance, and 
all other 
necessary expenses.’’ 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St."John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held August 26, 1940. 
LionEL ROBERTS, 
RaLpH PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment 
to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-eighth day of August, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
RoBERT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor.
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137 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND ORDINANCE TO CREATE AND PROVIDE A PUBLIC RECREATIONAL 
FUND 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, Section 2 of the Ordinance of October 23, 1937 
to create and provide a public Recreational Fund is hereby amended 
to read as follows: 
“Section 2. The Recreational Fund herein established shall be 
used as 
a revolving fund from which shall be paid the cost of 
conducting public recreational facilities in the Municipality of 
St. Thomas and St. John, including repair, replacement and pur- 
chase of equipment, and in which all monies collected from the 
operation of such recreational facilities shall be deposited.” 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held August 26, 1940. 
Lionel RoBERTS, 
RavrH PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-eighth day of August, A. ., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
RoBeErT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
AMENDMENT NO. 38 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1938 TO JUNE 
30, 
1939 AS CONTINUED 
THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 
1, 
1939, TO JUNE 30, 
1940 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
in session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1938 to June 30, 1939 
as continued through the fiscal year July 
1, 1939, to June 30, 1940, 
be and is hereby amended as follows: 
EXPENDITURES: 
Municipal COUNCIL: 
Decrease item No. 2, Equipment, DY ..c vc eoeccmanan 
i sidaanaa. 
$75. 00 
PuBLic LIBRARY: 
Increase item No. 
183, Equipment, 
by... 
. occa. 
2:5 
$8. 00 
Increase item No. 19, Maintenance, by________________ 
67. 00 
Stet 
75, 00 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held August 26, 1940. 
LioneL ROBERTS, 
RaLpa PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary.
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The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-eighth day of August, a. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
RoseErT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
  
AMENDMENT NO. 
2 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940 TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941, be and 
is hereby amended as follows: 
EXPENDITURES: 
DEerArRTMENT OF PuBLic WELFARE: 
Item 
18, Maintenance—Change language 
to 
read: “Equip- 
ment and Maintenance.” 
Subitem 18 (e). 
Consumable 
supplies 
and 
services 
necessary 
to the operation of the department, including 
rental of office. 
Change language to read: “Equipment, 
not 
in 
excess 
of $100. 
Consumable 
supplies 
and 
services 
necessary 
to 
the operation 
of the 
department, 
including 
rental 
of 
office.” 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held August 26, 1940. 
LioNEL ROBERTS, 
Ravpa PATtEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Amendment 
to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
twenty-eighth day of August, A. p., 1940. 
[sBAL] 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR 
OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
TO 
BORROW 
FUNDS FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL BANK FOR COMPLETION 
OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, CHARLOTTE AMALIE 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
an session assembled: 
SecrioN 
1. That the Governor of the Virgin Islands be and he is 
hereby authorized and directed for and on behalf of the Municipality 
of St. Thomas and St. John to borrow from the Virgin Islands National
LAWS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS 
139 
Bank, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands of the United 
States, either on promissory note, or upon mortgage with security in 
property No. 20 Dronningens Gade and ‘Quarter, Charlotte Amalie, 
an amount not to exceed Six Thousand Four Hundred and Eighty 
Eight ($6,488.00) Dollars for the purpose of completing the construc- 
tion of the Municipal Building at Charlotte Amalie. 
Section 2. This loan which is to be in addition to the amount of 
$6,931 previously borrowed from the Virgin Islands National Bank, 
with security of first priority mortgage on the said property, shall be 
repaid in full upon receipt of final grant of funds from the United 
States of America, Public Works Administration. 
Section. 
3. The Governor of the Virgin Islands is hereby authorized 
to pay any interest amounts, which may be discounted by the Virgin 
Islands National Bank on promissory notes which may be executed 
hereunder, from funds budgeted to the Municipality of St. Thomas 
and 
St. John under 
“General Contingent”, Budget 
for 
the 
said 
Municipality for the fiscal year 1940-41. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held August 14, 1940. 
LioNeL ROBERTS, 
RALPH PATEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
seventeenth day of August, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
RoseErT M. LOVETT, 
Acting Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
TO 
AMEND 
ORDINANCE 
CREATING 
A 
PUBLIC 
BODY 
CORPORATE 
AND 
POLITIC, TO 
BE KNOWN AS THE MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY TO 
UNDERTAKE 
SLUM 
CLEARANCE 
AND 
PROJECTS 
AND 
TO 
PROVIDE 
DWELLING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS OF LOW INCOME, APPRO- 
PRIATING MONEY 
FOR 
ITS ADMINISTRATIVE AND 
INITIAL EXPENDI- 
TURES, 
DEFINING 
THE 
POWERS 
AND 
DUTIES 
OF 
SUCH 
MUNICIPAL 
HOUSING 
AUTHORITY 
AND 
PROVIDING 
THAT 
ITS 
PROPERTY 
AND 
SECURITIES SHALL 
BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION AND ASSESSMENTS 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
mn session assembled, That Section 5 of the Ordinance creating a public 
body corporate and politic to be known as the Municipal Housing 
Authority to undertake slum clearance and projects ete. ete., is hereby 
amended by deleting therefrom the following sentence: 
“No commissioner of the Authority may be an officer or an 
employee 
of 
the Municipality 
or 
of 
the Government 
of 
the 
Virgin Islands’. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held August 14, 1940. 
LioNEL ROBERTS, 
Ravpe PATEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary.
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The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
seventeenth day of August, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Acting Governor. 
— 
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ORDINANCE 
TO CREATE A PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
wm session assembled: 
Section 1. The following businesses and places affected with 
a 
public interest and devoted to public uses are hereby declared to be 
public 
utilities 
subject 
to 
control 
and regulation 
by 
the Pusric 
Urinities CommissioN hereinafter provided for: 
(a) Electric Light and Power. 
(b) Lighterage. 
(¢) Landing piers or places, docks or wharves. 
(d) Municipal Telephone System. 
. 
(¢) Municipal Salt Water System. 
SecTioN 2. There 
is 
hereby 
created 
and 
established 
a 
Pusuic 
Urinities Commission, hereinafter referred 
to 
as the Commission, 
which shall have the power to control and regulate any and all public 
utilities. 
SectioN 3. The Commission 
shall consist 
of 
five 
duly 
qualified 
members who are citizens of the United States, 
to be appointed by 
the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Municipal 
Council, provided that not more than one member be appointed who 
is an employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands, or of the 
Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John, and not more than one 
member be appointed from among the members 
of the Municipal 
Council of St. Thomas and St. John. 
Three other members shall 
be appointed from among the community at large. 
Provided, further, 
that no member shall have any financial interest in, or be an agent 
or employee of, any utility subject to regulation by the Commission. 
The term of office of such membership shall be two years and they 
shall hold office until their successors are appointed. 
The Commis- 
sion as duly constituted shall appoint its own officers and make rules 
and regulations governing the body. 
Vacancies shall be 
filled by 
appointment by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Munici- 
pal Council, for the unexpired term of such member. 
Section 4. The Commission shall have power to control and regu- 
late all public utilities; to regulate the services rendered; to fix and 
regulate the rates charged for such services; 
to require 
a uniform 
accounting system; to prescribe services and facilities to be furnished; 
to inspect, examine, and audit the books and records; to hold hearings 
and take testimony under oath; 
to summon witnesses and compel 
their attendance by subpena; to subpena records and documents or 
papers relevant to matters within the jurisdiction of the Commission; 
and 
to issue rules and regulations 
in accordance with the powers 
herein conferred.
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141 
Section 5. For the purpose of regulating or fixing rates, the Com- 
mission in its determination of the value of the property devoted to 
the public use, shall consider all relevant factors, including (a) original 
cost, of construction, (b) prudent investment, (¢) going value. 
Section 6. A fair return on the fair value of property devoted to 
public use shall not exceed eight percent (89%). 
Section 7. Rates whether fixed by the business or by order of the 
Commission shall be promulgated by publication 
in 
a local daily 
newspaper designated by 
the Commission, such publication 
to be 
made once a week for six consecutive weeks. 
Section 8. Proceedings 
before 
the 
Commission 
shall 
begin 
by 
petition or application of the Municipality, or an interested party, or 
by the Commission on its own motion. 
Complaints to the Commis- 
sion shall be in writing. 
Notice of hearings shall be served in person 
on all necessary parties. 
The procedure shall be formal in accordance 
with rules of procedure prescribed by the Commission, which shall be 
consistent with this Ordinance. 
The Commission shall keep a record 
of 
its proceedings and meetings. 
Parties may be represented by 
counsel. 
Decisions of the Commission shall take the form of written 
orders, from which an appeal may be taken to the District Court of 
the Virgin Islands. 
Such appeal must be taken within thirty days 
from the date of service of such order on the party, which service shall 
be made in person. 
Notice of appeal shall be served on the Commis- 
sion in like manner. 
: 
SecTION 9. Any violation of this Ordinance, or of the orders, rules 
or regulations, issued by the Commission pursuant to this Ordinance, 
shall subject the offender to 
a fine of not less than fifty ($50.00) 
dollars nor more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars. 
Section 10. When 
authorized 
by Resolution 
of 
the Municipal 
Council of St. Thomas and St. John, the Governor shall grant fran- 
chises, including rights of way, licenses, and easements, which may be 
exclusive, over public property, to public utility operators; provided 
that such franchises shall not exceed a period of twenty years for any 
one period. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held August 14, 1940. 
LioNEL ROBERTS, 
RavrH PAIEWONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
14th day of August, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
LAwreENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
H. Doc. 366, 77-1——10
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AMENDMENT NO. 
1 
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1940, TO JUNE 30, 1941 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John 
wn session assembled, That the Budget for the Municipality of St. 
Thomas and St. John for the fiscal year July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
REVENUES: 
Increase ‘‘Deficit—Further amount needed to Balance” by_____ 
$3, 717. 60 
EXPENDITURES: 
DEPARTMENT 
OF EDUCATION: 
Item No. 22, Salaries: 
Change: 
. 
10 Class A teachers... ... 
$13,536. 40 
4 Class B teachers. _.____ 
2, 193. 00 
17 First-class teachers____ 
16, 094. 40 
21 Second-class teachers__ 
10, 095. 00 
11 Third-class teachers at 
$420°cach. connie 
aan 
4, 620. 00 
tera $46, 588. 80 
To: 
19 Class A teachers______ 
24, 566. 40 
4 Class B teachers_______ 
2, 193. 00 
15 First-class teachers_.__ 
11, 414. 40 
19 Second-class teachers. 
9, 192. 60 
7 Third-class teachers.___ 
2, 940. 00 
—————— 
50), 306. 40 
andnereaserofo 
nn 
il 
en Be 
Le Sel 
A 
3, 717. 60 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held August 1, 1940. 
LioNneEL ROBERTS, 
JACQUES M. SCHIFFER, 
Chairman. 
Acting Secretary. 
The above Amendment to the Budget 
is hereby sanctioned and 
approved in whole. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
second day of August, A. p., 1940. 
[SEAL] 
LawreNcE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND TITLE II, CHAPTER 35, OF THE CODE OF LAWS FOR THE MUNICI- 
PALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
: 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled, That the first sentence of Section 
6, Chapter 35, 
Title 11, of the Code of Laws of the Municipality of St. Thomas and 
St. John, as amended by Ordinance of March 21, 1929, relating to 
the salaries of Third Class Teachers, be and is hereby further amended 
to read ‘‘ The salaries of teachers shall be based upon the classifications 
provided by the Department; Provided, however, that the salaries 
of a Third Class teacher shall not be less than $35.00 per month nor 
more than $45.00 per month:”.
: 
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143 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held August 1, 1940. 
LroNeL ROBERTS, 
JAcQuEs M. SCHIFFER, 
Chairman. 
Acting Secretary. 
The above Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. 
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, this 
second day of August, A. p., 1940. 
[sEAL] 
LAwRENCE W. CRAMER, 
Governor. 
i —— 
ORDINANCE 
TO AMEND ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REVENUES BY LEVYING 
CERTAIN TRADE TAXES; TO IMPOSE CERTAIN PENALTIES; TO REPEAL 
THE TRADE AND LAMP TAX LAWS: AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AP- 
PROVED MAY 
16, 
1938, AND BY ORDINANCES OF JULY 
20, 
1938, AND 
JULY 27, 1938 
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John in 
session assembled: 
Section 
3 of Ordinance to provide additional revenues by levying 
certain Trade Taxes; to impose certain penalties; to repeal the Trade 
and Lamp Tax Laws, and for other purposes, approved May 16, 1938, 
and by Ordinances of July 20, 1938 and July 27, 1938, is hereby further 
amended to read as follows: 
“Section 
3. The Trade Tax 
shall 
be 
assessed, 
levied, 
and 
collected at the rate of one and one-quarter percent of the trade 
of 
persons, 
firms, 
partnerships, 
companies, 
associations, 
and 
corporations importing merchandise for sale or for use in process- 
ing, manufacturing, or other business purposes, and at the rate 
of three-quarters of one percent of the business of banks, banking 
associations, insurance and assurance companies, agencies, hotels, 
butcheries, steamship companies and other business institutions 
not importing merchandise for business purposes, but otherwise 
doing business in the Municipality; except that the rate of three- 
quarters of one percent shall apply to trade in coal and fuel oil 
for bunkering purposes, and except that the tax shall not apply 
to that portion of the trade or business of persons, firms, part- 
nerships, companies, associations, and corporations which con- 
sists 
of 
manufacturing 
and 
processing 
for 
export 
purposes: 
Provided, however, that the words “or other business purposes’ 
and “otherwise doing business in the Municipality”, or words of 
like import, shall not be so construed as to include processing or 
manufacturing for export purposes.” 
This Amendment shall apply 
to quarterly assessments 
of Trade 
Taxes for the period July 1st to September 30, 1940, and thereafter. 
Thus passed by the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, 
at the extraordinary meeting held June 28, 1940. 
LioneL ROBERTS, 
Rares PArEwONSKY, 
Chairman. 
Secretary.
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(Received by the Governor, July 3, 1940.) 
: 
The foregoing Ordinance having been presented to the Governor of 
the Virgin Islands for his approval, and not having been returned by 
him to the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John within 
thirty calendar days, as prescribed by Section 16 of the Organic Act 
of the Virgin Islands of the United States, has become a law without 
his approval. 
Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States, Charlotte 
Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., August 2, 1940. 
: 
RoserT M. LovETT, 
Government Secretary. 
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