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‘Executive Order
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WHEREAS,
by virtue
of
the Treaty of
Cession
entered
into on August 4,
19186,
“between
the United
States
of
Amerieca
and Denmark,
the sovereign rights
there-
tofore
exercised
by
Denmark
over
the
Danish
West
Indies
passed
to the
Uni-
ted States
in accordance
with the
terms
thereof; and
s
WHEREAS,
by
vir'ue
of
Section
1
of
the
Act of Congress
approved
March
3,
1917
entitled
“‘An Act
to
Provide
for
a
Temporary
Government
of
the
Virgin
Islands
of
the
United
States’’ all
mili-
tary, eivil and judicial pgwers
necessary
to govern
the said
Islands
are
vested
in
the &overnor therecf;
and
WHEREAS,
by Executive Order,:No.
12,
dated April 22,
1920,
made
under
the
au-
thority of the aforesaid
Act of Congress,
approved
by the President
of the United
States
on June
18; 1920,
and
promulga-
ted at St.
Thomas,
- Virgin Islands
of the
United States
on June
22,
1920, the
tem-
vorary law
of
the Danish
Rigsdag
cor-
firmed
Oectober
2,
1914,
was
abrogated
eftective
on and
after
August
23,
1920,
and it
was
decreed
that
Section
1
and
Section
3 of the
Danish
lLaw
confirmed
March 29,
1904
shall, upon such
abroga-
tion
becoming
effective,
stand
in full
force and effect
; and
A
WHEREAS,
the
National
Bank
of the
Danish
West
Indies
has
made representa-
tinns
to the
Government
of the
United
States
that
on account
of
the diffienities
and
delays
incident
to communication,
it will ind
great difficulty in complying
with
the aforesaid
Executive
Order
on
its elective date,
and has requested
that -
thie effective date
of the said
Execntive
CHRISTIANSTED.
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A..
FRIDAY
20t
“UGUST
1920.
Order
be
extended
for a period of
sixty
da%;;
and
HEREAS,
the Nationai
Bank
of
th:
Danish
West
Indies
has
made
further
representations
concerning
the
secarcity
of gold coin of Danish
West
Indian
mint-
age
with which
to redeem
its notes:
Now, THEREFORE,
I, J. W. Oman,
Gov-
{
ernor of th> Virgin Islands
of the United
States,
acting under
the
authority of the
aforesaid
Act of Congress,
do hereby
ex-
tend
the
date
upon
which the
aforesaid
Executive Order No.
12
shall become
ef-
tective and fix Oetober
25,
1920,
as
the
definitive date
on
and
after
which
the
¢
said Order
shall
be effective.
'
And I further
decree
that the
afore-
|
said Executive
Order No.
12 be
and it is
.
hereby
so far modified
that
the National
j
Bank of the Danish
West Indies,
in
ful-
filling its obligation to redeem
its
notes
|
on
and after
October
25,
1920,
may
re-
'
deem
such
nntes
as
are presented
at
its
!
principal
office in
St. Thomas
either
in
|
gold coin
of the
Danish
West
Indies
or,
J
at the
fixed
rate
of
96.5
cents
United
|
States
for
5 franes,
Danish,
in
United
{
States
coin or currency,
including United
States
gold
coins,
silver,
nickel
an:
bronze
coins, gold and
silver certiticates,
.
notes
issued
by
the United
States
and
'
notes
issued
through
or by the
Federal
'
reserve
barks
and by the Nationai Banks
o the United States;
provided,
however,
'
that
United
States
gold
coins
may
be
|
used
in redeeming
the
aforesaid
notes
i
only if
such
coins
be
within
the
legal
i
limit of
tolerance
in
regard
to
fineness
I
and weight
as provided
in Sections
3535,
3536
and
3537
of
the
Revised
Statutes
’
of
the
United.
States,
and
that
Uni-
.
ted States
subsidiary
silver,
nickel
and
~
bronze
coins may he
used only
up to the
'
respective
.mounts
for
which such
coins
are legal tender
umnder
the
laws of
the
©
United States.
,
,
T
Except
so far
as herein
modified,
the
aforesaid
Execative
Order No.
12
shall
~
remain in full foree and effect.
Witness
my
hand and
the
seal
of the
-
Government
of the Virgin Islands
of the
United Sta.es,
at
St.
Thomas,
this
Bth
day of August 1920,
:
S
"
.
J.
W. OMAN.
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i
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ist
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.
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