Act No. 7386 — An Act establishing and convening the 5thRevision Convention ---0---
ACTNO, 7386 BILL NO. 29-0236 TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS Regular Session 2012 An Act establishing and convening the 5thRevision Convention ---0--- WHEREAS, the American Law Division of the Library of Congress found, in response to inquiries from concerned officials, that the congressional authorization to draft a Virgin Islands constitution granted by federal law is a general grant of authority which did not expire when the prior conventions failed to secure a constitution, and that the Virgin Islands could continue in its pursuit of a constitution under the same conditions as were described in Public Law No. 94-584 without need for further Congressional action; and WHEREAS, the United States Congress authorized the Virgin Islands to establish a constitutional convention, and the rights, duties and obligations of the Convention, as established for the drafting of a proposed constitution, as set forth in Public Law No. …
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