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THE HOME JOURNAL
A Virgin Islands Publication
Published Every Monday,
Wednesday an(f, Saturday
EARLEB. OTTLEY . .. ... Editor
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Monday, September 22, 1952
Special Session
The Legislative Assem
bly of the Virgin Islands
will meet here on Friday
to over-ride Governor de
Castro’s veto of the bill to
establish the office of the
Legislative Contact Repre
sentative in Washington,
D.C. We are happy over
the decision, and the fact
that the Assembly is vir
tually unanimous on the
question.
The Governor’s main ar
gument against the bill,
his declaration that the A
ssembly violated Section 24
of the Organic Act which
provides that the Gover
nor shall make appoint
ments to all positions in
the municipal budgets is
weak and ground] ss.That
the legislature ha s the
power to elect or appoint
a legislative officer such
as the Contact Ropresen
tative appears to be fully
supported not only by the
Organic Act, but also by
U. S. court decisions in
volving cases of a similar
nature.
In his vet o m-ssage,
Covernor de Castro em
prasized that lre alone as
Chief Executive exercised
the right to make appoint
ments to positions. This
must be a sudden discov
ery. The Governor ap
proved the ordinance
which gives the Virgin Is
lands Tourist Devel pment
Board the power to select
and appoint its own Direc
tor and other employees.
When this bill was passed
we didn’t hear the Gover
nor quoting section 2 4
and claiming to have ex
clusive right to make the
appointments. Similarly,
no objection or cries of un
constitutionality were
raised by t h e Governor
when other laws authoriz
the Boards of Directors of
the St. Thomas Power Au
thority and The St. Tho
mas Development Authori
ty to appoint their General
Managers became effective.
[f the Governor felt he had
theright to make all ap
pointments, it is Strange he
did not seek to exercise it
recently when oneof the
Authorities enla ;ed him by
selecting a m a n to whom
he was violently opposed.
[t is gratifying to see
that the Assembly is not
taking the vetolying down,
and because of the benefits
which the islands stand to
reap from an investment
in the office of Legislative
Contact Representative in
Washington, we believe
that the people generally
applaud the Assembly’s de
termined stand.
Card Os Thanks
The family of the late James
A. Kean expresses its deep ap
preciation and thanks to al |
those who by their expressions
of sympathy made his passing
easier to bear.
Amended Notice of Registration
It is hereby brought to pub
lic notice that the Notices of
'Registration previously issued
‘and published are amended in
‘accordance with the following
'schedule of meetings to be
‘held by the Board:
St. Thomas Town District
- At French Town(The Clinie)
on Sunday, September 28,1952
from 4 o’clock to so’clock p.m.
At Fort Christian on Friday,
October 3. 1952 from 7 o’clock
to 9 o’clock p.m, instead of 4
to 6 o’clock p.m.
Alphonso A. Christian
Chairman, Electoral Board
St. Thomas and St. John
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