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48 U.S.C. § 1421g — Establishment and maintenance of public bodies and offices

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48 U.S.C. § 1421g — Establishment and maintenance of public bodies and offices

**(a) Public health services** Subject to the laws of Guam, the Governor shall establish, maintain, and operate public-health services in Guam, including hospitals, dispensaries, and quarantine stations, at such places in Guam as may be necessary, and he shall promulgate quarantine and sanitary regulations for the protection of Guam against the importation and spread of disease. **(b) Public educational system** The Government of Guam shall provide an adequate public educational system of Guam, and to that end shall establish, maintain, and operate public schools according to the laws of Guam. **(c) Office of Public Prosecutor; Office of Public Auditor** The Government of Guam may by law establish an Office of Public Prosecutor and an Office of Public Auditor. The Public Prosecutor and Public Auditor may be removed as provided by the laws of Guam. **(d) Attorney General** (1) The Attorney General of Guam shall be the Chief Legal Officer of the Government of Guam. At such time as the Office of the Attorney General of Guam shall next become vacant, the Attorney General of Guam shall be appointed by the Governor of Guam with the advice and consent of the legislature, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor of Guam. (2) Instead of an appointed Attorney General, the legislature may, by law, provide for the election of the Attorney General of Guam by the qualified voters of Guam in general elections after 1998 in which the Governor of Guam is elected. The term of an elected Attorney General shall be 4 years. The Attorney General may be removed by the people of Guam according to the procedures specified in [section 1422d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1422d&num=0&edition=prelim) or may be removed for caus

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**(a) Public health services** Subject to the laws of Guam, the Governor shall establish, maintain, and operate public-health services in Guam, including hospitals, dispensaries, and quarantine stations, at such places in Guam as may be necessary, and he shall promulgate quarantine and sanitary regulations for the protection of Guam against the importation and spread of disease. **(b) Public educational system** The Government of Guam shall provide an adequate public educational system of Guam, and to that end shall establish, maintain, and operate public schools according to the laws of Guam. **(c) Office of Public Prosecutor; Office of Public Auditor** The Government of Guam may by law establish an Office of Public Prosecutor and an Office of Public Auditor. The Public Prosecutor and Public Auditor may be removed as provided by the laws of Guam. **(d) Attorney General** (1) The Attorney General of Guam shall be the Chief Legal Officer of the Government of Guam. At such time as the Office of the Attorney General of Guam shall next become vacant, the Attorney General of Guam shall be appointed by the Governor of Guam with the advice and consent of the legislature, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor of Guam. (2) Instead of an appointed Attorney General, the legislature may, by law, provide for the election of the Attorney General of Guam by the qualified voters of Guam in general elections after 1998 in which the Governor of Guam is elected. The term of an elected Attorney General shall be 4 years. The Attorney General may be removed by the people of Guam according to the procedures specified in [section 1422d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1422d&num=0&edition=prelim) or may be removed for cause in accordance with procedures established by the legislature in law. A vacancy in the office of an elected Attorney General shall be filled— (A) by appointment by the Governor of Guam if such vacancy occurs less than 6 months before a general election for the Office of Attorney General of Guam; or (B) by a special election held no sooner than 3 months after such vacancy occurs and no later than 6 months before a general election for Attorney General of Guam, and by appointment by the Governor of Guam pending a special election under this subparagraph.

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48 U.S.C. § 1422d — Transfer of functions from government comptroller for Guam to Inspector General, Department of the Interior

**(a) Functions, powers, and duties transferred** The following functions, powers, and duties heretofore vested in the government comptroller for Guam are hereby transferred to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, for the purpose of establishing an organization which will maintain a satisfactory level of independent audit oversight of the government of Guam: (1) The authority to audit all accounts pertaining to the revenue and receipts of the government of Guam, and of funds derived from bond issues, and the authority to audit, in accordance with law and administrative regulations, all expenditures of funds and property pertaining to the government of Guam including those pertaining to trust funds held by the government of Guam. (2) The authority to report to the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of Guam all failures to collect amounts due the government, and expenditures of funds or uses of property which are irregular or not pursuant to law. **(b) Scope of authority transferred** The authority granted in paragraph (a) shall extend to all activities of the government of Guam, and shall be in addition to the authority conferred upon the Inspector General by chapter 4 of title 5. **(c) Transfer of personnel, assets, etc., of office of government comptroller for Guam to Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior** In order to carry out the provisions of this section, the personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available or to be made available, of the office of the government comptroller for Guam related to its audit function are hereby transferred to the Office of Inspector General, Depar

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48 U.S.C. § 1421g — Establishment and maintenance of pub-

Page 101 TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS § 1421g NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said section 28 of the Organic Act of Guam [this section] and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: 1. The following-described real and personal property of the United States in Guam is hereby reserved to the United States and placed under the control and juris- diction of the Secretary of the Navy: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer such portions of such property to the Department of the Army, the De- partment of the Air Force, and the Coast Guard as may be required for their respective purposes: (a) All of that real property in Guam situated within the perimeter areas defined in the following-designated condemnation proceedings in the Superior Court of Guam, being the same property quitclaimed by the Naval Government of Guam to the United States of America by deed dated July 31, 1950, and filed for record with the Land Registrar of Guam on August 4, 1950 (Presentation No. 22063): Condemna- tion pro- ceedings Civil No. Perimeter area Facility Acres 2–48 4,566.757 North Field. 5–48 9.372 Mt. Santa Rosa Water Reservoir and Supply Lines. 6–48 5.990 Mt. Santa Rosa-Marbo Water Lines. 7–48 5.990 Tumon Maui Well Site. 2–49 4,803.000 Naval Ammunition Depot. 3–49 44.651 Primary Transmission Line. 4–49 12.169 Mt. Santa Rosa-Marbo Water Line Easement. 5–49 6,332.000 Apra Harbor Reservation. 2–50 6.450 Aceorp Tunnel. 3–50 35.391 Camp Dealy. 4–50 0.637 Tumon Bay Recreation Area Utility Lines. 5–50 24.914 Agana Springs. 6–50 41.360 Asan Point Tank Farm. 7–50 85.032 Asan Point Housing. 8–50 137.393 Medical Center. 9–50 45.630 Agafo Gumas. 10–50 4,798.682 Naval Communication S

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