48 U.S.C. § 1391 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6,

Page 86 TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS § 1391 1 See References in Text note below. SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS Editorial Notes CODIFICATION A new organic act, or basic charter of civil govern- ment, for the people of the Virgin Islands of the United States, was passed in 1954. Act July 22, 1954, ch. 558, 68 Stat. 497, known as the Revised Organic Act of the Vir- gin Islands, is set out as section 1541 et seq. of this title. Section 8(c) of the Revised Organic Act, set out as section 1574(c) of this title, provides that laws of the United States, set out generally in this chapter, as well as local laws and ordinances, including provisions of the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States, act June 22, 1936, ch. 699, 49 Stat. 1807, section 1405 et seq. of this title, in force on July 22, 1954, and not inconsistent with act July 22, 1954, are to remain in force and effect until otherwise changed. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS For additional provisions, constituting a revision of the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States, see section 1541 et seq. of this title. DELEGATE TO CONGRESS FROM VIRGIN ISLANDS Provisions respecting representation in Congress by a Delegate from Virgin Islands to the House of Rep- resentatives, see section 1711 et seq. of this title. § 1391. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 643 Section, act Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 171, § 1, 39 Stat. 1132, pro- vided for appointment and pay of Governor of Virgin Is- lands and other employees. § 1392. Local laws continued; courts Until Congress shall otherwise provide, insofar as compatible with the changed sovereignty and not in conflict with the provisions of this sec- tion and sections 1391 1 and 1394 to 1396 of this title, the laws regulating elections and the elec- toral franchise as set forth in the code of laws published at Amalienborg the 6th day of April, 1906, and the other local laws, in force and effect in said islands on the 17th day of January, 1917, shall remain in force and effect in said islands, and the same shall be administered by the civil officials and through the local judicial tribunals established in said islands, respectively; and the orders, judgments, and decrees of said judicial tribunals shall be duly enforced. With the ap- proval of the President, or under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe, any of said laws may be repealed, altered, or amend- ed by the colonial council having jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the judicial tribunals of said islands shall extend to all judicial proceedings and controversies in said islands to which the United States or any citizen thereof may be a party. (Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 171, § 2, 39 Stat. 1132; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39, 62 Stat. 992.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 1391 of this title, referred to in text, was re- pealed by Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 643. AMENDMENTS 1948—Act June 25, 1948, repealed last sentence relat- ing to appeals. See section 1294 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1948 AMENDMENT Amendment by act June 25, 1948, effective Sept. 1, 1948, see section 38 of that act set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 1 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. § 1392a. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 650, 654 Section, acts May 24, 1940, ch. 209, § 3, 54 Stat. 220; July 31, 1946, ch. 704, § 1, 60 Stat. 716; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 30, 62 Stat. 991, related to salary of judge of Dis- trict Court. Section was formerly classified to section 5a of Title 28 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 869. § 1392b. Repealed. Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 308(c), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1710 Section, act July 1, 1932, ch. 370, § 2, 47 Stat. 565, vest- ed in District Court of Virgin Islands jurisdiction of prosecutions for violations of section 1399 of this title, relating to obstruction of navigable waters. § 1393. Repealed. Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 308(a), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1710 Section, act July 12, 1921, ch. 44, § 1, 42 Stat. 123, de- clared as ineligible to hold office as a member of colo- nial councils of Virgin Islands or any other public of- fice under Virgin Islands government, anyone owing al- legiance to any country other than United States. § 1394. Customs duties and internal-revenue taxes There shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles coming into the United States or its possessions from the Virgin Islands the rates of duty and internal-revenue taxes which are re- quired to be levied, collected, and paid upon like articles imported from foreign countries: Pro- vided, That all articles, the growth or product of, or manufactured in, such islands, from mate- rials the growth or product of such islands or of the United States, or of both, or which do not contain foreign materials to the value of more than 20 per centum of their total value, upon which no drawback of customs duties has been allowed therein, coming into the United States from such islands shall be admitted free of duty. In determining whether such a Virgin Islands ar- ticle contains foreign material to the value of more than 20 per centum, no material shall be considered foreign which, at the time the Virgin Islands article is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, may be imported into the continental United States free of duty generally. (Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 171, § 3, 39 Stat. 1133; Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 909, 64 Stat. 784.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1950—Act Sept. 7, 1950, permitted free entry of arti- cles into the United States from the Virgin Islands