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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1571. Legislature
(a) Designation and unicameral character
The legislative power and authority of the Virgin Islands shall
be vested in a legislature, consisting of one house, to be
designated the "Legislature of the Virgin Islands", herein referred
to as the legislature.
(b) Composition; legislative districts; method of elections
The legislature shall be composed of members to be known as
senators. The number of such senators shall be determined by the
laws of the Virgin Islands. The apportionment of the legislature
shall be as provided by the laws of the Virgin Islands: Provided,
That such apportionment shall not deny to any person in the Virgin
Islands the equal protection of the law: And provided further, That
every voter in any district election or at large election shall be
permitted to vote for the whole number of persons to be elected in
that district election or at large election as the case may be.
Until the legislature shall provide otherwise, four members shall
be elected at large, five shall be elected from the District of
Saint Thomas, five from the District of Saint Croix, and one from
the District of Saint John, as those Districts were constituted on
July 22, 1954,
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