Research Catalog

Title

The History of the legislature of the United States Virgin Islands / compiled and edited by John Collins.

Publication

[St. Croix] (P.O. Box 865, St. Croix 00820) : Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands, [1983]

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Additional Authors

Collins, John.

Description

92 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Foreword / by Senate President , Ruby M. Rouss -- Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature -- Members of the Fourteenth Legislature -- Committees of the Fourteenth Legislature -- Structure of the Legislature -- Senator becomes Senate President -- New members entering the Fifteenth Legislature -- The historical evolution of the Legislature / by Rudolph E. Krigger, Jr. -- Transfer of the Islands from Denmark to the United States -- Members of the First through the Fourth Municipal Councils -- President of the Legislative Assemblies -- Members of the Fifth through the Ninth Municipal Councils -- Members of the First and Thirteenth Legislatures -- Presidents of the Legislatures -- Oldest living former legislator -- Historical development of the Legislature / by Dr. Rev. Charles Peters -- Members of the four most recent Legislatures -- The advent of Representative Government / by Dr. William W. Boyer --
• Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and a Delegate to Congress were former legislators -- A brief political history of the U.S. Virgin Islands / by Gov. Ralph M. Paiewonsky -- Colonial Councils -- Photographs of the Early Legislatures -- Reflections of a former legislator / by Earl B. Ottley -- Impromptu caucuses of members of the Legislature -- Women legislators -- First Constitutional Convention -- Gubenatorial State of the Territory Addresses -- Confirmation Hearings -- Honors ceremonies -- Medal of Honor recipients -- Distinguished visitors to the Legislature -- Renovation of the Senate Chambers -- Renovation of the Senate Conference Room -- Meetings at Bluebeard's Castle Hotel -- New Offices of the Legislative Counsel -- Reminiscences of twenty years in the Legislature by former Senator Fritz Lawaetz -- The staff of the Legislature -- Senate Pages -- Virgin Islands youth visit their Legislature --
• The Legislature Buildings on St. Croix -- Comparative committee workloads of three Legislatures -- The Virgin Islands Flag, Bird and Flower -- The Virgin Islands Anthem -- Statistics and significant facts about the U.S. virgin Islands -- Significant photographs of past legislatures -- State of the Legislature by Senate President Rouss -- Senate President Rouss' departing gift to the Legislature -- Acknowledgments -- Photographs of St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas / by Fritz Henle. United States Virgin Islands. History.

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Harvard Library