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Judicial Officers of the U.S. Virgin Islands Superior Court [4] Title Name Judicial District First term began Current term ends First appointed by; Judge Harold W. L. Willocks: St. Croix 2009 2022 John P. de Jongh, Jr. Judge Kathleen Y. Mackay St. Thomas/St. John 2012 2025 John P. de Jongh, Jr. Presiding Judge Debra S. Watlington St. Thomas/St ...
The U.S. Virgin Islands legislature has 15 seats: 7 seats are for the Saint Croix District, 7 seats are for the Saint Thomas and Saint John District, and one seat is for someone who must live in Saint John. [2] The U.S. Virgin Islands have no municipalities; the only government is for the territory as a whole. [4]
May 14, 2010: The Virgin Islands Smoke-Free Act; August 20, 2010: Domestic Violence Prevention Act of 2010 + An Act requesting Department of Property and Procurement to identify property on St. Thomas to develop an automobile race track. + An Act appropriating $40,000 to VITEMA for tsunami escape route signs and tsunami preparedness. [5]
Camille Pissarro, A Creek in St. Thomas (Virgin Islands), 1856, National Gallery of Art. Pissarro was born on St. Thomas. The first British invasion and occupation of the island occurred in 1801. The islands were returned to Denmark in 1802, under the terms of the Treaty of Amiens. Fire destroyed hundreds of homes in Charlotte Amalie in 1804.
The District Court of the Virgin Islands [1] (in case citations, D.V.I.) is a United States territorial court with jurisdiction over federal and diversity actions in the United States Virgin Islands, a United States territory and more specifically an insular area that is an unincorporated organized territory.
The Legislature of the Virgin Islands is the territorial legislature of the United States Virgin Islands. The legislative branch of the unincorporated U.S. territory is unicameral, with a single house consisting of 15 senators, elected to two-year terms without term limits. The legislature meets in Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas.
August 4, 2023: Act No. 8735: An Act amending Title 20, V.I. Code, part II, chapter 39 section 436 (b), expanding the definition of “disabled veteran” for the purposes of eligibility for a handicapped window decal. Bill No. 35-0036: An act clarifying the duties and responsibilities of the executive director of the Taxicab Commission.
The Virgin Islands's territorial legislature is the 15-member Legislature of the Virgin Islands. The body is unicameral and comprises seven senators from the district of Saint Croix, seven senators from the district of Saint Thomas and Saint John, and one senator at-large (who must be a resident of Saint John). They are elected for a two-year ...