Virgin Islands
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Excerpt from Virgin Islands: Report of Joint Commission Appointed Under Authority of the Concurrent Resolution Passed by the Congress of the United States, January, 1920 In January, 1920, Congress passed the following concurrent resolution: Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That a joint commission to consist of three Members of the Senate and three Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Vice President of the United States and the Speaker of the House, respectively, is hereby created to visit the Virgin Islands and to report fully to Congress as to existing conditions in the said islands, and particularly to report and recommend action by Congress, if need there be therefor, with reference to whether the present government, under Executive direction, should be superseded by civil government, provided by Congress, as contemplated by act of March 3, 1917 (39 Stats., p. 1132), said government being now only temporary in character and, by order of the President, being now vested in officers of the Navy; also, as to whether Congress should at this time provide for a civil government of the islands by an organic act: also what, if any, legislation is necessary pending the formation and adoption of an organic act, and as to the general conditions existing in the islands. Said report to be filed at the earliest date practicable, and during the Sixty-sixth Congress. Under the provisions of this act the President of the Senate appointed William S. Kenyon, of Iowa; Walter E. Edge, of New Jersey, and Edward J. Gay, of Louisiana, as Senate members of such commission; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives appointed Horace M. Towner, of Iowa; Finis J. Garrett, of Tennessee; and Philip P. Campbell, of Kansas, as House members of such commission. The Secretary of the Navy designated Rear Admiral James H. Oliver, United States Navy, and Maj. Jesse F. Dyer, United States Marine Corps, to accompany the commission on its visit to the islands. In accordance with the suggestion and arrangement made by the Secretary of the Navy the commission went by rail from Washington to Key West, where the U. S. S. Dolphin was placed at their disposal. It arrived at the harbor of St. Thomas at noon Thursday, February 5. The commission proceeded to the administration building, where they attended a session of the Colonial Council. Following this, at 3.35 p.m., the commission began its hearings, first receiving the statements and testimony of members of the Colonial Council. Other witnesses were also heard and these hearings continued, usually with three sessions each day, during the stay of the commission in the islands. February 7, the commission sailed from St. Thomas to the island of St. John, arriving at 2.30 p.m. The testimony of several witnesses was heard as to conditions on that island. The commission then sailed from St. John to St. Croix, arriving there in the night. On the following day the members of the commission visited various parts of the island, and in the afternoon received some delegations representing various interests of the island on board the Dolphin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of
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