be enacted until it shall be passed by a two-thirds majority vote of the members
present. The municipal councils shall not enact laws or ordinances in conflict with the
enactments of the legislative assembly. *


 8. (Same; elections, time of holding)

 The present colonial councils shall continue to function until January 1, 1937.
 The next general election in the Virgin Islands shall be held on November 3, 1936. At
 such election there shall be chosen the entire membership of each council as herein
 provided. Thereafter the elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first
 Monday in November, beginning with the year 1938, and every two years thereafter.
 The terms of office of members of the respective colonial councils of the municipalities
 of Saint Thomas and Saint John and of Saint Croix, whose terms of office under
 existing law would expire prior to January 1, 1937, are hereby extended to that date.


 9. (Same; eligibility to membership in municipal councils)

 No person shall be eligible to be a member of either municipal council unless
 he is a citizen of the United States, over twenty-five years of age, is a qualified voter of
 the municipality in which elected, has resided in the Virgin Islands for a period of not
 less than three years next preceding the date of election, and has not been convicted
 of a felony or of a crime involving moral turpitude. Each municipal council may exclude
 from membership therein persons receiving compensation from the Government of the
 United States or from either of the municipal governments of the Virgin Islands. *

 10. {Same; compensation and travel allowance of members)

 The members of each municipal council shall receive allowance for actual
travel expenses and such reasonable subsistence as may be prescribed by the
council. *

 11. {Same; powers of councils; exemption from liability for speech in
 council; privilege from arrest)

 The respective municipal councils shall be the sole judges of the elections,
returns, and qualifications of their members, shall be vested with the authority and
attributes inherent in legislative bodies, and shall jointly or separately have the power
to institute and conduct investigations, issue subpenas to witnesses and other parties
concerned, and administer oaths. Existing rules of the colonial councils shall continue
in force and effect, except as inconsistent with this Act, until altered, amended, or
repealed by the respective municipal councils. No member shall be held to answer
before any tribunal other than the respective municipal councils themselves for any
speech or debate in the municipal councils and the members shall in all cases, except
treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their