attendance at the sessions of the municipal councils and in going to and returning
from the same. *

 12. (Same; Municipal Committees; appointment and powers)

 Each municipal council shall annually appoint from among its members, for a
term of one year, three members to serve as a standing committee, which, under the
name of the "Municipal Committee", shall advise the Governor concerning the
management of the fiscal affairs of the municipality, and concerning matters relating to
the municipality. The procedure of the Municipal Committee shall be in accordance
with bylaws adopted by the municipal council and approved by the Governor. The
Municipal Committee shall have power when granted by local law to recommend to
the Governor transfers between items in the annual budgets, and loans from municipal
funds, but no such transfers or loans shall be made by the Governor except upon the
recommendation of the Municipal Committee. *

 13. {Same; meetings of councils; time and place)

 Each municipal council shall assemble for ordinary meetings on a certain day
 of every second month, which day shall be previously fixed by the Governor for the
 whole year, and for extraordinary meetings at the call of the Governor or the chairman
 of the council. The Governor may postpone the meetings of the municipal councils, but
 not for a longer period than fourteen days. The Municipal Council of Saint Thomas and
 Saint John shall convene at Saint Thomas, and the Municipal Council of Saint Croix
 shall convene at Christiansted. *

 14. {Same; introduction of bills in councils by Governor; submission of
 annual budget; submission of reports}

 The Governor may introduce bills in the respective municipal councils. The
 Governor shall submit to the respective municipal councils, at least ninety days before
 the close of each fiscal year, a budget of estimated receipts and expenditures for the
 respective municipalities, which shall be the basis for the annual local appropriation
 bills for such municipalities. He shall from time to time submit to the respective
 municipal councils such reports concerning the fiscal affairs of the municipalities as
 may be requested by resolution of either municipal council. *

 15. (Same; quorum of councils; vote on adoption of bills; journals)

 The quorum of each municipal council shall consist of an absolute majority of
 all its members. No bill shall become a law until it shall be passed by a majority (yea-
 and-nay) vote of the members present and voting of the municipal council having
 jurisdiction, entered upon the journal, and approved by the Governor, except as
 otherwise herein provided. Each municipal council shall keep a journal of its