property of the United States under his administrative supervision in the Virgin Islands
not needed for public purposes.

 (b) The government of the Virgin Islands shall continue to have control over all
 public property that is under its control on the date of approval of this Act. *

 32. (Amendment of 1890 Act relating to importation of diseased
 animals)

 Section 6 of the Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 414, 416), as amended (21
 U.S.C., 1946 edition, sec. 104), is further amended by inserting the words "and the
 admission into the Virgin Islands" immediately following the word "Texas", so that such
 section will read as follows:

 "The importation of cattle, sheep, and other ruminants, and swine, which are
 diseased or infected with any disease, or which shall have been exposed to such
 infection within sixty days next before their exportation, is prohibited: Provided, That
 the Secretary of Agriculture, within his discretion and under such regulations as he
 may prescribe, is authorized to permit the admission from Mexico into the State of
 Texas and the admission into the Virgin Islands of cattle which have been infested with
 or exposed to ticks upon being freed therefrom. Any person who shall knowingly
 violate the foregoing provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on
 conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not
 exceeding three years, and any vessel or vehicle used in such unlawful importation
 within the knowledge of the master or owner of such vessel or vehicle that such
 importation is diseased or has been exposed to infection as herein described, shall be
 forfeited to the United States." *



 33. {Amendment of 1903 Act relating to prevention of introduction and
 dissemination of contagious diseases of animals, poultry, etc.)

 Section 2 of the Act of February 2, 1903 (32 Stat. 791, 792), as amended (21
U.S.C., 1946 edition, sec. 111), is hereby further amended by striking out the period
and adding at the end thereof the following: ": Provided, That no such regulations or
measures shall pertain to the introduction of live poultry into the Virgin Islands of the
United States.". *