unexpired term and until he or his successor shall have been duly elected and
qualified at the next regular election for Lieutenant Governor.

 "(e) In case of the temporary disability or temporary absence of both the
 Governor and the Lieutenant Governor, the powers of the Governor shall be exercised,
 as Acting Governor, by such person as the laws of the Virgin Islands may prescribe. In
 case of a permanent vacancy in the offices of both the Governor and Lieutenant
 Governor, the office of Governor shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner
 prescribed by the laws of the Virgin Islands.

 "(f) No additional compensation shall be paid to any person acting as Governor
 or Lieutenant Governor who does not also assume the office of Governor or Lieutenant
 Governor under the provisions of this Act."

 (b) Section 15 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497,
 504; 48 U.S.C. 1596), is repealed.

 SEC. 8. (a) Subsection (a) of section 16 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin
 Islands, as amended (68 Stat. 497, 504; 48 U.S.C. 1597(a)), is further amended by
 deleting therefrom the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following
 sentence: "Members of school boards, which entities of government have been duly
 organized and established by the government of the Virgin Islands, shall be popularly
 elected."

 (b) Subsection (c) of section 6 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands
 (68 Stat. 497, 499; 48 U.S.C. 1572(c)), is amended by changing the period to a colon
 and inserting the following: "Provided, however, That members of boards of elections,
 which entities of government have been duly organized and established by the
 government of the Virgin Islands, shall be popularly elected."

 SEC. 9. Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, section 17 of the
Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497, 504; 48 U.S.C. 1599) is
amended to read as follows:

 "SEC. 17. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall appoint in the Department of the
Interior a government comptroller for the Virgin Islands who shall be under the general
supervision of the Secretary of the Interior and shall not be a part of any executive
department in the government of the Virgin Islands, and whose salary and expenses of
office shall be paid by the United States from funds derived by transfer from the
internal revenue collections appropriated for the Virgin Islands. Sixty days prior to the
effective date of transfer or removal of the government comptroller, the Secretary shall
communicate to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives his intention to so transfer or remove the government comptroller and
his reasons therefore.