No ex post facto law or bill of attainder shall be enacted.


 The contracting of polygamous or plural marriages is prohibited.

 No political or religious test other than an oath to support the Constitution and the
laws of the United States applicable to the Virgin Islands and the laws of the Virgin
Islands shall be required as a qualification to any office of trust or profit under the
Government of the Virgin Islands. Provided, however, that no person who advocates,
or who knowingly aids or belongs to any party, organization or association which
advocates the overthrow by force or violence of the government of the Virgin Islands or
of the United States shall be qualified to hold any office of trust or profit under the
government of the Virgin Islands.

 The rights, privileges, and immunities of citizens of the United States
shall be respected in the Virgin Islands to the same extent as though the
Virgin Islands were a State of the Union and subject to the provisions of
paragraph 1 of Section 2 of Article IV of the Constitution of the United
States.

 The foregoing enumeration of rights shall not be construed
restrictively. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to limit the
power of the legislature herein provided to enact laws for the protection
of life, the public health, social welfare, or the public safety.

 No money shall be paid out of the Virgin Islands treasury except in accordance
with an Act of Congress or money bill of the legislature and on warrant drawn by the
proper officer.

 No law authorizing or permitting the conducting or operation of
public or private gambling, beyond such forms or types authorized or
permitted under the law existing on the date of enactment of this Act,
shall be effective in the Virgin Islands until and unless approved by a two
thirds majority vote of the electorate of the Virgin Islands.

 FRANCHISE

 4. VOTING FRANCHISE; DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.

 The franchise shall be vested in residents of the Virgin Islands who are citizens of
 the United States, eighteen years of age or over. Additional qualifications may be
 prescribed by the legislature. Provided, however, that no property, language, or
 income qualification shall ever be imposed upon or required of any voter, nor shall any
 discrimination in qualification be made or based upon differences in race, color, sex,
 or upon political or religious belief.