MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS


26. UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT OF GOVERNMENT
 OFFICIALS; LOYALTY STATEMENT.

 All officials of the Government of the Virgin Islands shall be citizens of the United
 States. Every member of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands and all officers and
 employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands shall before entering upon the
 duties of their respective offices, or, in the case of persons in the employ of the
 Government of the Virgin Islands on the effective date of this Act, then within 60 days of
 the effective date hereof, make a written statement in the following form:

 "I,............., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, obey, and defend the
 Constitution and laws of the United States applicable to the Virgin Islands and the
 laws of the Islands, and that I will discharge the duties of .......... with fidelity.

 "And I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I knowingly a
 member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the
 United States or of the Virgin Islands by force or violence or other unconstitutional
 means, or seeking by force or violence to deny other persons their rights under the
 Constitution and laws of the United States applicable to the Virgin Islands.

 "And I do further swear (or affirm) that I will not so advocate nor will I knowingly
 become a member of such organization during the period that I am an employee of the
 Virgin Islands."

 27. REPORTS BY GOVERNOR; JURISDICTION OF SECRETARY OF THE
 INTERIOR; EXCEPTIONS.

 All reports required by law to be made by the Governor to any official of the
 United States shall hereafter be made to the Secretary of the Interior, and the
 President is hereby authorized to place all matters pertaining to the government of the
 Virgin Islands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, except matters
 relating to the judicial branch of said government which on the date of approval of this
 Act are under the supervision of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United
 States Courts, and the matters relating to the United States Attorney and the United
 States Marshal which on the date of approval of this Act are under the supervision of
 the Attorney General.

 28. LEASE, SALE, AND CONTROL OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.

 (a) The Secretary of the Interior hereby is authorized to lease or sell upon such
terms as he may deem advantageous to the Government of the United States any
property of the United States under his administrative supervision in the Virgin Islands
not needed for public purposes.


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