ARTICLE VIII


GENERAL PROVISIONS

 Section 1. Municipalities. The Legislature shall have the power to create,
abolish, consolidate and reorganize municipalities; to change their territorial limits, to
determine their organization and functions; and to authorize them to develop programs
for the general welfare and to create any agencies necessary for that purpose.

 Section 2. Referendum on Municipalities. No law creating or abolishing a
municipality, or consolidating municipalities shall take effect until ratified in a
referendum or referenda by a majority of the qualified electors resident therein and
voting thereon. The referendum shall be conducted in the manner determined by law,
which shall include the applicable procedures of the election laws in effect when the
referendum is held.

 Section 3. Nondiscriminatory Municipal Legislation. No law creating or
abolishing a municipality, or consolidating municipalities shall unreasonably
discriminate against, nor deny due process or equal protection of the law to the people
of any municipality or locality within the Territory.

 Section 4. Imposition and Collection of Taxes The power of the Territory to
 impose and collect taxes and to authorize their imposition and collection by
 municipalities shall be exercised as determined by the Legislature and shall never be
 surrendered or suspended.

 Section 5. Extra Compensation for Services: Extension of Term or Decrease of
 Salary of Public Officer: Salary for More Than One Office. No law shall give extra
 compensation to any public officer, employee, agent or contractor after services shall
 have been rendered or contract made. No law shall extend the term of any public
 officer or diminish his salary or emoluments after his election or appointment. No
 person shall draw a salary for more than one office or position in the Government.

 Section 6. Militia. The militia of the Territory consists of all able-bodied persons
 residing in the Territory except those exempted by law. The military shall be in strict
 subordination to the civil authority. The Legislature shall provide by law for the
 organization, equipment and discipline of the militia in conformity with the laws
 governing the armed forces of the United States. The Governor shall be the
 commander-in-chief of the organized militia, except when they are in the service of the
 United States.

 Section 7. Flag. Seal and Anthem. The Legislature shall determine all matters
 concerning the flag, the seal, the anthem and the flower of the Territory. Once
 determined, no law changing them shall take effect until one year after the general
 election next following the date of enactment of said law.