the Legislature of the Virgin Islands requests a referendum with respect to the creation
of that administrative district, then such a referendum shall be held within ninety days
of the date on which the petition was filed. Creation of the administrative district shall
be approved upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified voters of the
administrative district voting in the referendum. The provisions of Article VIII shall not
apply to, and a mayor shall not be elected from, an administrative district whose
creation is disapproved at such a referendum, unless such an administrative district is
created subsequently under section 1 (a) of Article VII.

 Section 7. Prospective operation of rights. All rights or obligations,
procedural or substantive, created for the first time by this Constitution shall be
prospective and not retroactive.

 Section 8. Succession. The constitutional government of the Virgin Islands
shall succeed to all rights and obligations of the previous government of the Virgin
Islands on the effective date of this Constitution. The validity of all public and private
bonds, debts, and contracts, and of all claims, actions, and causes of action, shall
continue as if no change had taken place.