Legislation Establishing First Status Commission (1980), 335-339 Appropriations, 338 Carter, Jimmy (President of the U.S.), 336 Constitutional Convention, 336 Decolonization Committee, 336 Legislature of the Virgin Islands, 337 Northern Marianne and Puerto Rico, 336 Patchwork Approach, 337 Political Status, 337 Referendum, 338 Self-Determination, 336 Status Commission, 337 Status Commission Compensation, 337 Status Commission Consultants, 338 Status Commission Establishment, 336 Status Commission Quorum, 337 Status Options, 338 United Nations, 338 United States Secretary of the Interior, 336 Legislation for Status and Federal Relations Committee (984), 341-344 Carter, Jimmy (President of the U.S.), 343 Compact of Federal Relations, 344 Constitution and Self-Government, 342 Income Tax, 343 Internal Revenue Matching Fund, 344 Petroleum Products Excise Taxes, 343 Public Information Programs, 343 Reagan, Ronald (President of the U.S.), 343 Referendum, 342,344 Revised Organic Act of 1954, 342 Select Commistte on Status and Federal Relations, 342 Select Committee on Status and Federal Relations, 343 Statehood, 343 United Nations, 342 Legislature, 255-258, 278-280 Amendment Proposal, 313 Amendment Proposals, 241 Appropriation and Reappropriation, 179 Approval and Disapproval of Bills, 257 Compensation, 297, 302 Compensation and Allowances, 174,175, 255 Composition, 223, 301 Composition and Appointments, 255 Designations, 173 Districts, 173 Elections, 173 Enacting Clause, 226, 257 Enacting Clause of Acts, 178 Enactment of Laws, 302 Failure to Reapportion, 279 Felonies, 174 General Election Time, 179 General Powers, 175 Government Bonds, 176 Immunity, 174, 255, 279, 302 Impeachment, 280,303 Impeachment of Governor, Lt. Governor, Comptroller, etc., 258 Journal Entry of Governor's Objections, 194 Journal of Proceedings, 179 Journal of Proceedings and Contents, 257 Limitation of Enactments, 256 Limitations on Holding Other Office, 175, 256 Membership, 278 Members Qualifications, 174 Method of Voting on Bills, 226 Moral Turpitude, 174 Organization and Procedure, 279,302 Organization and Procedures, 256 Override of Governor's Veto, 226 Parliamentary Rules, 175 Place of Sessions, 175 Powers, 156, 223, 225, 278,301 Qualifications, 224, 255,279,301 Quorum, 226 Quorum and Method of Voting, 178, 257 Reapportionment, 301 Referendum, 260 Regular and Special Sessions, 256, 280, 302 Restriction of Activities, 302 Restriction on Holding Other Offices, 279 Rules, 224 Scope of Authority, 256 Scope of Authority, 176 Sessions, 194, 225 Sessions Held in Charlotte Amalie, 280 Sessions Open to Public, 280 Single Subject Bills, 227 Status Commission, 337 Terms of Office, 174, 223, 255 Transmittal of Laws to Secretary of Interior and Congress, 179 Vacancies, 175, 225, 256, 279, 302 Voting Method, 1k78 Legislature see also Senate Ubel Balzac v. People of Porto Rico, 430,431 Liberty Party Downes v. Bidwell, 399 Lieutenant Governor, 259 Date of Election, 200 Disability, 282, 305 Election, 281, 303 Election, Custody of Seal, Powers, and Duties, 229 Elections, 259 Executive Power, 194 Governor's Temporary Disability or Absence, 260 Governor Vacancy or Absence, 229 Limitation on Holding Other Offices, 259 Limitation on Successive Terms, 259 Official Residence, 282, 304 Order of Succession, 282, 305 Permanent Vacancy, 283 Permanent Vacancy, 261, 305 Permanent Vacancy or Disability of Governor, 261 Powers and Duties, 282 President of Legislature Acts as Lieutenant Governor in Absence of Governor, 196 Qualifications, 259, 281 Replacement, 197\ Replacement of Governorship Permanent Vacancy, 196 Restriction on Activities, 304 Restrictions on Activities, 282 Temporary Absence or Disability, 261 Life, Liberty and Property Rights, 171 Limitation on Creating New Departments, 181 Limited Constitutional Convention, 313 Lincoln, Abraham (Attorney General of the U.S.) Downes v. Bidwell, 416 Lincoln, Abraham (President of the U.S.) Downes v. Bidwell, 411 Lincoln, Shirley, x Local Courts see also Inferior Courts Local Courts System Provision in Constitution, 206 Local Government, 308 Binding Referendum, 373 Charter, 308 Creation and Powers, 308 Date of Referendum, 372 District Assemblies, 286 Downes v. Bidwell, 397,400 General Laws, 308 Legislation, 371-372 Mandates and Accrued Claims, 308 Political Subdivisions, 308 Taxation and Finance, 308 Vote of Fifty Percent of Registered Voters, 371 [i]See[n] [i]also[n] also Colonial Councils; also Municipal Government Local Self Government, 206 Loesch, Harrison (Asst. U.S. Secretary of Interior), 356 Loughborough v. Blake Downes v. Bidwell, 398 Louisiana Balzacv. People of Porto Rico, 435 Downes v. Bidwell, 402,410,411,413, 415, 416, 417 Incorporated, 384 Incorporation, 384 Status, 384 Louisiana Territory Downes v. Bidwell, 416 Louisiana Treaty of Cession Civil Rights, 383 Provisions, 383 Loyalty Statement, 190, 239 Lutchman, Harold A., iii Commentary, 209-218