10 + REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

 Islands Housing Authority and the Virgin Islands Urban Re-
 newal Board with the head of the Department as chairman of
 both agencies for better coordination.
 15. Act No. 902, to promote and regulate safety in the use and
 operation of motor boats.


 Office of the Government Secretary

 Act No. 819, Fourth Legislature, regular session 1962, provided for
the transfer of the Division of Personnel to the Office of the Governor
effective March 1, 1962. Except for this change, the duties and re-
sponsibilities of the Office of the Government Secretary remained the
same as established by the Revised Organic Act of 1954 and the Virgin
Islands Code of Laws.
 The activities for the year included continuation of the important
function of compiling and publishing the laws and regulations of the
Government of the Virgin Islands such as the annual supplements
to the code, rules and regulations, register, session laws, reports, and
the enactments of the legislature in slip-law form. During the year,
140 acts and 14 resolutions of the legislature were filed with the Gov-
ernment Secretary's Office pursuant to law and were ordered printed
in slip-law form.
 The office conducted surveys and on-the-spot inspections to ensure
coverage of all businesses by the appropriate license, and to determine
to some degree the growth of the community as manifested by the in-
creasing number of businesses and occupations. The following chart
shows a comparison of licenses issued, and fees collected over the past
four fiscal years:

 Licenses issued and fees collected

 1959 1960 1961 1962
 District _
 Licenses Fees Licenses Fees Licenses Fees Licenses Fees
St. Thomas
 and St. John 1165 $43,918.80 1227 $46,238.501 1393 $51,689.00 1514 $117,839.98
St. Croix _-- -- 630 21,224.20 886 30,549.00 974 34,659.00 922 38, 474.00
 Total _-- 1795 $65,143.00 2113 $76,787.50 2367 $86,348.00 2436 $156,313.98

 Corporate activity also showed a steady increase in the number of
 new corporations registered, despite the fact that there has been an
 increase in the number of corporations dissolved or withdrawn. Dur-
 ing the year total corporate franchise taxes collected amounted to
 $20,128.00 as compared with $16,464.00 in 1961. Other corporation