REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS + 75

workers. In a report submitted to the Governor it was stated that
renovation was not feasible and it was strongly recommended that
consideration be given to requesting public housing units to replace
the dilapidated slum structures in the various villages.
 During the month of May 1962, the Authority sold its third issue
of new housing bonds amounting to $7,495,000.

Urban Renewal
 Preliminary planning work on three urban renewal projects was
completed, and Part I of Applications for Loans and Grants were
filed with the Urban Renewal Administration during the last week of
the fiscal year covered by this report.
 It is expected that the proposed projects, namely: the Barracks
 Yard area in Charlotte Amalie, the Water Gut and Lagoon Street
 areas in Christiansted and Frederiksted, St. Croix, respectively, will
 be determined to be feasible and that approval of the applications by
 the Housing and Home Finance Agency will be forthcoming.
 Legislation has been adopted and approved by the Governor which
 would separate the urban renewal and public housing functions. The
 enactment provides for the creation of a new agency to be known as
 "The Virgin Islands Urban Renewal Board" which will administer
 the urban renewal program. The agency known as the Virgin Islands
 Housing and Urban Renewal Authority will be renamed "The Virgin
 Islands Housing Authority" and will be concerned with the federally-
 aided low rent housing program only.

 Department of Law

 Act No. 855 of the Fourth Legislature, approved March 29, 1962,
 established the Department of Law as an executive department in the
 Government of the Virgin Islands, effective April 1, 1962. The newly
 created department took over the functions, property and personnel
 of the former Department of Law attached to the Office of the Gov-
 ernor. The approval of the Secretary of the Interior, as required
 by section 16(a) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands,
 was obtained prior to the creation of the new department.
 As the fiscal year 1962 commenced, the legal staff of the Depart-
 ment was comprised of the Attorney General and one assistant. In
 the course of the year another assistant Attorney General was added,
 and in anticipation of increasing work loads, two more assistants,
 one for St. Croix, were authorized for the next fiscal year.
 The Department of Law appeared for the Government in over
 3,000 criminal matters before the Municipal Courts in Charlotte