82 STAT. ]
PUBLIC LAW 90-496-AUG. 23, 1968
841
" (h) As soon after the close of each fiscal year as the accounts of Fiscal reports. said fiscal year may be examined and adjusted, the government comptroller shall submit to the Governor of the Virgin Islands and the Secretary of the Interior an annual report of the fiscal condition of the government, showing the receipt.? and disbursements of the various departments and agencies of the government. The Secretary of the Interior shall submit such report along with his comments and recommendations to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. "(i) The government comptroller shall make such other reports as may be required by the Governor of the Virgin Islands, the Comptroller General of the United States, or the Secretary of the Interior. "(j) The office and activities of the government comptroller of the re^^fs"^^^^^"^ ^"*^ Virgin Islands shall be subject to review by the Comptroller General of the United States, and reports thereon shall be made by him to the Governor, the Secretary of the Interior, President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. " (k) All departments, agencies, and establishments shall furnish to the government comptroller such information regarding the powers, duties, activities, organizations, financial transactions, and methods of business of their respective offices as he may from time to time require of them; and the government comptroller, or any of his assistants or employees, when duly authorized by him, shall, for the purpose of securing such information, have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers, or records of any such department, agency, or establishment." SEC. 10. Section 20 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497,505; 48 U.S.C. 1592, 1598, 1641), as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 20. The salaries and travel allowances of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the heads of the executive departments, other officers and employees of the government of the Virgin Islands, and the members of the legislature shall be paid by the government of the Virgin Islands at rates prescribed by the laws of the Virgin Islands." SEC. 11. Effective on the aate of enactment of this Act, section 3 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497; 48 Privileges and I'.S.C. 1561) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following immunities pronew paragraphs: visions, etc. "The following provisions of and amendments to the Constitution 72 Stat. 1094. of the United States are hereby extended to the Virgin Islands to the extent that they have not been previously extended to that territory and shall have the same force and effect there as in the United States or in any State of the United States: article I, section 9, clauses 2 and 3; article IV, section 1 and section 2, clause 1; the first to ninth amendments inclusive; the thirteenth amendment; the second sentence of section 1 of the fourteenth amendment; and the fifteenth and nineteenth amendments: Provided, however, That all offenses shall continue to be prosecuted in the district court by information as heretofore, except such as may be required by local law to be prosecuted by indictment by grand jury. "All laws enacted by Congress with respect to the Virgin Islands and all laws enacted by the territorial le^slature of the Virgin Islands which are inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection are repealed to the extent of such inconsistency." Insurrection SEC. 12. Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, chapter 15 laws, applicabilof the General Military I ^ w (70A Stat. 15, 16; 10 U.S.C. 331-334) ity. is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section 336: "SEC. 336. For the purposes of this chapter, 'State' includes the unin- "state.»• corporated territory of the Virgin Islands."
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