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[CITE: 48USC1401e]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                        CHAPTER 7--VIRGIN ISLANDS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1401e. Exemptions from taxation; authority of 
        municipalities to alter, amend, or repeal existing laws
        
    Nothing in sections 1401 to 1401e of this title shall be construed 
as altering, amending, or repealing exemptions from taxation, existing 
on May 26, 1936, of property used for educational, charitable, or 
religious purposes. Subject to the provisions of said sections, the 
legislative authority of the respective municipalities is empowered to 
alter, amend, or repeal, subject to the approval of the Governor, any 
law imposing taxes on real and personal property on May 26, 1936.

(May 26, 1936, ch. 450, Sec. 6, 49 Stat. 1373.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1401b of this title.
