(a) The legislative
power and authority of the Virgin Islands shall be
vested in a legislature, consisting of one house, to
be designated the “Legislature of the Virgin
Islands”, herein referred to as the legislature. (b)
The legislature shall be composed of members to be
known as senators. The number of such senators shall
be determined by the laws of the Virgin Islands. The
apportionment of the legislature shall be as provided
by the laws of the Virgin Islands: Provided, That such
apportionment shall not deny to any person in the
Virgin Islands the equal protection of the law: And
provided further, That every voter in any district
election or at large election shall be permitted to
vote for the whole number of persons to be elected in
that district election or at large election as the
case may be. Until the legislature shall provide
otherwise, four members shall be elected at large,
five shall be elected from the District of Saint
Thomas, five from the District of Saint Croix, and one
from the District of Saint John, as those Districts
were constituted on July 22, 1954.
