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“Section 9. General elections. General elections shall be held biennially in
each even-numbered year on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in
November: Provided, That in the event of a natural disaster or other Act of God,
the effect of which precludes holding the election on the foregoing date, the
High Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may
prociaim a later election date in the affected election district or districts. All
elections shall be held in accordance with such procedures as this order and the
laws of the Trust Territory may prescribe. Legislators shall be chosen by secret
ballot of the qualified electors of their respective district.”
3. Section 5 of the said Order No. 2882 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
“Section §. Budget. Money bills enacted by the Congress of Micronesia
shall not provide for the appropriation of funds in excess of such amountsas are
available from revenues raised pursuant to the tax laws and other revenue laws of
the Trust Territory: Provided, That income derived from the provision ofair and
sea transportation services, reimbursements from public works sales and services,
and income from the operation of water, power, sewerage and communications
services shall be applied against the costs of providing those services and shall not
be considered ta be revenues within the meaning of this Order. Prior to his final
submission to the Secretary of the Interior of requests for Federal funds
necessary for the support of governmental! functions in the Trust Territory, the
High Commissioner shall prepare a preliminary budget plan. He shall submit such
plan to the Congress of Micronesia in joint session for its review and
recommendations with respect to such portions as relate to expenditures of
funds proposed to be appropriated by the Congress of the United States. With
respect to such portions of the preliminary budget plan, the High Commissioner
shall adopt such recommendations of the Congress as he may deem appropriate,
but he shall transmit to the Secretary of the Interior all recommendations he has
not adopted.”
(Signed) Stewart L. Udall
Secretary of the Interior
November 15, 1967
ORDER NO. 2902
Subject: Authority Reserved to the Secretary of the Interior or his Delegate—Trust Territory
,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Articles 6 and 8 of the Trusteeship Agreement
between the United States and the Security Council of the United Nations, the
United States is obligated to improve and regulate the means of transportation
to, from and within the Trust Territory; and
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