---
kind: "unit"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
key: "ch12/schIV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter IV"
heading: "Executive Branch"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/ch12-schIV"
sections_count: 9
---

# Subchapter IV — Executive Branch

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions › Chapter 12 — Virgin Islands [1954]

## Sections

- [§1591. Governor and Lieutenant Governor; election; eligibility; official residence; powers and duties; report](/usc/48/1591.md)
- [§1592. Repealed.](/usc/48/1592.md)
- [§1593. Initiative and recall](/usc/48/1593.md)
- [§1594. Repealed.](/usc/48/1594.md)
- [§1595. Vacancy in office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor](/usc/48/1595.md)
- [§1596. Repealed.](/usc/48/1596.md)
- [§1597. Reorganization of government](/usc/48/1597.md)
- [§1598. Omitted](/usc/48/1598.md)
- [§1599. Transfer of functions from government comptroller for Virgin Islands to Inspector General, Department of the Interior](/usc/48/1599.md)