Chap. 69..—Anu ACT to amend and re-enact section 9, chapter 15, Code
of 1873, in regard to the Construction of Statutes.

-Approved February 2, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the first sub-division of section nine, chapter fifteen of the
Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows: First, the word
“state,” when applied to a part of the United States, shall
be construed to extend to and include the District of Colum-
bia and the several territories so-called; and the words
“United States,” shall be construed to include the said dis-
trict and territories; and where the word “township” occurs
in,any statute passed previous to the third day of Novem-
ber, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, the same shall be
construed to extend to and include, and to mean the magis-
terial districts into which the counties are directed to be
divided, by amendments to the Constitution of the state
adopted by the people on the date last aforesaid.

2. This act shall bo in force from its passage.