Chap. 650.—An ACT to amend and re-enact subdivision second of section 5 of the
code of Virginia with respect to the rules to be observed in the construction of
statutes.

Approved March 2, 1898,

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That subdivision
second of section five of the code of Virginia be amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

Second. The words ‘‘the governor’’ shall be equivalent ‘‘to the ex-
ecutive power of the commonwealth” or ‘‘to the person having the
executive power.’’? The words ‘‘justice’’ or ‘‘justices’’ shall be con-
strued as if the words ‘‘of the peace’’ followed them, and the word
‘notary’? or ‘notaries’? as if followed by the word ‘‘public.’? = The
words ‘justice’? and ‘qustice of the peace,? whether used in the siuqular or
plural, shall inelude any officer or officers who shall possess the jurisdiction
andl exercise the powers and authority of a justice of the peace in craninal
matters.

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