CHAP. 48.—An ACT construing the term “railroad” and the term “railway” to
mean the same thing in law.

Approved March 2, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the words
“railroad” and “railway” shall be construed by the courts of this Com-
monwealth to mean the same thing in law; and in any proceeding
wherein a railroad company or a railway company is a party, it shall not
be deemed error to call a railway company a railroad company or vice
versa ; nor shall any demurrer, plea or any other defence be set up in bar
or abatement in a motion, declaration or indictment in consequence of
such misdescription.