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CHAPTER XVI.

In the construction of these ordinances the following rules
shall be observed: 1. The word "town" shall be construed to
mean the town of Charlottesville; and the words "corporation"
or "council," shall be construed as if the words "of the
town of Charlottesville" followed it. 2. A word importing the
singular number only may extend and be applied to several
persons and things as well as one person and thing; and a
word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be
applied to females as well as males; and generally the same
rules of construction shall be observed as are prescribed for
the construction of the acts of general assembly by section 9
of chapter 15 of the code of 1873.