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Interpretation of Act.
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XXI. And be it enacted, That the said recited Act shall continue and be in full Force and Effect, save and except so far as the same is altered by or inconsistent with this Act, and that the said recited Act and this Act shall be construed together as One Act; and that in the Construction of this Act, except where the Nature of the Provision or the Context of this Act shall exclude such Construction, the Words “Lands,” River,” “Person” or “Persons,” “Proprietor” or “Proprietors,” “Quit or Chief Rent,” and “Counties,” shall be construed to extend and be applied as in said recited Act is directed and provided; and every Word importing the Singular Number only shall extend and be applied to several Persons and Things as well as one Person or Thing; and every Word importing the Plural Number shall extend and be applied to one Person or Thing as well as several Persons or Things; and every Word importing the Masculine Gender only shall extend and be applied to a Female as well as a Male; the Words “said Commissioners” shall mean the Commissioners or any Two of them acting in execution of the said recited Act and this Act; and the Word “ Proprietor” in the said recited Act and this Act, in addition to the Meanings in the said recited Act applied to it, shall also mean the reputed Proprietor.
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