This chapter shall be liberally construed as in aid of projects of the United States for the improvements of rivers and harbors and for flood control and in furtherance of and not in limitation of powers now conferred by law on counties, cities and towns.
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-152
Liberal construction
Code 1950, § 62-117.5; 1968, c. 659.
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