Every word importing the masculine gender only may be construed to extend to and to include females as well as males.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 26, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 32, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 32, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 309, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-3.