单词 | local board |
释义 | > as lemmasLocal (Government) Board b. Hence: The company of persons who meet at a council-table; the recognized word for a body of persons officially constituted for the transaction or superintendence of some particular business, indicated by the full title, as Board of Control (spec. a board of six members established by Pitt in 1784 for the supervision of the East India Company in the government of British India; abolished in 1858), Board of Trade, Board of Commissioners, Board of Directors, Board of Guardians, Local (Government) Board, Sanitary Board.See also school board n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > board tablea1572 board1623 council1682 supervisory board1839 management board1948 board-room1959 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 79 The Honourable Boord of Councell. View more context for this quotation 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. B3 In the ordinary course of the board. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 478. ⁋14 I would propose that there be a board of directors. 1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 73 We want no instruction from boards of trade, or from any other board. 1796 (title) Report of the Board of Health, at the first annual Meeting, May 27. 1804 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 1 1168 By command of the Master General and Board of Ordnance. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. ii. 22 ‘Bow to the board,’ said Bumble. Oliver..seeing no board but the table, fortunately bowed to that. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. viii. 497 Correspondence between the Board of Controul and the Crown. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 195 The treasurer had been succeeded by a board, of which a Papist was the head. 1853 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 127 1170 The President of the Board of Control. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ix. 732 It is carried into execution by local Boards. local board local board n. an administrative board in local government; spec. any of various bodies established locally to improve public health and sanitation in urban areas of England and Wales under the provisions of the Public Health Act 1848, but abolished by the Local Government Act of 1894 (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] council1428 local board1788 local council1788 local authority1795 town hall1925 1788 Times 4 Aug. 3/4 These local boards have their several Committees. 1860 Proc. Bristol Local Board of Health 8 Sept. in P. McGrath Bristol Misc. (1985) 160 The Local Board would see the propriety under this arrangement of paying to the Company the value of the 1300 service pipes, fittings and contingent apparatus in the ancient city and the District now the property of the Company. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ix. 732 In the places and districts in which the Act [sc. the Local Government Act, 1858] is adopted, it is carried into execution by local Boards... The local Boards have extensive powers of undertaking and regulating the drainage and cleansing of towns, the suppression of nuisances, and similar matters of police. 1920 C. Hookstadt Compar. Workmen's Compensation Laws U.S. & Canada (Bull. U.S. Bureau Labor Statistics) 112 In case of disagreement the local boards shall appeal to the State medical board. 1973 J. N. Tarn Five Per Cent Philanthropy 10/1 The Local Board could make regulations requiring that all new houses should have proper drainage. 2008 Guardian (Nexis) 22 May Birmingham city council said the local board responsible for overseeing child protection in the city would meet tomorrow to consider the case. < as lemmas |
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