单词 | local government 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 Government Board Local Government Board n. now historical a government department acting as a central authority for local government in England and Wales, as constituted by the Local Government Board Act 1871 and abolished by the Ministry of Health Act 1919. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > with specific responsibility > English or British admiralty1459 ordnance1485 Navy Office1660 navy board1681 patent office1696 excise-office1698 Treasury Office1706 Plantation Office1708 stamp office1710 War Office1721 India Office1787 home office1795 Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues1803 the Stamps1820 Welsh Office1852 W.O.1860 Local Government Board1871 pall-mall1880 Scottish Office1883 Ministry of Munitions1915 War House1925 Min of Ag1946 Mintech1967 DOE1972 Manpower Services Commission1973 1871 Public Gen. Statutes of Reign of Queen Victoria p. ix (heading) An Act for constituting a Local Government Board, and vesting therein certain functions of the Secretary of State and Privy Council concerning the Public Health and Local Government. 1875 Public Health Act §184 Bye-laws made by a Local Authority..shall not take effect unless..confirmed by the Local Government Board. 1912 Daily News 3 Jan. 4/7 Birmingham will be able to submit to the Local Government Board for approval its first town planning scheme in a completed form. 1919 Times 27 Feb. 11/1 The Ministry of Health is to take over the work of the Local Government Board and of the Insurance Commissioners. 2001 Oxoniensia 65 156 In November 1898 the town clerk wrote again to the Local Government Board requesting consent to the raising of £21,500. < as lemmas |
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