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BOARD OF WORKS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 831 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOARD OF
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WORKS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS  , an administrative
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department in
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England . In 1832 the public
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works and buildings of
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Great
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Britain were for the first
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time placed under the
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control of a responsible
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minister of the
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crown, and were assigned to the commissioners of
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woods and forests . In . 1851 the .department of public works was erected into a
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board under the name of
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Office of Works and Public Buildings . The first
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commissioner of works is the
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head of the board, and has the custody of the royal palaces and parks and of all public buildings not specially assigned to other departments; he is a member of the
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government and frequently has a seat in the
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cabinet .

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