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	MONUMENT - LoveToKnow Article on MONUMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The funds for the working, of the act are to be provided by parliament, and an inspector of ancient monuments was appointed.
		The Irish act gave to the commissioners of public works in Ireland powersonly to be exercised with the consent of the ownerof applying the act of 1882 to any monument possessing such public interest as might render it worthy of preservation.
		By the first the state claims control over all antiquities and declares the contents of the Giza (Gizeh) Museum, now the National Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, and of any future collection, to be the property of the state and inalienable.
	65.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MO/MONUMENT.htm (5907 words)

	BOARD OF WORKS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS - LoveToKnow Article on BOARD OF WORKS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1832 the public works and buildings of Great Britain were for the first time placed under the control of a responsible minister of the crown, and were assigned to the commissioners of woods and forests.
		The first commissioner of works is the 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 government and frequently has a seat in the cabinet.
		The town also possesses brass and iron foundries, agricultural implement works, saw-mills and chemical works; and there is a considerable trade in Windsor chairs and wood for packing-cases for Sheffield cutlery.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WO/WORKS_AND_PUBLIC_BUILDINGS_BOARD_OF.htm (474 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Smith in 1891, he became first lord of the treasury and leader of the House of Commons, and in 1892, introduced a Local Government Bill for Ireland.
		During the illness of Lord Salisbury in 1898, and again in Lord Salisbury's absence abroad, he was in charge of the foreign office, and it was his job to conduct the critical negotiations with Russia on the question of railways in North China.
		His leadership of the House of Commons in the first session of the new parliament was marked by considerable firmness in the suppression of obstruction, but there was a slight revival of the criticisms which had been current in 1896.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/arthur_balfour.html (4011 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
		The Commissioner's analysis of this case is not overly complex: He saw that respondents performed essentially the same services and generated the same income after 1954 that they did before, and he concluded that 482 required that they should be taxed on the premiums that they were actually earning.
		First, they urge that they never received any funds as a result of offering the policies to borrowers, and that it is therefore unfair to tax them on any portion of said proceeds.
		Commissioner, 356 U.S. The Court seeks, however, to distinguish all of the prior cases holding that a taxpayer may be taxed on income illegally earned on the ground that the issue was never raised as to whether the taxpayers in those cases had actually received the income.
	laws.lp.findlaw.com /getcase/US/405/394.html (9431 words)

	First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Commission of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues was established in the United Kingdom in 1810 by merging the former offices of Surveryor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases and Surveyor General of the Land Revenue of the Crown into a three-man commission.
		The name of the commission was changed in 1832 to the Commission of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings.
		In 1851 it was replaced by the First Commissioner of Works in the Commission of Works and Public Buildings.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/f/fi/first_commissioner_of_woods_and_forests.html (96 words)

	Carltona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During the first half of that year discussions took place between the relevant departments and a particular industrial body with a view to seeing whether a certain industry could be concentrated in such a way as to set free accommodation and labour.
		Therefore, the Minister of Works and Planning holds the dual office of that Ministry and First Commissioner and accordingly the competent authority for the purpose of this regulation, so far as regards the Commissioners of Works, is the Minister of Works and Planning in his office of First Commissioner.
		First of all, it was said that the notice was a bad notice because it gave a reason which was not mentioned in the regulation.
	law.hku.hk /hkadmlawsb/admlawcases/carltona.htm (1803 words)

	WESTMINSTER - LoveToKnow Article on WESTMINSTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The body of the church has a remarkable appearance of uniformity, because, although the building of the new nave was continued with intermissions from the I4th century until Tudor times, the broad design of the Early English work in the eastern part of the church was carried on throughout.
		Many of the memorials are not worthy of their position as works of art, nor are the subjects they commemorate always worthy to lie here, for the high honor of burial in the Abbey was not always so conscientiously guarded as now.
		At the north is the clock tower, 320 ft. high, bearing the great clock which chimes the quarters on four bells, and strikes the hours on a bell weighing over 13 tons, named Big Ben after Sir Benjamin Hall, First Commissioner of Works at the time when the clock was erected.
	80.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WE/WESTMINSTER.htm (2668 words)

	John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the early 1840s Manners was a leading figure in the Young England movement, led by Benjamin Disraeli.
		During the three short administrations of Lord Derby (1852, 1858-1859, and 1866-1868) he sat in the cabinet as First Commissioner of Works.
		On the return of the Conservatives to power in 1874 he became Postmaster-General under Disraeli, and was made GCB on his retirement in 1880.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_James_Robert_Manners,_7th_Duke_of_Rutland (341 words)

	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Salisbury's expertise was in foreign affairs, and uncharacteristically, for most of his time as Prime Minister he served not as First Lord of the Treasury, the traditional position held by the Prime Minister, but as Foreign Secretary.
		William Henry Smith - First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons
		October, 1891 - Arthur James Balfour succeeds William Henry Smith (deceased) as First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Robert_Salisbury (1457 words)

	Houses of Parliament 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The eight painters have been found, and found capable of working together with a harmony which comes near to the miraculous: without apparent effort, without any cramping of individual genius, every one of them has bent to the common aim his creative power and his technical skill.
		The choice of the subjects was made by the present writer, in consultation with Lord Peel (the First Commissioner of Works), Lord Crawford (the Chairman of the Fine Arts Commission), and the Speaker—the initiator and sympathetic director of the whole scheme.
		First comes the necessity of naval defence, and of the corresponding power of transporting expeditions oversea: King Alfred’s famous long-ships and Richard Coeur de Lion’s Crusade rightly begin the story of an island people.
	www.mikelarway.co.uk /hppage_01.htm (1063 words)

	George Lansbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Halesworth, Suffolk, he became a campaigner for social justice and improved living and working conditions for the lower classes, especially in London's East End.
		In 1929 Lansbury became First Commissioner of Works in the second Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald.
		Two years later the government fell, MacDonald left the Labour party to form the National Government and the party went to a massive defeat in the 1931 General Election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Lansbury (828 words)

	Stanley Baldwin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Baldwin was a cousin of the author and journalist Rudyard Kipling.
		Lord Stanhope succeeds Harlech as First Commissioner of Works.
		Samuel Hoare succeeds Lord Monsell as First Lord of the Admiralty.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/s/st/stanley_baldwin.html (1295 words)

	Bruce of Elgin
		He worked with the existing administration of the union of Canada East and Canada West until its defeat in 1848 general election, when he supported the next administration's Rebellion Act (1849), which compensated all Canadians for losses incurred in an 1837 rebellion in Lower Canada.
		Elgin was first commissioner of works under William Gladstone in 1886.
		This was, however, primarily the work of the prime-minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman; and Elgin had little sympathy for his colleagues' ore radical innovations in colonial government, being particularly opposed to proposals for Indian reform.
	www.bbbirthday.50megs.com /History/elgin.htm (831 words)

	The Report of the Air Travel Complaints Commissioner - July 5 to December 31, 2000
		Commissioner for the period of July 5, 2000 to December 31, 2000.
		This is the first report of the Air Travel Complaints Commissioner and it covers the period between July 5, 2000 and December 31, 2000.
		The Commissioner is a temporary member of the Agency and is appointed to a one-year term, with a possible one-time extension of an additional year.
	www.cta-otc.gc.ca /cta-otc2000/report-rapport/2001/rpt_e.html (9380 words)

	Print Article: Some quality time
		The bell was named after Sir Benjamin Hall, a stocky politician of the day and the first commissioner of works.
		First see Niagara Falls then head about 9 kilometres north to the floral clock, that's the tourist trail in this part of the world.
		It was built in 1950 by Ontario Hydro and at 12.2 metres in diameter is one of the largest clock faces of its type in the world.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/11/04/1067708177939.html (517 words)

	London hotels, hotels near Big Ben (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The commission for this work was awarded to the architect Charles Barry, whilst the specification for the clock was drawn up by the Astronomer Royal, George Airy.
		One of his requirements was that: "the first stroke of the hour bell should register the time, correct to within one second per day, and furthermore that it should telegraph its performance twice a day to Greenwich Observatory where a record would be kept".
		According to foundry records, Mears originally quoted a price of £2401 for casting the bell, but this was offset to the sum of £1829 by the metal he was able to reclaim from the first bell so that the actual invoice tendered, on 28th May 1858, was in the sum of £572.
	www.website-directory.co.uk /attractions/bigben.htm (594 words)

	CHARLES SHAW EVERSLEY - LoveToKnow Article on CHARLES SHAW EVERSLEY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His appearances in the House of Lords were very infrequent, but in his own county he was active in the public service.
		From 1859 he was an ecclesiastical commissioner, and he was also appointed a trustee of the British Museum.
		He had filled the following offices:civil lord of the admiralty, 2856; secretary to the board of trade, 1869-1871; under-secretary, home office, 1871; secretary to the admiralty, 1871-1874; first commissioner of works, 1881-1883; postmaster-general, 1883 2884; first commissioner of works, 1892-1893; president of local government board, 2894-2895; chairman of royal commission on agriculture, 1893-1896.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EV/EVERSLEY_CHARLES_SHAW.htm (546 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		Derby and Disraeli were unable to achieve a parliamentary majority, however, and the government collapsed in December of the same year, making way for a Peelite-Whig coalition under Lord Aberdeen.
		In 1858, Derby formed another minority government upon the collapse of Lord Palmerston's first government, with Disraeli again at the Exchequer and Leader of the Commons.
		The Duke of Northumberland - First Lord of the Admiralty
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Edward_Geoffrey_Smith_Stanley,_14th_Earl_of_Derby (987 words)

	Big Ben on AboutBritain.com
		The BBC first broadcast the chimes on the 31st December 1923 - there is a microphone in the turret connected to Broadcasting House.
		The Churchill Museum, the world's first major museum dedicated to life of Winston Churchill, is a permanent exhibition housed within the unique setting of the historic Cabinet War Rooms.
		The apartment, which is self-contained and on two floors, forms part of Pump House, a large house in the country village of Great Burstead in the county of Essex.
	www.aboutbritain.com /BigBen.htm (597 words)

	Queensland Integrity Commissioner: First Annual Report - 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The first Integrity Commissioner was appointed in August 2000 and this report is in general terms because the Act provides that it must not contain information which identifies individuals who sought the Commissioner’s advice about a conflict of interest issue.
		The third responsibility of the Integrity Commissioner is to contribute to public understanding of public integrity standards by contributing to public discussion of policy and practice relevant to the Integrity Commissioner’s functions.
		The Integrity Commissioner is appointed by the Governor in Council for a period not longer than 5 years on terms decided by the Governor in Council.
	www.integrity.qld.gov.au /html/annual_report.shtml (7886 words)

	Herbert Henry Asquith - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (September 12, 1852 – February 15, 1928) served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.
		His son, King George V, was reluctant to have his first act in office be the carrying out of such a drastic attack on the aristocracy and it required all of Asquith's considerable powers to convince him to make the promise.
		His eldest son Raymond Asquith was killed at the Somme in 1916, and thus his peerage passed to the latter's only son Julian, now 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (born 1916) a few months before his father's death.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Henry_Asquith (2051 words)

	Stanley Baldwin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (August 3, 1867 - December 14, 1947) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on three separate occasions.
		Bolton Eyres-Monsell - First Lord of the Admiralty
		Lord Stanhope succeeds Ormsby-Gore as First Commissioner of Works.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Stanley_Baldwin (1473 words)

	Tower Clocks Gallery
		It is not surprising that early colonists accustomed to such clocks were quick to import them from England and erect them in their new land.
		The first clock in the colonies was mounted in Boston in 1668, and others soon followed.
		Some say its eponym was Sir Benjamin Hall, First Commissioner of Works, 1855-58; others claim that either one of two well-known prize fighters, Benjamin Brian or Benjamin Gaunt, could have served as its inspiration.
	www.nawcc.org /museum/nwcm/galleries/tower/tower.htm (728 words)

	Ramsay MacDonald - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		James Ramsay MacDonald (October 12, 1866 - November 9, 1937) was Britain's first Labour Prime Minister (January-November 1924 and June 1929-August 1931) and subsequently Prime Minister of the "National" Government of August 1931-June 1935.
		He was survived by his children, one of whom, Malcolm MacDonald, had a successful career as a Cabinet Minister in his own right.
		Frederick William Jowet - First Commissioner of Works
	open-encyclopedia.com /Ramsay_MacDonald (1023 words)

	successful deaf leader bj wood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		BJ graduated from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in 1975 with a degree in social work.
		She works with the legislators and service providers on how to effectively serve these populations.
		She and the MCDHH staff work hard to maintain funding for MCDHH, and she feels honored to work as the Commissioner.
	boston.k12.ma.us /Mann/sdl/BJWood.html (135 words)

	Office Descriptions: Office of First Deputy Commissioner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		DAA's activities are to: encourage owners to pay their taxes, enter into voluntary repair agreements with owners, refer owners to education and support programs including anti-abandonment training, provide assistance with rehabilitation loan financing, refer buildings for targeted code enforcement when necessary, and review distressed properties for exclusion from DOF tax lien sales.
		The Owner Services Program works with owners on an individual basis to diagnose and treat their buildings through management and financial counseling.
		The Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Housing Supervision reports to the First Deputy Commissioner.
	www.nyc.gov /html/hpd/html/about-us/office-descr-housing-ops.html (1538 words)

	AllRefer.com - Mond, Alfred Moritz, 1st Baron Melchett (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		He played a leading part in the centralization of the English chemical industry; as managing director of his father's firm, Brunner-Mond, he arranged its merger with three smaller companies to form (1926) the huge Imperial Chemical Industries.
		He entered (1906) Parliament as a Liberal and served as first commissioner of works (1916–21) and minister of health (1921–22).
		He was an early advocate of health insurance and of profit sharing within a capitalist framework.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Mond-Alf.html (249 words)

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