Improvement commissioners
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Boards of improvement commissioners were ad-hoc boards created during the 18th Century in the United Kingdom. They were an early form of local government.
Around 300 boards were created, each by a private act of parliament. The powers of the boards varied according to the acts which created them. They often included street paving, cleansing, lighting, providing watchmen or dealing with various public nuisances.[1] They had powers to levy a rate from local residents to pay for these services.
Municipal corporations and boards of health would later be able to absorb some of the powers of the improvement commissioners by promoting private acts. [2]
[edit] See also
Birmingham Street Commissioners
