Advances for Public Works Act 1840

Advances for Public Works Act 1840

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to authorize the Issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works and Fisheries and Employment of the Poor.
Citation	3 & 4 Vict. c. 10
Dates
Royal assent	14 April 1840
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2)
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Advances for Public Works Act 1840 was an Act to provide the necessary authorization for the provision of money (exchequer bills) to further public works and for the Employment of the Poor.^[1]

See also

• Welfare
• Welfare state
• Office of Public Works
• Egyptian Public Works
• Department of Public Works (Kerala)

References

1. The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Volumes 32-33. Retrieved 27 November 2011 – via Google Books.

External links

• "Public works, Exchequer bills". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 53. House of Commons. 30 March 1840. col. 244–2548.