2-740: The Exchequer Bill Loan Commission of the United Kingdom was set up under the Public Works Loans Act 1817 ( 57 Geo. 3 . c. 34), to help finance public work projects that would generate employment. Commissioners included Thomas Telford and Francis Ludlow Holt . The body continued as part of the Public Works Loan Board , but its loans were restricted to twenty years by the Public Works Loan Act 1853 . This article relating to law in
4-600: The United Kingdom , or its constituent jurisdictions, is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Public Works Loans Act 1817 The Public Works Loans Act 1817 ( 57 Geo. 3 . c. 34), also known as the Poor Employment Act 1817 , was an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The act was passed in order "to authorise the issue of Exchequer Bills and the Advance of Money out of
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