From the end of the seventeenth century, improvement commissioners were established in a number of towns by local act of parliament, with responsibility for duties such as paving or lighting in a specified district, and with authority to collect rates to fund their work.
Improvement commissioners were established in a number of towns by local act of parliament. This was with responsibility for duties such as paving or lighting in a specified district, and with authority to collect rates to fund their work. This was from the end of the seventeenth century.