The Public Statues (Metropolis) Act 1854
WHEREAS it is expedient that such Public Statues as are herein-after mentioned should be under the Control and Superintendence of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, and that such Commissioners should have the Powers after mentioned: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: