works

things and places furnished by the carriers to be used by their employees in the performance of their work

This term means sometimes a mill, factory or other establishment for performing industrial labar of any sort, (South St. Joseph Land Ch v. Pitt, 114 Mo. 135, 21 S. W. 449,) and sometimes a building, structure or erection of any kind upon land, as in the civil-law phrase "new works."

— New works. A term of the civil law comprehending every sort of edifice or other structure which is newly commenced on a given estate or lot. Its importance lies chiefly in the fact that a remedy is given ("denunciation of new works") to an adjacent, proprietor whose property would be injured or subjected to a more onerous servitude if such a work were allowed to proceed to completion.

— Public works. Works, whether of construction or adaptation, undertaken and carried out by the national, state, or municipal authorities, and designed to subserve some purpose of public necessity, use, or convenience; such as public buildings, roads, aqueducts, parks, etc. See Ellis v. Common Council, 123 Mich. 567, 82 N. W. 244; Winters v. Duluth, 82 Minn. 127, 84 N. W. 788.

A board constituted in 1855 by St. 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120, for the better sewering, draining, paving, cleansing, lighting, and improving the metropolis (London.) The board is elected by vestries and district boards, who in their turn are elected by the rate-payers. Wharton,

The structures and grounds which compose a factory or manufacturing establishment. In a statute exempting from taxation " all machines, vehicles and carriages, belonging to the company, with all their works," the word " works " was held to include real estate.' " Works of all kinds," as used in a provision for licensing in a city charter, does not include the business of insurance agents." Works of charity, or of necessity. See Charity, 3; Necessity; Sunday; Worship. Works of fine arts. See Art, 3; Copyright.