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38 general information which received the Royal Assent on August 1st 1908 Commissioners appointed under the Act prepared Statutes which were sealed on June 26th 1909 By the Act of 1908 the Constitution of the Corporation and the Council was amended The Council retained all its powers in relation to the Faculty of Theology but Theological Committee was instituted to advise the Council and to superintend under its direction the work carried on in the Theological Department of the College which was henceforth to be School of the University in the Faculty of Theology Professorial Boards of University of London King's College and of the Theological Department were established to advise the Delegacy and the Theological Committee respectively on academic matters and general management The appointment of Principal was transferred from the Council to the Crown and the Council was empowered to appoint Head of the Theological Department to be called the Dean of King's College The Act also made provision for the incorpora- tion of the Women's Department in the University as separate College under the title of University of London King's College for Women the transfer of the Medical School to the Corporation of King's College Hospital which thereupon became charged with the duty of maintaining and developing the school as school of advanced medical studies in connection with the Hospital and the constitution of corporation entitled King's College School Wimbledon to take over the duties of the Corporation of the College in relation to King's College School The Act further directed the Corporation of the College and the Council to use their best endeavours to provide accommodation for the Strand School and the Civil Service Department elsewhere than in the College buildings Decentralization The Act came into force as regards the Hospital and Medical School on lst September 1909 as regards the College and the Women's Department on lst January 1910 and as regards King's College School on lst January 1911 The Council ceased to maintain the Civil Service Department in 1912 when it was transferred elsewhere to proprietary management under the name of St George's College The London County Council took over the management of the Strand School in August 1913 and erected new buildings for its accommo- dation at Elm Park Brixton Under its new constitution University of London King's College for Women was at first governed by the Delegacy of King's College but in 1913 special Delegacy of King's College for Women was instituted by the Senate The Arts and Science Departments were transferred in 1915 from Kensington to the College buildings in the Strand and again came under the direction of theDelegacy of King's College The Home Science Department was transferred to new buildings on Campden Hill Kensington in 1915 under the title of