Public Libraries Act 1855[1]
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citation18 & 19 Vict. c. 70
Territorial extent England and Wales

The Public Libraries Act 1855 amended the Public Libraries Act 1850.

The provisions were:[2]

  • to extend the right to adopt public library legislation beyond municipal boroughs to parish vestries
  • to reduce the population requirement from 10,000 to 5,000
  • to allow parishes to group together to meet the population requirement
  • to explicitly include the Metropolis
  • to allow adoption if a two thirds majority were in favour at a public meeting

References

  1. ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 2 of this Act.
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 33 - The Wellesley College Library to Zoological Literature: A Review
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