The Public Libraries Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 70) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the Public Libraries Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 65) for England and Wales.
The provisions were:
- 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
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 28(1) of, and the second schedule to, the Public Libraries Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 53), which came into force on 1 October 1892.
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