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 c. 70) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the Public Libraries Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict.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:Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 33 - The Wellesley College Library to Zoological Literature: A Review 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Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 28(1) of, and the second schedule to, the Public Libraries Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict.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.
See also List of libraries in the United Kingdom
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