Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1867
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1867 c. 37 |
Public Libraries Act (Scotland), 1867
(30 & 31 Vict.) C A P. XXXVII.
An Act to amend and consolidate the Public Libraries Acts (Scotland ).
[15th July 1867]
W HEREAS it is expedient to amend and consolidate the Public Libraries Acts relating toScotland , and to give greater Facilities for the Formation and Establishment there of Public Libraries, Art Galleries, and Museums:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
1 & 18 Vict. c. 64., and so much of 29 & 30 Vict. c. 114., as relates to Scotland, repealed.
1. The Public Libraries Act (Scotland ), 1854, and so much of the Public Libraries Amendment Act (England and Scotland ), 1866, as relates to Scotland , are hereby repealed, but such Repeal shall not invalidate or affect anything already done in pursuance of these Acts or either of them; and all Public Libraries and Museums established in Scotland under these Acts or either of them shall be held as coming under the Operation of this Act.
2 Interpretation of Terms.
2. In the Construction of this Act the following Words and Expressions shall have the Meanings hereby assigned, if not inconsistent with the Context or Subject Matter; that is to say,
The Expression ‘Burgh’ shall mean a Royal Burgh or a Burgh or Town to which Magistrates and Councils were provided by the Act of the Third and Fourth Years of KingWilliam , the Fourth, Chapter Seventy-seven:
The Word ‘District’ shall mean a Burgh of Barony, a Burgh of Regality, or any other populous Place, not being a Royal Burgh or a Town or Burgh to which Magistrates and Councils were provided by the said Act of the Third and Fourth Years of KingWilliam , the Fourth, Chapter Seventy-seven, where any Local or General Police Act is in force:
The Word ‘Board’ in Parishes shall mean the Parochial Board acting under the Powers and in execution of the Act of the Eighth and NinthVictoria , Chapter Eighty-three, and in Districts it shall mean the Commissioners, Trustees, or other Body of Persons, by whatever Name distinguished, for the Time being in Office, and acting in execution of any Special, Local, or General Police Act:
The Word ‘Householders’ in all Burghs shall mean all Persons entitled to vote in the Election of Members of Parliament; but in Districts it shall mean all Persons assessed under and for the Purposes of any Local or General Police Act which may be in force therein; and in Parishes it shall mean all Ratepayers under the Act of the Eighth and NinthVictoria , Chapter Eighty-three:
The Expression ‘Police Rates’ shall mean the Rates, Tolls, Rents, Income, and other Monies whatsoever which under the Provisions of any Police Act shall be applicable for the general Purposes of such Act.
3 Meeting to be called for considering the Adoption of this Act in any Burgh, District, or Parish.
3. Upon the Requisition in Writing of the Magistrates and Council or of Ten Householders in any Burgh, District, or Parish, the Chief or Senior Magistrate of such Burgh, or in the Case of a District or Parish the Sheriff of the County or One of his Substitutes, shall, within Ten Days after the Receipt of such Requisition, convene a Meeting of Householders, and preside at the same for the Purpose of considering whether this Act shall be adopted for such Burgh, District, or Parish, such Meeting to be held in any convenient Place on a Day not less than Twenty-one Days or more than Thirty Days after the Receipt of such Requisition; and Notice of the Time and Place of such Meeting shall be given by affixing the same upon the Doors of the Parish Churches within such Burgh, District, or Parish, and also by advertising the same in at least One Newspaper published or circulated within such Burgh, District, or Parish not less than Seven Days preceding the Day of Meeting.
4 Act may be adopted at Meeting by a Majority.
4. If at such Meeting it shall be determined by a Majority of Householders present that the Provisions of this Act shall be adopted in such Burgh, District, or Parish, then the same shall from thenceforth come into operation therein; and the Chairman of the Meeting shall cause a Minute to be made of the Resolutions of the Meeting, and shall sign the same.
5 Expenses of carrying this Act into execution in Burghs and Districts to be paid out of the Police Rate.
5. The Expenses incurred in calling and holding such Meeting, whether this Act shall be adopted or not, and the Expenses of carrying this Act into execution when adopted, shall, in the Case of a Burgh or District, be paid out of the Police Rate, and the Magistrates and Council of such Burgh, or the Board of such District, shall yearly levy as Part of the Police Rate, or by a separate Rate, to be made, levied, and recovered by the Magistrates and Council of such Burgh or the Board of such...
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