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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
An Act to amend an Act of The last Session for extending The Public Libraries Act, 1850, to Ireland and Scotland.
[31st July 1854.]WHEREAS it is expedient to amend The Act of The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter One hundred and one, so far as The same relates to Scotland, and to give greater Facilities for The Present Establishment There of Public Libraries and Museums: Be it Therefore tends to 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:—
I. 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 “Parliamentary Burgh” shall mean a Burgh or Town to which Magistrates and Councils were provided by The Act of The Third and Fourth Years of King William The Fourth, Chapter Seventy-seven; The Expression “Occupier of Premises” shall mean a Male Occupier of a Dwelling House or other Heritable Subjects of The yearly Value of Ten Pounds or upwards, not being a Lodger or a Party in The Occupation as Tenant of a Furnished House let for a less Period than One Year but in such Case shall mean The Party by whom such House is so let.
II. So much of The said Act of The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter One hundred and one, as relates to to Scotland, is hereby repealed, but such Repeal shall not invalidate affect anything already done in pursuance of such Act; and all Public Libraries and Museums established in Scotland under The Art shall be considered as having been established under this Act.
III. In citing this Act for any purpose whatever, it shall be sufficient to use The Expression “The Public Libraries Act, (Scotland) 1854.”
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