Public Libraries Amendment Act 1877
WHEREAS by the Public Libraries Acts, 18 & 19 Victoria, c. 40., for Ireland; 29 & 30 Victoria, c. 114., for England; and 30 & 31 Victoria, c. 37., for Scotland, the mode by which the Act is to be adopted is prescribed to be by public meeting, and it has been found that in many cases a public meeting is a most incorrect and unsatisfactory mode, and fails to indicate the general opinion of the ratepayers, and it is desirable to ascertain these opinions more correctly: