The Public Libraries Act (Scotland) 1867
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and consolidate the Public Libraries Acts relating to Scotland, 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: