must be made from the assessment of cultivated lands (iv.) The funds of the District Board in a Metro- (v.) The Consolidated Rate levied by the Commis- or a separate rate levied in like manner SECTION 21 (2) 18 (2) In a Parish not combined with any other Parish the VESTRY MUST SANCTION and raise the amount of rate required from time to time In a Parish or part of a Parish annexed to any Library District the rate must be raised as in a separate Parish, but the VESTRY'S SANCTION IS NOT NECESSARY for raising sums due from the Parish for meeting expenses 18 (3) The Library Authority MAY BORROW MONEY with the sanction of the Local Government Board, and, in the case of Commissioners, with the additional sanction of the Vestry or District Board, under the Public 19 (1) Health Act, 1875, and the Public Works Loans Act, 1875 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS of receipts and expenditure must be kept and audited— (i.) In the case of an Urban Library Authority, in (ii.) In the case of Commissioners, by a District 19 (2)(3) 20 (1) 20 (2) 20 (3) Accounts must be open to inspection by ratepayers, and an authority or person preventing this is liable on summary conviction to a fine of £5 Separate adoption of this Act by a PARISH WITHIN A METROPOLITAN DISTRICT precludes voters from taking any part in subsequent proceedings for the adoption. or execution of the Act in the District; and in future 22 (5) no such Parish may adopt the Act independently of whole body of the District, except by sanction of the Local Government Board ANY AGREEMENT under this Act may provide for an adjustment of interests upon its TERMINATION; and in the event of a dispute arising, the Local Government Board will appoint any arbitrator to settle it A VESTRY MAY MEAN any body of persons legally acting as, or instead of, a Vestry, or the registered voters in vestry assembled. TIONS are contained in Section 27. take effect from 1st October, 1892, and may be cited as the Public Libraries Act, 1892 Repeals, so far as relates to England and Wales, 18 and 19 Vict., c. 70 [VII.]; 29 and 30 Vict., c. 114 [IX.]; 34 and 35 Vict., c. 71 [XII.]; 47 and 48 Vict., c. 37 [XV.]; 50 and 51 Vict., c. 22 [XVI.]; 52 and 53 Vict., c. 9 [XIX.]; 53 and 54 Vict., c. 68 [XX.] SECTION 22 (6) 24 26 27 31 30 N.B. The text of other Acts relating to Technical Education, Museums, and Schools of Art and Science is given in full at pages 103-129, 151 to end. XXII. PUBLIC LIBRARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1893. SECTION Principal Act may be adopted in an Urban District by a resolution of the Urban Authority and consent of voters unnecessary 2 Mode of adoption and publication of resolution 3 Districts to combine 4 TECHNICAL EDUCATION. The following is a copy of the Technical Instruction Act, 1889, which is inserted in view of the probable application by Free Library and Museum Committees to the "Local Authority" for a grant under this Act, or the Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Duties Act, 1890, the provisions of which, so far as they relate to Technical Education, are also inserted : 52 AND 53 VICT., CAP. 76. An Act to facilitate the provision of Technical Instruction. 30th August, 1889. Be it 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: Power for Local Authority to supply or aid the supply of Technical Instruction. 1. (1) A Local Authority may from time to time out of the local rate supply or aid the supply of technical or manual instruction to such extent and on such terms as the authority think expedient, subject to the following restrictions, namely: (a) The Local Authority shall not out of the local rate supply or aid the supply of technical or manual instruction to scholars receiving instruction at an elementary school in the obligatory or standard subjects prescribed by the minutes of the Education Department for the time being in force; (b) It shall not be required as a condition of any scholar being admitted into or continuing in any school aided out of the local rate and receiving technical or manual instruction under this Act that he shall attend at or abstain from attending any Sunday school or any place of religious worship, or that he shall attend any religious observance or any instruction in religious subjects in the school or elsewhere: provided that in any school, the erection of which has been aided under this Act, it shall not be required, as a condition of any scholar being admitted into or continuing in such school, that he shall attend at or abstain from attending any Sunday school or any place of religious worship, or that he shall attend any religious observance or any instruction in religious subjects in the school or elsewhere; (c) No religious catechism or religious formulary, which is distinctive of any particular denomination, shall be taught at any school aided out of the local rate to a scholar attending only for the purposes of technical or manual instruction under this Act, and the times for prayer or religious worship, or for any lesson or series of lessons on a religious subject, shall be conveniently arranged for the purpose of allowing the withdrawal of such scholar therefrom; (d) A Local Authority may, on the request of the School Board for its District or any part of its District, or of any other managers of a school or institution within its District for the time being in receipt of aid from the Department of Science and Art, make, out of any local rate raised in pursuance of this Act, to such extent as may be reasonably sufficient, having regard to the requirements of the District, but subject to the conditions and restrictions contained in this Section, provision in aid of the technical and manual instruction for the time being supplied in schools or institutions within its District, and shall distribute the provision so made in proportion to the nature and amount of efficient technical or manual instruction supplied by those schools or institutions respectively; (e) Where such other managers of a school or institution receive aid from a Local Authority in pursuance of this Section, the Local Authority shall, for the purposes of this Act, be represented on the governing body of the school or institution in such proportion as will, as nearly as may be, correspond to the proportion which the aid given by the Local Authority bears to the contribution made from all sources other than the local rate and money provided by Parliament to the cost of the technical or manual instruction given in the school or institution aided; (f) If any question arises as to the sufficiency of the provision made under this Section, or as to the qualification of any school or institution to participate in any such provision, or as to the amount to be alloted to each school or institution, or as to the extent to which, or mode in which, the Local Authority is to be represented on the governing body of any such school or institution, the question shall be determined by the Department of Science and Art: Provided that no such provision, out of any rate raised in pursuance of this Act, shall be made in aid of technical or manual instruction in any school conducted for private profit; and (g) The amount of the rate to be raised in any one year by a Local authority for the purposes of this Act shall not exceed the sum of one penny in the pound. (2) A Local Authority may for the purposes of this Act appoint a committee consisting either wholly or partly of members of the Local Authority, and may delegate to any such committee any powers exerciseable by the authority under this Act, except the power of raising a rate or borrowing money. (3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to interfere with any existing powers of School Boards with respect to the provision of technical and manual instruction. Provision for Entrance Examination. 2. It shall be competent for any School Board or Local Authority, should they think fit, to institute an entrance examination for persons desirous of attending technical schools or classes under their management or to which they contribute. Parliamentary Grants in Aid of Technical Instruction. 3. The conditions on which Parliamentary grants may be made in aid of technical or manual instruction shall be those contained in the minutes of the Department of Science and Art in force for the time being. Provisions as to Local Authorities. 4. (1) For the purposes of this Act the expression "Local Authority shall mean the council of any County or Borough, and any Urban Sanitary Authority within the meaning of the Public Health Acts. (2) The local rate for the purposes of this Act shall be-(a) In the case of a County Council, the County Fund; (b) In the case of a Borough Council, the Borough Fund or Borough Rate; (c) In the case of an Urban Sanitary Authority not being a Borough Council, the District Fund and General District Rate, or other fund or rate applicable to the general purposes of the Public Health Acts; (3) A County Council may charge any expenses incurred by them under this Act on any part of their County for the requirements of which such expenses have been incurred. (4) A Local Authority may borrow for the purposes of this Act (a) In the case of a County Council, in manner provided by the Local Government Act, 1888 (51 and 52 Vict. c. 41): (b) In the case of a Borough Council, as if the purposes of this Act were purposes for which they are authorised by Section 106 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 and 46 Vict. c. 50) to borrow: (c) In the case of an Urban Sanitary Authority not being a Borough Council, as if the purposes of this Act were purposes for which they are authorised to borrow under the Public Health Acts. Audit of Accounts of Aided Schools. 5. Where the managers of a school or institution receive aid from a Local Authority in pursuance of this Act, they shall render to the Local Authority such accounts relating to the application of the money granted in aid, and those accounts shall be verified and audited in such manner as |