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Camberwell, and support the recommendation of the
Vestry to put the Free Libraries Act into force."
A Resolution in favour of the adoption of the Public
Libraries Acts was unanimously carried.
In pursuance of the provisions of the Public Libraries
Act, a requisition was duly signed by a number of Ratepayers
calling upon the Overseers to ascertain the determination
of the Ratepayers as to whether the Public
Libraries Act should be adopted for this Parish ; and the
Overseers decided that the best method of ascertaining the
wishes of the Ratepayers was by the issue of voting papers
to each Ratepayer, and the subsequent collection and
scrutiny thereof. The Ratepayers were by such voting
papers given the opportunity of stipulating whether, in
their opinion, the adoption of the Acts should be subject to
a limitation to some lower rate than One Penny in the £
The poll of the Parish was taken on the 7th January last,
with the following result:—
o
In favour of the adoption of the Acts—
Limited to ¼d. in the pound 209
do. ½d. do. 1,783
do. ¼d. do. 148
Without stipulation 9,267
11,407
Against 5,357
Majority in favour 7,050