§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
LORD TWEEDMOUTHsaid, in moving the Second Reading, that last Session a Bill was introduced in the House of Commons by Sir Francis Powell and had received their Lordships' sanction empowering Town Councils in England to adopt the Public Libraries Acts without taking a vote of the ratepayers. The object of this Bill was to extend those advantages to Scotland.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a."—(The Lord Tweedmouth.)
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.