1850 Public Libraries Act empowered county councils in England and Wales with a population of 10,000 at a rate Halfpenny spent in libraries and museums, thereby establishing a principle, but to impose severe restrictions on the practice’ In 1855, the rate increased to one hundred people and the ceiling was reduced to 5000, 1866, the rate of population has been deleted’ Norwich was the first authority to approve the law in 1850, but did not provide the service until 1857′

The first library was opened under the law was in 1850 in Winchester, which opened its first public library in 1851′ The following year, a Manchester opened its first public library, next to Liverpool a library open’ And then, by a special law had been opened in libraries, Sheffield and Birmingham’ From 1857 to 1885, the only public library in London has been Santa Margarita and San Juan, located in Westminster’ Another was opened in 1885 in Wandsworth’

Before 1870, only 48 libraries have been opened, most of which were in England, only a small number have been opened in Scotland and Wales’ Growth of the library became faster between 1870 and 1900, 400 libraries have been established’ In 1913 the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie a $ 2 million for the creation of public libraries, provided that local authorities and the site maintenance schedule’