=11.= The solution of the problem may, indeed, come from another direction, as the present President of the Board of Education (Mr H. A. L. Fisher) indicated in an interview with a library deputation (April 1919) that the powers relating to public libraries then held by the Local Government Board were to be transferred to another department. The Board of Education was thus indicated, and it may be that new sources of support, means of co-ordination, and possibly periodical Government inspection of libraries, may flow from the transfer; but it is too early to speculate upon the matter. BIBLIOGRAPHY =12. English Legislation:= Chambers, G. F., and Fovargue, H. W. The Law Relating to Public Libraries and Museums, etc. 4th edition. 1899. This is the principal work on the subject. Fovargue, H. W. Summary of Library Law. N.D. =13. Foreign and Colonial Legislation:= _Canada._ Hardy, E. A. The Public Library. 1912. _Colonies._ Society of Comparative Legislation. Legislation of the Empire, 1898-1907. 4 vols. 1909. _France._ Pellisson, M. Les Bibliothèques à l’étranger et en France. 1906. Richou, G. Traité de l’administration des bibliothèques publiques. 1885. Robert, U. Recueil de lois, decrets, etc., concernant les bibliothèques publiques, etc. 1883. _Germany._ Franke, J. Der Leihbetrieb der Öffentlichen Bibliotheken. 1905. _United States._ Bureau of Education. Report of the Commissioner, 1895-6. Vol. i., chapter ix., Library Legislation in the U.S., pp. 523-599. The fullest account. Yust, W. F. Library Legislation. Preprint of American Library Association, Manual of Library Economy, chapter ix. 1911. Annual reviews of the library legislation in the U.S. appear in the Library Jl. For articles, see Cannons, pp. 90-96: LWK, Legislation, Library Commissions, pp. 241-245. CHAPTER II ADOPTION OF ACTS, FOUNDATION AND COMMITTEES =14. Methods of Adopting the Public Libraries Acts.=--There are only two methods prescribed by the Libraries Acts under which public libraries can be established. In rural parishes a parish meeting, called upon a requisition signed by ten or more voters and held at the time and place appointed, may adopt the Acts by a bare majority of those present and voting. At least seven days’ notice of the meeting must be given, but it is better to allow a month. Should a poll be demanded, it must be conducted by ballot according to the rules laid down by the Local Government Board. Full particulars, including forms of requisition, will be found in Chambers and Fovargue’s _Law Relating to Public Libraries_, 1899.