Whereas William Ewart wanted all boroughs to have the power tofinance public libraries, the legislation only applied to thoseboroughs with populations of over 10,000.

• 然而威廉.；埃华特希望所有的市镇都有权利为公共图书馆提供资金，此项立法仅适用于那些人口超过一万人的市镇。