TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 4. 1828.
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IV. Resolution providing for the distribution of certain public documents, andthe removal of certain books from the library.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That of the public docu-ments, and other works, of which several copies are deposited in thelibrary of Congress, a portion be distributed in the following manner :
First, Of the return of the last census, and of the Digest of Manu-factures, and of Gales and Seaton’s Register of Debates, and of Wattert-son’s and Van Zandt’s Statistical Tables, one copy to each member ofthe present Congress , and to each new member of each succeedingCongress , till all the copies shall be distributed, with the exceptionof twenty-five of each work, which shall be reserved in the library;and the librarian of Congress is hereby authorized and directed todeliver to each member, as aforesaid, the copies of the said documentsto which he is hereby entitled.
Secondly, Of the Journal of the Federal Convention, of the SecretJournals of the old Congress , of Pitkin’s Statistics, and of Seybert’sStatistical Annals, one copy to the public library of the legislature ofeach state in the Union, and one copy each to such universities and collegesas may not already .have received them, and one copy to one incorporatedAtheneum in each state: Provided, There remain a sufficient number ofthe said works beyond what are needed for the use of the library.
Thirdly, To the United States’ Military Academy at West Point , oneset of all the works of which copies have been distributed to the univer-sities and colleges: Provided, There remain any copies of the samedeposited in the library of Congress, beyond the number reserved for thesaid library.
Fourthly, That, of the three hundred copies of the laws now orderedto be deposited in the library of Congress, fifty copies be furnished to thelibrary of the House of Representatives , in addition to the fifty copiesalready ordered for the said library; and that the clerk of the House ofRepresentatives be, and he hereby is, authorized to receive the same.
Fifthly, That of the journals, documents, and reports, heretofore order-ed to be printed by the Senate , and of which copies are deposited in thelibrary of Congress, and of the journals, documents, and reports, whichmay hereafter be ordered to be printed by the Senate , five sets be furnish-ed for the library of the House of Representatives ; and that the clerk ofthe House of Representatives be, and he hereby is, authorized to receivethe same.
II. And be itfurtJier resolved, That the clerk of the House of Repre-sentatives be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to deliver to theDepartment of State , properly prepared for transmission, by mail or other-wise, the copies of the hooks mentioned in the second and third para-graphs of the foregoing resolution.
III. And be it further resolved, That, instead of the twenty-five setsof the journals, executive papers, reports of committees, and other docu-ments of Congress , authorized by law to be placed in the library of Con-gress, ten sets only, well bound, shall hereafter be deposited, in the saidlibrary.
IV. And be it further resolved, That the joint library committee be,and they hereby are, authorized to remove from the library of Congress, anddispose of in such manner as they may think expedient, any duplicate,imperfect, damaged, or other work or works, not wanted for the use ofthe library.
Approved, May 24,1828.
May 24, 1828.
Public docu-ments in thelibrary of Con-gress to be dis-tributed.
Census.
Journal of theFederal Con-vention, &c.
Proviso.
A set to WestPoint Academy.
Proviso.