United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/27th Congress/2nd Session/Resolution 3
No. 3. A Resolution further to provide for the distribution of the printed returned of the sixth census, and other documents connected with the same, the printing of which has been heretofore directed by law.
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,The other census documents to be distributed in the manner specified by resolution of 1st Sept. 1841.
Ante, p. 467.
Proviso. That the statistics, including the census of pensioners, and the compendium or abridgement of the sixth census of the United States, heretofore required by law to be printed under the direction of the Secretary of State, shall be distributed and disposed of by the Secretary in the manner and in the proportions specified in the joint resolution of Congress passed the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one: Provided, always, That seventeen thousand copies of the said compendium or abridgement shall be distributed among the States, Territories, and persons entitled to distribution under the said resolution, and in the proportions therein specified, and that the remaining copies of the said statistics and compendium be placed in the Library of Congress for future distribution.
Approved, April 15, 1842.