# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Resolution 4

IV. Resolution providing for the distribution of certain public documents, and the removal of certain books from the library.
Public documents in the library of Congress to be distributed.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That of the public documents, and other works, of which several copies are deposited in the library of Congress, a portion be distributed in the following manner:
Census.First, Of the return of the last census, and of the Digest of Manufactures, and of Gales and Seaton’s Register of Debates, and of Watterton’s and Van Zandt’s Statistical Tables, one copy to each member of the present Congress, and to each new member of each succeeding congress, till all the copies shall be distributed, with the exception of twenty-five of each work, which shall be reserved in the library; and the librarian of Congress is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to each member, as aforesaid, the copies of the said documents to which he is hereby entitled.
Journal of the Federal Convention, &c. Proviso.Secondly, of the Journal of the Federal Convention, of the Secret Journals of the old Congress, of Pitkin’s Statistics, and of Seybert’s Statistical Annals, one copy to the public library of the legislature of each state in the Union, and one copy to such universities and colleges as may not already have received them, and one copy to one incorporated Atheneum in each state: Provided, There remain a sufficient number of the said works beyond what are needed for the use of the library.
A set to West Point Academy. Proviso.Thirdly, to the United States’ Military Academy at West Point, one set of all the works of which copies have been distributed to the universities and colleges: Provided, There remain any copies of the same deposited in the library of Congress, beyond the number reserved for the said library.
Copies of the laws to library of House of Representatives.Fourthly, That, of the three hundred copies of the laws now ordered to be deposited in the library of Congress, fifty copies be furnished to the library of the House of Representatives, in addition to the fifty copies already ordered for the said library; and that the clerk of the House of Representatives be, and he hereby is, authorized to receive the same.
Journals furnished to library of House of Representatives.Fifthly, That of the journals, documents, and reports, heretofore ordered to be printed by the Senate, and of which copies are deposited in the library of Congress, and of the journals, documents, and reports, which may hereafter be ordered to be printed by the Senate, five sets be furnished for the library of the House of Representatives; and that the clerk of the House of Representatives be, and he hereby is, authorized to receive the same.
Clerk of House of Representatives to deliver to Department of State.II. And be it further resolved, That the clerk of the House of Representatives be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to deliver to the Department of State, properly prepared for transmission, by mail or otherwise, the copies of the books mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of the foregoing resolution.
Ten sets only of the journals of Congress, well bound, shall be deposited hereafter.III. And be it further resolved, That, instead of the twenty-five sets of the journals, executive papers, reports of committees, and other documents of Congress, authorized by law to be placed in the library of Congress, ten sets only, well bound, shall hereafter be deposited, in the said library.
Joint committee to dispose of any duplicate or works not wanted for the use of the library.IV. And be it further resolved, That the joint library committee be, and they hereby are, authorized to remove from the library of Congress, and dispose of in such manner as they may think expedient, any duplicate, imperfect, damaged, or other work or works, not wanted for the use of the library.
Approved, May 24, 1828.