Thirtieth Congress
Second Session
Congress of the United States
Resolved By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
CONGRESS ASSEMBLED,

That the Librarian of Congress be, and is hereby, directed to procure and deliver to the Secretary of State, two copies of volumes six and seven, of the narrative of the exploring expedition under Captain Wilkes; and the Secretary of State is hereby, directed to deliver them to the Government of Russia, in lieu of those heretofore delivered, which were lost at sea on their passage to Russia; and that the cost of the same be paid out of the funds heretofore appropriated to the publication of the works of the exploring expedition.

In Senate of the United States,
February 22. 1849
Resolved, That the ^Resolution^ Bill from the House of Representatives entitled
“Joint Resolution directing that the government of Russia be supplied with certain volumes of the narrative of the Exploring Expedition, in lieu of those which were lost at Sea” do pass with the following

Amendments.

At the end of the Resolution add the following:

Amend the title by adding thereto:
“and for other purposes”