Resolvedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

^[^THATa sum not exceeding seven hundred dollars be appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of such person or persons as the Secretary of State may employ, under and by virtue of this resolution, to prepare a plan for taking the census of eighteen hundred and fifty; embodying therein all important information which may be procured abroad or at home, in respect to details as to our population, productive industry and resources; and suggesting the entire outlines of the best method to be pursued, the subject matter to be embraced, and the classification to be adopted in the taking of said census; and that he report the same to this, or to the next session of Congress.^]^