The secretary of state is authorized, so far as practicable, to cooperate with the census bureau of the United States in the gathering, compilation, and publication of census statistics.

[S13, §177-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §424; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §26.1] 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1978 C93, §9F.1