APPENDICES 371 
THE O. C. MARSH FUND 
The will of Professor Marsh contains the following clause: 
“T give, devise, and bequeath to the corporation known as the National Academy of 
Sciences, in Washington, D. C., the sum of $10,000, as a trust fund, the income to be used 
and expended by it for promoting original research in the natural sciences.” 
THE JOHN MURRAY FUND 
This fund came to the Academy in the form of a personal letter to the Home 
Secretary, as follows: 
To ARNOLD HacugE, Esa., 
Secretary of the National Academy, 
Washington, D. C., U. S. A. 
My DEAR HAGUE: 
I enclose you a cheque for $6000 (£1233) which sum I trust the National Academy 
will accept from me, for the purpose of founding an Alexander Agassiz gold Medal, to be 
awarded for original contributions in the Science of Oceanography to scientific men in any 
part of the world, whenever and as often as the President and Council may deem desirable. 
Yours very sincerely, 
(Signed) JoHN Murray. 
THE BELLEVUE-STRATFORD, 
Philadelphia, 22 April, rgrr. 
THE J. LAWRENCE SMITH FUND 
Know all men by these presents, that I, Sarah Julia Smith, of the City of Louisville, and 
County of Jefferson, State of Kentucky, in consideration of the premises and of the 
acceptance of the within trust by the National Academy of Sciences, and, also, in consid- 
eration of divers other good and valuable considerations, I, the said Sarah Julia Smith, 
hereto moving, have given, granted, assigned, transferred, and set over, and by these 
presents do give, grant, assign, transfer, and set over unto the said National Academy of 
Sciences and to their successors forever, a certain fund or sum of Eight thousand dollars 
with the interest and income thereof, to have and to hold the same in trust nevertheless— 
upon the special trusts and for the uses and purposes following, to wit: 
First. In trust to invest and to reinvest the said sum of Eight thousand dollars, and to keep 
the same invested in good and safe securities, or in such other manner as shall be in their 
opinion best for the preservation and maintenance of such fund. 
Second. In trust to use the interest and income thereof for the purpose of striking a gold 
medal which shall be called the “Lawrence Smith Medal,” shall be of the value of Two 
hundred dollars in gold, and shall be struck in a die to be selected and presented to the said 
National Academy of Sciences, by me, the said Sarah Julia Smith. And the said medal 
shall be awarded and presented from time to time, by the said National Academy of 
Sciences, to any person in the United States of America or elsewhere who shall make an 
original investigation of meteoric bodies the results of which shall be made known to the 
public, such results being in the opinion of the said National Academy of Sciences of suffi- 
cient importance and benefit to science to merit such recognition, provided, however, that said 
medal shall not be presented or awarded more frequently than once in two years, and pro- 
vided, also, that the investigation for which it is awarded or the completed publication 
thereof shall have been made since the time of the last preceding award and presentation 
of said medal. 
