372 APPENDICES 
Third. In trust that if investigations of equal importance shall be made in regard to 
meteoric bodies at or about the same time in the United States of America and, also, in 
some other part of the world, each of which investigations might in the opinion of said 
Academy entitle the investigator to be considered as a competitor for said medal, preference 
shall be given in the awarding thereof to investigations made by a citizen of the said United 
States of America. 
Fourth. In trust, that if the said die shall at any time be lost, destroyed, broken, or in 
any manner rendered unfit for the purpose of striking the said medal, a new die shall be 
procured exactly similar to the one so selected and presented as aforesaid, and shall be 
paid for out of the interest and income of the said fund; and such sum or sums of money 
as shall at any time or times be necessary for the care, custody and protection of the said 
die or of the said fund hereby given, shall also be taken from and out of the interest and 
income of the said fund whenever the same shall be deemed necessary by the said National 
Academy of Sciences. 
Fifth. In trust that, if at any time or times the interest and income of said trust fund 
of Eight thousand dollars shall exceed the amount necessary for the striking of said medal 
and the care of the said die and of the fund, such surplus over and above the sum or sums 
so required for the purposes of the trust as hereinbefore recited and set forth shall be used 
in such manner as shall be selected by the National Academy of Sciences in aid of investi- 
gations of meteoric bodies to be made and carried on by a citizen or citizens of the 
United States of America. 
And the said National Academy of Sciences doth signify its acceptance of the said fund 
of Eight thousand dollars and doth engage to hold and manage the same upon the trusts 
and for the uses and purposes herein mentioned and set forth. 
In witness whereof, I, the said Sarah Julia Smith, have hereunto set my hand and seal, 
and the said National Academy of Sciences hath hereunto caused its corporate seal to be 
affixed and these presents to be subscribed by its President, this sixth day of May, in the 
year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. 
SARAH JULIA SMITH, [SEAL.] 
O. C. MarsH, [SEAL N. A. S.] 
President of the National Academy of Sciences. 
Sealed and delivered in presence of Annie C. Norton, J. H. Caperton as to Sarah Julia 
Smith. 
Witnesses to signature of President Marsh: George J. Brush, E. S. Dana. 
THE J.C. WATSON FUND 
The will of Mr. James C. Watson, dated July 11, 1874, contains the following 
provisions: 
Fifth. I give and devise subject to conditions and legacies hereinbefore and hereafter 
mentioned all the rest, residue and remainder of my real and personal estate to the National 
Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, of which I am a member, which said 
Academy was incorporated by Act of Congress, approved March third, A. D., 1863, to be 
aggregated, kept and invested as a perpetual fund the income from which shall be expended 
by said Academy for the promotion of Astronomical Science. * * * * I direct that all 
other [other than those specifically bequeathed otherwise] stocks bonds and securities owned 
by me be converted into money on the most advantageous terms possible and as soon as it 
may be advantageous to do so and paid over to the Treasurer of said National Academy of 
Sciences. I direct that any other personal property belonging to me, as well as any real 
estate of which I may die possessed, except my books and scientific papers, be sold and dis- 
