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Academia Colombiana de Jurisprudencia. 



Address. Bogota. 



History. Founded in 1894 through the initiative of Dr. Vicente Olarte 

 Camacho as the Sociedad Colombiana de Jurisprudencia; incorporated 

 in the same year. Practically suspended during the years 1900-01. Re- 

 organized by the government in May 1904 under present name. 



Object. Scientific study of law in general, especially Colombian legislation and 

 jurisprudence. 



Meetings. Weekly on Mondays, Feb. to Nov.; annual meeting on last Sunday 

 in Nov. 



Membership. 85 active (entrance fee, $10; monthly dues, $i) ; 30 corresponding. 



Publications. 

 ANALES DE JURISPRUDENCIA. t. I- VI. Bogota, 1896-1903. 8. 



t. 1-3 each in 12 nos. ; t. 4 incomplete, no. 37-44 issued up to Aug. 1899, 

 after which publication was suspended until Dec. 1901, when t. 5 was 

 begun. (In this issue it was stated that the 4 entregas to complete 

 t. 4 would be published as soon as the difficulties of the situation would 

 permit.) 6 nos. to a vol. from t. 5. 



Informe del Presidente de la Sociedad . . . al Sr. Ministro de instruc- 

 tion piiblica. Bogota, 1903. 8. 



Many of the lectures delivered before the society are published in 

 pamphlet form, mainly reprints from the Anales de Jurisprudencia. 



A commission of the society is preparing for publication a "Diccionario 

 de legislation y Jurisprudencia nacional." 



Distribution. Exchange. Subscription to Anales should be addressed to Senor 

 Administrador de los Anales de Jurisprudencia, Bogota. 



Prizes. A gold medal and a silver medal are awarded annually for the 

 two best papers presented by members during the year. A prize is 

 awarded for the best paper presented in the annual competition held 

 by the society. 



Academia Nacional de Historia. 



Address. Calle 10, num. 259, Bogota. Permanent secretary: Pedro M. 



Ibafiez. 

 History. Established May 9, 1902 by the Ministry of Public Instruction 



as Comision de Historia y Antigiiedades Patrias; became an Academy 



by decree of Dec. 12, 1902. 

 Object. Study of the history of Colombia. 

 Meetings. 1st and I5th of each month, at the above address, or in the building of the 



Facultad de derecho y ciencias politicas. 

 Membership. Active membership limited to 30. No dues. 



"The name of the society given in the title of its Boletin up to no. 38 is Academia 

 de Historia Nacional. Later numbers of the Boletin and the official letter-head use 

 the form given above. 



