The American Philosophical Society 



Announces that an Award of the 



HENRY M. PHILLIPS PRIZE 



will be made during the year 191 2 ; essays for the same to 

 be in the possession of the Society before the first day of 

 January, 1912. 



The subject upon which essays are to be furnished by 

 competitors is : 



The Treaty-making power of the United States 

 and the methods of its enforcement as affect- 

 ing the Police Powers of the States. 



The essay shall contain not more than one hundred thousand words, ex- 

 cluding notes. Such notes, if any, should be kept separate as an Appendix. 

 *■ The Prize for the crowned essay will be $2,000 lawful gold coin of the 

 United States, to be paid as soon as may be after the award. 



Competitors for the prize shall affix to their essays some motto or name 

 (not the proper name of the author, however), and when the essay is 

 forwarded to the Society it shall be accompanied by a sealed envelope, 

 containing within, the proper name of the author and, on the outside 

 thereof, the motto or name adopted for the essay. 



Essays may be writteii in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, 

 Spanish or Latin ; but, if in any language except English, must be accom- 

 panied by an English translation of the same. 



Mo treatise or essay shall be entitled to compete for the prize that has 

 been already published or printed, or for which the author has received 

 already any prize, profit, or honor, of any nature whatsoever. 



All essays must be typewritten on one side of the paper only. 



The literary property of such essays shall be in their authors, subject to 

 the right of the Society to publish the crowned essay in its Transactions 

 ©r Proceedings. 



The essays must be sent, addressed to 



The President of the American Philosophical Society, 

 No 104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Penna.. U. S. A. 



