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Fifth. At a stated meeting of the Society, in pnrsuance of 

 the advertisement, all essays received up to that time shall be 

 referred to a Committee of Judges, to consist of five persons, 

 who shall be selected b}^ the Society from nomination of ten 

 persons made by the Standing Committee on the Henry M. 

 Phillips Prize Essay Fund. 



Sixth. All essays may be written in English, French, German, 

 Dutch, Italian, Spanish or Latin ; but, if in any language except 

 English, must be accompanied by an English translation of the 

 same. 



Seventh. No 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, or profit, or honor, of 

 any nature whatsoever. 



Eighth. All essays must be clearly and legihly written and on 

 one side of the paper only. 



Ninth. The literary property of such essays shall be in their 

 authors, subject to the right of the Society to publish the 

 crowned essays in its Ti-ansactions or Proceedings. 



Tenth. A Standing Committee, to consist of five members 

 appointed by the President, and, ex-officio, the President and 

 the Treasurer of the Society, shall continue in office during the 

 pleasure of the Society, and any vacancies that may occur 

 in said Committee shall be filed by new appointment by the 

 President. 



Eleventh. The said Committee shall have charge of all matters 

 connected with the management of this endowment and the 

 investment of the same, and shall make such general rules for 

 publishing the terms upon which said prize shall be competed 

 for, and the amount of the said prize, and if it shall deem it 

 expedient, designate the subjects for competing essays. It shall 

 report annually to the Society, on the first Friday in December, 

 all its transactions, with an account of the investment of the 

 Prize Fund, and of the income and expenditures thereof. 



The following-named gentlemen were selected by the Society 

 as a Committee of Judges : J. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia ; 

 James C. Carter, of New York ; George F. Edmunds, of Ver- 

 mont ; E. J. Phelps, of New Haven, Conn.; C. Stuart Patter, 

 son , of Philadelphia, Pa. 



