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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 1 1, 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. • • • • j 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 tlo 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- 



