nate the subjects for competing essays. It shall report annually t 
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. 
An award of the Prize will be made during the year 1895 ; essays . <% 
for the same to be in the possession of the Society before the first day 
of January, 1895. The subjects upon which essays are to be Pus 
nished by competitors are as follows : is 
r. The sources, formation and development of what is generally 
designated the Common Law of England. 
2. The theory of the State, treated historically and upon principle, 
with a discussion of the various schools of classical, medieval, and 
modern thought upon the subject. 
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3. The historical and doctrinal relations of the Roman Lawand 
the English Law, wlustrated by parallels and contrasts. 
The Prize for the crowned essay on either of these subjects will 
consist of the sum of five hundred dollars lawful gold coin of the 
United States, to be paid upon the awarding of the Prize. - yt 
The essays must be sent didhecsed to Frederick Fraley, President 
of the American Philosophical Society, Hall of the Society, No. 104 aE 
South Fifth Street, Philadelthia, Pa. “ae 
(" Members who have not as yet sent their photographs ae 
to the Society will confer a favor by so doing; cabinet size 
preferred. 
(=~ Members will please communicate any change of address or inac- 
curacy in name. . » 
Ie A few sets of the Society’s Transactions, New Series, 1818 to 18938, 
XVIII vols., 4t0, can be obtained from the Librarian. Price $90.00. 
