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matters referred to it. It has the honor to submit, for the approval 
of the Society, a draft of a preamble and regulations for the said 
Fund. 
It is of the opinion and recommends that the first prize to be 
awarded by the Society shall be for the best Treatise on the History 
and Growth of the Philosophy of Jurisprudence, divided into An- 
cient, Mediaeval and Modern Periods, presenting a complete con- 
spectus of the literature, bibliography, and opinion pertaining to 
the subject. 
It also recommends that the first prize to be awarded by the 
Society shall be the sum of one thousand dollars, lawful goid coin 
of the United States of America, and that all treatises in compe- 
tition therefor shall be in the possession of the Society before the 
first day of January, 1893; this date being fixed upon to allow time 
sufficient for authors to gather proper material for their treatises. 
The Committee recommends that all matters relating to the sec- 
ond and following prizes shall be relegated to the Standing Com- 
mittee, to be hereafter appointed by the Society. 
Your Committee would beg to offer the following resolution for 
the consideration of the Society: 
Resolved, That this Society tenders its thanks to Miss Emily 
Phillips for her generous gift of five thousand dollars to found the 
Henry M. Phillips’ Prize Essay Fund, which it has accepted with 
sincere satisfaction. 
THe Henry M. Puitiirs’ Prize Essay Funp. 
Miss Emily Phillips, of Philadelphia, a sister of Hon. Henry M. 
Phillips, deceased, presented to the American Philosophical Society, 
held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, on October 
5, 1888, the sum of five thousand dollars for the establishment and 
endowment of a Prize Fund, in memory of her deceased brother, 
who was an honored member of the Society. The Society, at a 
stated meeting, held October 5, 1888, accepted the gift and agreed 
to make suitable rules and regulations to carry out the wishes of the 
donor, and to discharge the duties confided to it. In furtherance 
whereof, the following rules and regulations were adopted by the 
Society at a stated meeting held on the seventh day of December, 
AsiD. 1883: 
first. The Prize Endowment Fund shall be called the ‘* Henry 
M. Phillips’ Prize Essay Fund.’’ 
