Fourth. 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. 



Fifth. At a stated meeting of the Society, in pursuance 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 by the Society from nomination of ten persons 

 made by the Standing Committee on the Henry M. Phillips' Prize Essay Fund. 



Sixth. All amounts of interest accruii^ and unexpended on each and every occa- 

 sion on which no prize shall be awarded, shall be cpnsidered and taken as accretions to 

 the principal of the said fund. 



Seventh. All essays may be written in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, 

 Spanish or Latin ; but, if any language except English, must be aotompanied by an 

 English translation of the same. 



Eighth. 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. 



Ninth. All essays must be clearly and legibly written on only one side of the 

 paper. 



Tenth. 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 Transactions or Pro- 

 ceedings. 



Eleventh. 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 rriay occur in said 

 Committee shall be filled by new appointment by the President. 



Ticeljth. 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 



