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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 first prize to be awarded by the Society will be the sum of one thousand dollars, 

 lawful gold coin of the United States of America, and all treatises in competition there- 

 for must be in the possession of the Society before the first day of January, i8gj. 



The prize will be awarded for " The best Treatise ofi the History and Growth of 

 the Philosophy of Jurisprudence, divided into Ancient, Medieval and Modern Periods, 

 presenting a complete conspectus of the literature, bibliography and opinion pertaining to 

 the subject y 



NOTICE. 



Preceding Volumes of the New Series can be obtained from the Librarian at the 

 Hall of the Society. Price, five dollars each. A Volume consists of three Parts ; but 

 separate Parts will not be disposed of 



A few complete sets can be obtained of the Transactions, New Series, Vols. 

 I — XVI; Price, eighty dollars. 



Address, THE LIBRARIAN. 



