)rudence, and to the preparation of the certificate to be granted to the author of 

 successful essay. 



Fourth. Competitors for thq 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, Qf 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. AH essays may be written in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, 

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

 English translation of the same. 



Seventh. 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. 



Eighth. All essays must be clearly and legibly written and on one side of the paper 

 only. 



Ninth. 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 Proceedings. 



Tenth. 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 may occur in said 

 Committee shall be filled by new appointment by the President. 



Eleventh. 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 

 the amount of the said prize, and if it shall deem it expedient, designate the subjects 



