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. 



^ ]ft award of the Prize will be made during the year iSg^ ; essays for the same to 

 be in tJie possession of the Society before the first day of fanuary, i8g^. The subjects 

 upon tvhich essays are to be furnished by competitors are as follows : 



1. 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, icn/t a discus- 

 sion of the various schools of classical, mediceval, and modern thought upon the subject. 



J. The historical and doctrinal relations of the Roman Law and the English 

 Law, illustrated by parallels and contrasts. 



The Prize for the crowned essay oji either of these subjects Tvill consist of the sum 

 five hundred dollars lawful gold coin of the United States, to be paid upon the awarding^ 

 of the Prize. 



The essays must be sent, addressed to Frederick Fraley, President of the American 

 Philosophical Society. Hall of the Society, No. 104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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. 



)mpletc be obtained of the Transactions, New Series, Vols. 



I — XVII. Price, ei.sfhty-five dollars. 



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