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* Conditions to be observed by Persons competing for 
the Government Prize for the New Vine Disease. 
Article 1 . Every person wishing to compete for the 
prize of 20,000 francs, offered by the Government to 
the discoverer of a process sufficient to destroy the 
new disease of the vine, should in the first instance 
notify his intention to the Minister of Agriculture. 
Article 2. No one will be permitted to compete 
unless he can furnish along with his application 
certificates to the effect that his plan has already been 
submitted to the test of practical experience, and can 
establish the presumption, on the basis of facts, that it 
would be found efficacious and economical in its appli- 
cation to the generality of lands. 
Art. 3. The notification of intention to compete for 
the prize shall be communicated to the central com- 
mission. After the essays sent in have been examined, 
and even if possible a preliminary inquiry, the 
competitor shall give his advice as to all that is 
necessary for submitting his process to certain experi- 
ments which shall be carried out, and the effects of 
which shall be attested by the local commissions. 
Art. 4. There shall be held a viva voce inquiry into, 
the success or failure of each experiment. When this 
viva voce evidence has been put in order, under the 
supervision of the local commissions, it shall be 
forwarded by the Prefect to the Minister of Agriculture 
and Commerce, who will lay it before the central 
commission. 
Art 5. This commission will examine the viva voce 
evidence submitted for its approval, and that 
commission will award the prize, if deserved. 
* Translated from the French. 
