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LA W^S AND REGULATIONS t n. r 



OF THE 



WHITBY LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



1. The Society shall be called The Whitby Literary 

 AND Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and 

 for promoting the interests of Science by such other means as 

 it may be able to undertake. 



2. All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admis- 

 sion, and Half a Guinea .Annual, shall be Members of the 

 Society ; and Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and 

 Half a Guinea Annual, or of Ten Guineas at one time 

 without any Annual Subscription, shall be Governors of the 

 Society. 



3. The Business of the Society shall be conducted by a 

 Patron, a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, 

 two Secretaries, and a Curator ; who, with a Committee 

 of eight Members, shall form the Council of the Society. 



4. The Council shall meet for transacting business on the 

 first Thursday of every Month, or as often as they shall find 

 necessary ; and three Members shall form a Quorum. 



5. All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at 

 the Meetings of the Council. a 



6. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the 

 last Friday in October, in each year ; for electing a new Com- 

 mittee, receiving the Report of the retiring Committee, au- 

 diting the accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other 

 business that may occur. — Special Meetings may be called by 

 the Council, or by any seven Members, a week's notice being 

 given- 



7. The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Anti- 

 quities, specimens in Natural History ; with other miscellaneous 

 Curiosities, whether of Nature or Art ; to which may be added. 

 Scientific Books, and Philosophical Apparatus. 



8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the 

 Members, on such days of the Week, and under such regula- 

 tions, as the Council shall appoint. The families of Members, 

 residing under their roof, shall have the privilege of visiting 

 the Museum. No other Inhabitants of Whitby shall be ad- 

 mitted ; except Benefactors, and Honorary Members. Stran- 

 gers who have their residence above Ten Miles from Whitby, 

 may be introduced by any Member, or may be admitted on 

 such terms as the Council shall fix. — On special occasions, the 

 Curator, or the Secretaries, may admit Members or Strangers 

 to the Museum, on those days when it is usually shut. 



0. After the Society has existed one year, all new Members 



