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sliall be admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the So- 

 ciety, on such terms as tliat Meeting may appoint ; but the 

 Council may at any of its Meetings admit to the benefits of the 

 Institution, additional Subscribers, paying Twelve Shillings 

 yearly in advance. Such Subscribers shall be admitted by 

 ballot, a majority of at least three fourths of the Members 

 present being required for their admission ; and they shall have 

 no share in the property of the Society, have no vote at its 

 Meetings, and shall not hold any office in it ; but they shall; 

 have the privilege of introducing Strangers to the Museum, as 

 well as persons belonging to their own families. 



10. Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the 

 Society, may be elected Honorary Members, without paying 

 any subscription ; but such Honorary Members shall have no 

 share in the property of the Society, or in the management of 

 its concerns. 



11. Officers of the Army or Navy, stationed in Whitby upon, 

 duty, shall have the privilege of Honorary Members, for the 

 term of their official residence ; and the same privilege shall 

 be enjoyed by the regular Methodist Preachers, during the 

 period of their ministry at Whitby. 



12;. The proportion which each Member has in the property 

 of the Society, shall be according to the whole amount paid 

 for his share ; and should the Institution ever be dissolved, the 

 property shall be divided accordingly. But in the event of 

 such dissolution, all donations to the Society shall be returned, 

 if required, to the Donors, or their representatives ; and all 

 Members who have sold property to the Society, at a reduced 

 price, shall have the option of repurchasing it at the same , 

 price. 



13. Each Member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell 

 or dispose of his share ; and, if not previously disposed of, it ? 

 shall at his death descend to his representative ; but the 

 Society shall decide, by ballot, whether the purchaser or 

 representative shall be admitted as a Member of the Institu- 

 tion. When any share is transferred, all arrears due on it 

 must be paid up ; and the representative or assignee of a Life 

 Governor shall not be exempted from the Annual Subscription, 

 of Half a Guinea, without paying the sum of Five Guineas, 

 in lieu of such Subscription. 



14. The Annual Subscriptions shall be paid to the Treasurer 

 in advance, in the month of November, or within a month after 

 the General Meeting in each Year. If any Member neglect 

 to pay his Subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting, he 

 shall be excluded from the benefits of the Institution, until all 



