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clety, on such terras as that Meeting may appoint ; but the 

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

 the Institution, additional Subscribers, paying Twelve Shil- 

 lings 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 

 liave 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 

 liave no share in the property of the Society, or in the ma- 

 nagement of its concerns. 



1 1 . 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 pro- 

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

 paid for his share ; and should the Institution ever be dis- 

 solved, 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 j 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 Subscrip- 

 tion 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 Treas- 

 urer 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 Insti- 

 tution, until all arrears due on his share shall be paid upj 

 and if any Member neglect paying his Subscription for two 

 years, he shall, after notice given him to that effect, be ex- 

 cluded from the Society, and shall forfeit all his right and in- 

 terest iu the property of the Institution, 



