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LAWS AND REGULATIONS 



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, with- 

 out 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 5 and three Members shall form a Quorum. 



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

 the Meetings of the Council. 



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, 

 auditing 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 j with other miscella- 

 neous Curiosities, whether of Nature or Art 3 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 i 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 Stran- 

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



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

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



