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any Member, or may be admitted on snch terms as th« 

 Council shall fix. — On special occasions, the Curator, or the 

 Secretaries, may admit Members or Strangers to the Museum 

 on those days wlien 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 

 Society, on such terms as that Meetinjj may appoint; but 

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

 of the Institution, additional Subscribers, paying Twelve 

 Shillinirs 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 ma- 

 nagement of its concerns. 



11. 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 repre- 

 sentatives; and all Members who have sold property to the 

 Society, at a reduced price, shall have the option of repur* 

 chasing it at the same price. 



12. 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. 



' 13. The Annual Subscriptions shall be paid to the 

 Treasurer in advance, in the month of January, or within a 

 month after the General Meeting in each Year. If any 

 Member neglect to pay his Subscription before the ensuing 

 AnnCial Meeting, he shall be excluded from the benefits of 

 the Institution, until all arrears due on his share shall be 



