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bers. Strangers who have their residence above Ten Miles 

 from Wliitby, may be introduced by any Member, or may be 

 admitted on such terms as tlie Council shall fix.— On special 

 occasions, the Curators, or the Secretaries, may admit jVIem- 

 bcrs or Strangers to the Museum, on those days when it is 

 usually shut. 



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

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

 Society, on such terms 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 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 at 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 pro- 

 perty 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 Institution. 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. 



