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bers or Strangers 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 

 Society, on such terms as that Meeting shall appoint; but the 

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

 the Institution, additional Subscribers, paying Twelve Shil- 

 Jings 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 thej 

 shall have the privilege of introducing Strangers to the Mus- 

 eum, 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 man- 

 agement of its concerns. 



11. Officers of the Army or Navy, stationed at Whitbj 

 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 

 dissolved, the property shall be divided accordingly. But ia 

 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 

 repurchasijjg it at the same price. 



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

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

 shall at his death descend to his representative; but the So- 

 ciety shall decide, by ballot, whether the purchaser or 

 representative shall be admitted as a Member of the Institu- 

 tion. VVMien 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 Sub* 

 scription 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 Trea- 

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

 mouth after the General Meeting in each year. 11 any Mem- 



