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terms as the Council shall fix. — On special occasions, the 

 Curators, or the Secretaries, may admit Members 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 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 

 liave 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 

 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 ; 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 a sum of Five Guineas in lieu of such subscrip- 

 tion. 



14. The Annual Subscriptions shall be paid to the Treasurer 

 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 



