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0. 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 Subsciibers, 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 manage- 

 ment 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, s!»all 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 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 Sub- 

 cription of Half a Guinea, without paying a sum of Five 

 Guineas in lieu of such subscription. 



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 shall be excluded from the benefits of the Insli- 

 t42tion, until all arrears due on his share be paid up; and if 



