LAWS AND REGULATIONS 



1. The Society shall be called The Whitby Literary and Philosophical 

 Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the interests of Science 

 by such other means as it may be able to undertake. 



2. All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admission, and Half a 

 Guinea annually, shjall be Members of the Society ; and Subscribers of Five 

 Guineas on admission, and Half a Guinea annually, or of Ten Guineas at one 

 time, without any annual Subscription, shall be Governors of the Society. 



3. The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a President, 

 two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two Curators, 

 who, with a Committee of eight Members, shall form the Council of the Society, 



4. The Council shall meet for transacting business, on the first Thursday of every 

 Month, or as often as they shall find necessary ; and three Members shall form a 

 Quorum. 



5. All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the Meetings of the 

 Council. 



6. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last Friday in October 

 in each year ; for electing a new Committee, receiving the Report of the retiring 

 Committee, auditing the accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other 

 business that may occur. Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by 

 any seven Members, a week's notice being given. 



7. The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities, specimens 

 in Natural History, with other miscellaneous Curiosities, whether of Nature or 

 Art ; to which may be added Scientific Books, and Philosophical Apparatus. 



8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Members, on such days 

 of the week, and under such regulations, as the Council shall appoint. The fam- 

 ilies of Members, residing under their roof, shall have the privilege of visiting the 

 Museum. No other Inhabitants of Whitby shall be gratuitously admitted, except 

 Benefactors and Honorary Members. Strangers, who have their residence above 

 ten miles from Whitby, may be introduced by any Member, or may be admitted 

 on such 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. |^" This Regulation is modified by the 11th. 



9. After the Society has existed for 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 



