8 

 LAWS AND REGULATIONS. 



1. — The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and 

 Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for pro- 

 moting 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, shall be Members of this 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 Sec- 

 retaries, and two Curators, who with a Committee of eight Mem- 

 bers, 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 Com- 

 mittee, receiving the Report of the retiring Committee, auditing 

 the Accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other busi- 

 ness 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, An- 

 tiquities, 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 families 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 



