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•hall appoint. The families of members, residing under their roofy 

 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 occa- 

 sions, the Curators or the Secretaries may admit members or stran- 

 gers 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 Ge neral 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 Sub- 

 scribers 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 So- 

 ciety, may be elected Honorary Members, without paying any sub- 

 scription ; but such Honorary Members shall have no share in the 

 property of the Society, or in the management of its concerns. 



11. The Museum shall be open to the public one day in each 

 month, under such restrictions as the Council may deem necessary. 



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 tlie 

 donors or their representatives : and all members who have sold 

 property to the Society at a reduced price, shall have the option of 

 re-purchasing it at tlie snme price. 



13. Each member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or dis- 

 pose of his share ; and if not previously disposed of, it sluill, at hii 

 death, descend to his representative : bittthe Society shall decide, by 

 ballot, whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted a^ 

 a Member of the Institution. When any share is transferred, a 1 

 arrears due upon it must be paid up ; and the representative or 

 assignee of a Life-Governor si. all not be exempted fnm the annual 



