LAWS AND REGULATIONS. 



L Thf Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philoso^ 

 phical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the in- 

 terests 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 the Society; and Sub- 

 scribers of J^v've 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-Presidei>ts, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two 

 Curators, who, with a Conmiittee of eight Members, shall form the 

 Council of the Society. 



4. The Council shall meet for transacting biisiness on the first 

 Thursday of every month, or as often as they shall find necessary; 

 q,nd 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; ibr electing a new Committee, re- 

 ceiving the Report of the retiring Committee, auditing the accounts 

 of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business tjiat 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, Antirpiities, 

 specimens in Natural Histor}', 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, 

 oji such d9,ys 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 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 occaT 

 ^ions, the Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members or Stran- 

 gers to the Museum on those days when it is usually shut. 



*:)f.* This Regulation is modified by the 11th, 



9. After the Society has existed for one year, all new Members 

 phall be admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society, on 

 svicli teiTns as that Meeting shall appoint; but the Council may, at 

 ^ny of its Meetings, admit to the hcnefits of the Institution, additional 



