Ki\m mill HfguIntioM. 



1. — Tlje Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philo- 

 sophical 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 Ilalf-a-Cuhica annually, shall 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 this 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 of 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 Mem- 

 bers, on such days of the week, and under such regulations, as the 

 Council shall appoint. The families of Members, residing under 



