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shall have the privilege of visiting the Museum. No other inhabi- 

 tants 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 oc- 

 casions, 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 

 Subscribers 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 hold no office in it ; but they shall 

 have the privilege of introducing Strangers to the Museum, or 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 

 subscription ; 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 a dissolution, all do- 

 nations shall be returned, if required, to the donors, or their repre- 

 sentatives ; and all members who have sold property to the Society at 

 a reduced price, shall have the option of re- purchasing it at the same 

 price. 



13. Each Member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or 

 dispose of his share ; and, if not previously disposed of, it shall, at 

 his death, descend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide, 

 by ballot, whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted 

 as a member of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all 

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

 signee of a Life- Governor shall not be exempted from the Annual 



