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other inhabitants of Whitbj shall he gratuitously admitted except 

 Benefactors and Honorary Members. Strangers who have their 

 residences 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 occasions, 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 1 1th. 



9. After the Society has existed 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 per- 

 sons belonging to their own families. 



10. Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the 

 Society, 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 be dissolved the property shall be 

 divided according'y. 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 repre- 

 sentative or assignee of a Life-Governor shall not be exempted from 

 the Annual Subscription of Half-a-guinea, without paying a sumi of 

 Five Guineas in lieu of such subscription. 



