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the Museum. No other inhabitants of Whitby shall be 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 ad- 

 mitted on such terms as the Council shall fix. On special occasions, the Curators 

 or the Secretaries may admit Members or strangers to to the Museum on those 

 days when it is usually shut. 



*4t* This regulation is modified by the 11th. 



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 persons 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 accordingly. But in the event of such 

 a dissolution, all donations shall be returned, if required, to the 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 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, whetlier 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 

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

 of Half-a-Guinea, without paying a sum of Five Guineas in lieu of such subscription. 



14. The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer in advance, in the 

 month of November, or within a month after the General Meeting in each year. 

 If any member neglect to pay his subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting, 

 he shall be excluded from the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on his 



