LAWS AND REGULATIONS. 



1. The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philosophi- 

 cal 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 

 Half -a- Guinea annually, shall be Members of the Society ; and Sub- 

 scribers 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 Meet- 

 ings 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 Treasu- 

 rer, 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 articles, whether 

 of Nature or Art ; to which may be added Scientific Books and Philoso- 

 phical Apparatus. 



