8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Members, 

 on such days of the week and under such regulations as the Council 

 shall appoint. The families of Members residing under their roof, 

 shall have the privilege of visiting the Museum. No other inhabitants 

 of Whitby shall be gratuitously admitted except Benefactors and Hon- 

 orary Members. Strangers who have their residences above ten miles 

 from Wliitby, may be introduced by any Member, or may be admitted 

 on such terms as the Council shall fix. On special occasions, the Cura- 

 tors 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 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 ofiice in it ; but they shall have the privilege of introduc- 

 ing 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 paymg any subscriptions ; 

 but such Honorary IMembers 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 pubHc 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 accord- 

 ingly. But in the event of such a dissolution, all donations shall be 

 returned, if requu*ed, 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. 



