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 inhabit- 

 ants 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 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 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 sub- 

 scribers, paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in advance. Such sub- 

 scribers 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 be- 

 longing to their own families. 



10. Gentlemen who have rendered important service to the society, 

 may be elected Honorary Members, without paying any subscriptions ; 

 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 shall 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, 

 whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a Member 



