«liall 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 Honorary 

 Members. Strangers who have their residence above ten miles from 

 Whitby, may be introduced by any member, or may be admiteed 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 Eegulation 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 Meet- 

 ings, 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 

 ofB.ce 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 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 accord- 

 ingly. But m the event of such 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 

 of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all arrears due upon 

 it must be paid up ; and the representatives or assignee of a Life-gover- 

 nor shall not be exempted from the Annual Subscription of Half-a- 



