LAWS AND EEGULATIONS. 



1. The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philosophical 

 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 oi 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 this 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 Thurs- 

 day 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 Treasurer, 

 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. 



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 



