8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Mem- 

 bers, 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 Honorary Members. Strangers who have their 

 residence 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, ad- 

 ditional 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 ad- 

 mission j and they shall have no share in the property of the soci- 

 ety, have no vote at its meetings, and shall hold no ofiice 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 so- 

 ciety; may be elected Honorary Members, without paying any sub- 

 scriptions; 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 neces- 

 sary. 



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 dissolution, all 

 donations shall be returned, if required, to the donors, or their re- 

 presentatives ; and all members who have sold property to the so- 

 ciety at a reduced price, shall have the option of re-purchasing it 

 at the same price. 



