LAWS AND EEGULATIONS. 



1. The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and 

 Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promo- 

 ting 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 

 Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half -a- Guinea 

 annually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any asinual sub- 

 scription, shall be Governors of this Society. 



3. The business of this Societj^ 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 

 Thursday 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 

 Meetings 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 Meeting may be called by the Council, 

 or by any seven Members, a week's notice being giving. 



7. The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities, 

 specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous articles, 

 whether of Nature or Art; to which maybe added Scientific Books 

 and Philosophical Apparatus. 



