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Rh 2. Should the report of the Committee be favorable, he may be balloted for, and if unanimously elected, he shall receive the degrees conferred by the Lodge, on his paying the fees established by the Grand Lodge. But should one dissenting ball appear, the ballot shall be repeated; and if one black ball shall then appear, the candidate shall be declared to be rejected, and the money enclosed in his letter shall be returned to him. But the rejected candidate may re-apply at any subsequent stated Communication of the Lodge, provided the same preliminary measures of a petition, recommendation, reference to a committee and ballot, are observed as in the previous application.

3. The same principles and regulations as to petition, investigation, and unanimous ballot, shall govern the application of brethren for affiliation.

4. Should any candidate neglect to attend for initiation within three stated Communications of his being duly notified of his election, the money enclosed in his letter shall be forfeited to the Lodge, and he shall not be admitted without a new ballot, unless a reasonable excuse is assigned.

ARTICLE XII. Of Life and Honorary Members.

1. Any member of this Lodge may become a life member upon paying such sum as may be determined by the Lodge, but no life member is exempt from being expelled, suspended, or subjected to other Masonic discipline, for cause shown.

ARTICLE XIII. Of Demission.

1. Any member of this Lodge, who is in good standing and not under charges, may bo permitted to demit upon giving