CHAPTER VI.
Of Affiliation.
Affiliation is defined to be the act by which a lodge receives a Mason among its members.

A profane is said to be "initiated," but a Mason is "affiliated."[91] Now the mode in which a Mason becomes affiliated with a lodge, in some respects differs from, and in others resembles, the mode in which a profane is initiated.
A Mason, desiring to be affiliated with a lodge, must apply by petition; this petition must be referred to a committee for investigation of character, he must remain in a state of probation for one month, and must then submit to a ballot, in which unanimity will be required for his admission.

In all these respects, there is no difference in the modes of regulating applications for initiation and affiliation.

The Fifth and Sixth General Regulations, upon which these usages are founded, draw no distinction between the act of making a Mason and admitting a member.

The two processes are disjunctively connected in the language of both regulations.