PETITIONS.

A petition for the degrees or membership must be signed by the petitioner and two members of the Chapter, who recommend the petitioner. Each male petitioner for degrees or membership must present with his petition, a certificate, or its equivalent, of affiliation and good standing in a regular Lodge of Master Masons. Each female petitioner for the degrees must be at least eighteen (18) years of age, and must present with her petition a certificate of qualification by proper Masonic relationship or qualification by membership either active for three (3) years or majority-in the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls or in the International Order of Job's Daughters.