The morning call., 1890-07-14
B'NAI BIRTH.
The Grand Lodge On the Endow.
ment Question.

District Grand Lodge, No. 4, of the hide
pendent Order Of B'nai Birth of the State
of California assembled in adjourned ses-
sion of the twenty-seventh annual meeting
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock in B'nai
Birth Hall, Eddy street, Felix Ii. Merz-
bach, Grand President, presiding.
On calling the roll of officers all were
noted present, and on calling the list of
delegates entitled to seats fully 100 answered
| to their names.
The Grand Lodge was then opened in
regular form with prayer, after which the
| Grand President read his special message,
which treats of the Endowment Fund of
the order. the Technical School, the session
Of the Constitutional Grand Lodge at Rich
mOnd, Va, last month, and of official visits
made by him since the adjournment of the
regular Grand Lodge in January last.
| A resolution was introduced abolishiDg
| the graduated endowment law adopted at
| the last session and which was to have gone
| into effect on September LIST, and in lieu of
| which an amendment was submitted call
ing for tax OF 81 90 per member monthly
| for endowment purposes, with such extra
| assessments TO be levied as may be neces-
| sary to settle for all deaths occurring. This
| amendment to take effect Immediately. On
| being put to vote the amendment was
unanimously adopted, it being in cOnson-
ance with the recommendation contained in
the message of the Grand President, and
follows the law enacted and in force by
District Grand Lodge, No. 3, of Pennsyl-
Yania.
At the afternoon session the resignation
of Joseph Rothschild, p. G. p, as a member
of the District Court, was accepted and
Jacob Greenebaum, z. g. p, was elected to
fill the vacancy. The resignation of Mr..
Rothschld was brought about by his hav-
ing been elected a member OF the Court
of Appeals of the order at the session lately
held in Richmond, Va, which position will
necessarily take up great deal OF time and
require close attention. so much so that
both positions could not be fairly attended
to by one person.
The question of disposing of the valuable
lot owned by this order in this jurisdiction.
situated on the corner of Van Ness avenue
and Fell streets, came up for action, and on
motion duly carried 1t was decided to retain
the property.
A special committee Of nine members of
the Grand Lodge was appointed, to whom
was referred the matter of changes in the
endowment laws of the order in this dis
trict, with directions to formulate code of
laws relative to graduated endowments
for such members as may hereafter join the
organization and of laws for the creation of
optional endownments The said commit
tee to report at the next annual session of
the Grand Lodge in January next.
The Constitutional Grand Lodge passed
Two particularly satisfactory resolutions at
its late session: First, that of leaving all
endowment legislation to the various dis
tricts and, second, establishing a new rit-
ual, both which resolutions being passed
and mainly due to the efforts of the dele
gates from this State, who labored hard Tor
them and were finally successful.
The technical school established by the
order in this district is now a fixed inst-
tuition, its Directors being Julius jacobs,
Martin Heller, William Steinhart, Solomon
Zeknd, Henry Schwartz, Max Pepper,
Albert Jacobs, A. Auspaeher and Jacob
Greenebaum. Julius Jacobs is the Pres-
dent, Martin Heller Treasurer, and Lewis
Blank, the efficient Grand Secretary of the
order, Secretary. DR.. Leipzeiger of New
York mas been communicated with relative
to ascertaining the methods Of instruction
in vogue in the Institution Of which he is
the head and it is expected that VIII en- the
answer is received and the school started,
it will be a very successful institution ana
rebound to the credit of the B'nai Birth ON
this Coast
After the transaction of routine business
and closing prayer by Rabbi Jacob
Foorsanger, at q late hour the District
Grand Lodge adjourned sine die