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IJA 3096

Community Income, Financial Records, Jewish Lay Council

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These documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community include figures of the community income, and financial records of the Jewish Lay Council and its subsidiary organizations for the purpose of determining annual budgets.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3096
Item Number
9897
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Jewish Lay Council, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, National School, Annotation, Handwritten, Ledger, Jewish Schools Committee, Typed, Midrash Talmud Torah

AI en Translation, Pages 126-150

Page 126

Baghdad 30 August 940
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, respected
Statement of amounts spent on the account of the 1939/40 budget
Dinar | Fils |
333 | 166 | Albert Sassoon and Laura Kadoorie Schools
136 | 409 | Rachel Shahmoon School
971 | 409 | The National School including 125 Dinars for the school rent
078 | 537 | Masouda Salman School including an amount of 50 Dinars for the repairs account
553 | 1186 | Menashi Saleh School excluding the amount scheduled for payment at the beginning of next month 50 Dinars
--- | 282 | Al-Midrash
--- | 46 | Schools Committee
071 | 3037 | ⟦line⟧
|  | Community Institutions
625 | 714 | Community Administration
456 | 500 | Administration of the Clergy
819 | 771 | Administration of the Slaughterhouse
650 | 56 | Tomchei Torah Administration
--- | 70 | Charitable Sewing
--- | 54 | Adhamiyah Committee
760 | 155 | Yeshivot
892 | 104 | Retirees
516 | 117 | Needy Persons
168 | 378 | ⟦line⟧
500 | 67 | Cemetery Guarding
218 | 3618 | ⟦line⟧
566 | 1795 | Hospitals
--- | 100 | The final installment of the Alliance Society's claim
250 | 72 | Gratuities
532 | 818 | General Expenses
637 | 8441 | ⟦line⟧
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The Accountant

Page 127

Baghdad on August 28, 940
His Excellency the Chairman of the Lay Council, the respected
Accountant's reports submitted to the Lay Council in today's session, August 28, 940
Number |
1 | Request for the Schools Committee
1 | Request for Mr. Saleh Azouri
1 | Tapu documents
1 | Regarding the recording of some salaries in the slaughterhouse outside the budget within the incidental expenses
1 | - Payment of monthly salaries and allowances for the year 39 / 940
1 | Releasing the mortgage on the hospital endowment
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The Accountant

Page 128

Community Administration Budget for the year 39 / 940
Dinar Fils
Salary of His Eminence the President of the Jewish Community Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri | 33 | 750
The Secretary Mr. Shalom Darwish | 15 | -
The Accountant Mr. Joseph Levi | 11 | -
The Clerk Mr. Eliahu Menashi | 8 | -
The Doorman Gul Mohammad | 3 | 500
The Attendant Yaqub Eliahu | 3 | -
The Attendant Salman Shaul | 3 | -
The Servant Nissim | 2 | 250
79 500 * 12 = 954/- Dinars
Total annual salaries | 954 | -
Rent allowance for the Community Administration | 120 | -
Furniture insurance | - | 750
1074 750
Only one thousand seventy-four Dinars and seven hundred fifty Fils
14 August 940
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Accountant

Page 129

Baghdad 11 Aug 940
His Excellency the President of the Respectable Lay Council
Statement of deficit at the end of September 939 as follows
Fils | Dinar |
178 | 7924 | The original total deficit in the books according to the report submitted by the accountant on 1 October 939
|  | The amounts required to be written off as follows.
295 | 165 | Remaining balance of the Lay Council's claim on the Schools Committee
- | 60 | Amounts registered as mortgage release on the Hospital Endowment according to the reports submitted on 30 October 938 and 11 February 940
295 | 225 |
473 | 8149 | The total deficit then becomes eight thousand one hundred and forty-nine Dinars and four hundred and seventy-three Fils
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Accountant

Page 130

The general budget of the Lay Council for the year 39 / 940
| Expenses | Allocations | Total
| Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar
Albert Sassoon and Laura Kadoorie schools | - - | 273 - | 273 -
Shamash School | - - | 80 - | 80 -
Rachel Shahmoon School | - - | 630 - | 630 -
The National School | 125 - | 448 - | 573 -
Mas'uda Salman School | 175 - | 481 - | 656 -
Menashe Saleh School | - - | 1688 - | 1688 -
Talmud Torah Schools | - - | 400 - | 400 -
Schools Committee | 6 - | 69 - | 75 -
| 306 - | 4069 - | 4375 -
Community Administration | 120 750 | 954 - | 1074 750
Spiritual Council | 44 160 | 1371 840 | 1416 -
Slaughterhouse | 36 668 | 1087 334 | 1124 -
Yeshivot | - - | 556 656 | 556 656
Pensioners | - - | 325 476 | 325 476
The Needy | - - | 326 424 | 326 424
Tomchei Torah | - - | 170 100 | 170 100
| 507 578 | 8860 828 | 9368 406
Girls' Charitable Sewing Committee | - - | 100 - | 100 -
Adhamiya Committee | - - | 72 - | 72 -
Cemetery Guarding | - - | 90 - | 90 -
Hospitals Administration | - - | 2100 - | 2100 -
| 507 578 | 11222 828 | 11730 406
Last installment of the Alliance Society claim |  |  | 100 -
Teachers' gratuities on the occasion of their dismissal from service |  |  | 72 250
|  |  | 11902 656
General Expenses |
Administrative expenses | 303 -
Surpluses | 80 -
Unforeseen expenses | 350 -
Aid for the poor | 40 -
| 773 -
Furniture casing for Mas'uda Salman School | 200 -
Repairs to the building of ⟦Mas'ud⟧ Albert Sassoon School | 230 -
Tools required for Shamash School | 70 -
| 500 -
13175 656 Only thirteen thousand one hundred and seventy-five Dinars and 656 Fils
9 August 940
The Accountant

Page 131

Disbursement of salaries and monthly allowances for the year 39 / 940
| Dinar | Fils
Albert Sassoon and Laura Kadoorie schools | 22 | 750
Shamash School | 6 | 700
Rachel Shahmoon School | 52 | 500
The National School | 37 | 300
Masouda Salman School | 40 | -
Menashi Saleh School | 140 | 750
Midrash Talmud Torah | 33 | 250
Schools Committee | 5 | 750
| 339 | -
Hospital Administration | 175 | -
| 514 | -
Community Institutions |  |
Community Administration | 79 | 500
Spiritual Council Administration | 114 | 320
Slaughterhouse Administration | 90 | 611
The Yeshivot | 46 | 388
Retirees | 27 | 123
The Needy | 27 | 202
Tomchei Torah | 14 | 175
Girls' Charitable Sewing Committee | 8 | 300
Adhamiya Committee | 6 | -
Cemetery Guard | 7 | 500
|  | 119
| 421 | <del>869</del>
| 935 | 119
|  | 119
8 August 940
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant

Page 132

Statement of debt details owed by the Lay Council as of October 1, 939
Against the total deficit amounting to 7924 / 178
Fils | Dinar |
360 | _ | Total promissory notes payable by the Lay Council
3597 | 086 | Total accumulated salaries and allowances according to the list submitted by the accountant on October 29, 939
3957 | 086 |
|  | Gratuity relations as follows
|  | Remaining gratuity of Mr. Reuven Yehuda, Al-Karam teacher | 10 | _
|  | Remaining gratuity of Mr. Naji Mukhtar, Al-Karam school | 22 | _
|  | Remaining gratuity of Mr. Shlomo Saleh, Al-Karam principal | 25 | _
182 | _ | Remaining gratuity of Mr. Moise Mayer, the teacher | 125 | _
4139 | 086 |  |  |
190 | _ | Value of Khan al-Shorja rent received in advance
3 | 060 | Claim of Mr. Meir Hakham Moshi Dangoor
4332 | 146 |
2258 | 259 | Amounts spent from circulating bonds belonging to the next year
6590 | 405 |
|  | Trusts mentioned below
|  | Cemetery Association trust | 943 | 706
1333 | 772 | Shamshou' Waqf trust | 390 | 067
7924 | 178 | Total deficit recorded in detail in the list submitted by the accountant on October 1, 939 |  |
August 7, 940
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Accountant

Page 133

Amounts spent on the budget account for the year 39 / 940 until 25 July 940
Fils | Dinar | Schools
333 | 166 | Albert Sassoon and Laura Kadoorie Schools
136 | 299 | Rachel Shahmoon School
971 | 409 | National School
078 | 407 | Masouda Salman School
553 | 1086 | Menashi Saleh School
071 | 2369 |
- | 252 | Midrash Talmud Torah Schools
- | 36 | Clerk of the Schools Committee
071 | 2657 |
- | 100 | The last installment of the Alliance Association claim
250 | 72 | Gratuities
321 | 2829 |
342 | 1614 | Hospitals
663 | 4443 |
|  | Community Institutions
241 | 403 | Spiritual Council: allocations 363/92, expenses 37/07, Zakhut HaRabim 2/250
208 | 681 | Slaughterhouse administration 634/277, 20/250 advance to Rabbi Sassoon, expenses 26/681
500 | 42 | Tomchei Torah
626 | 283 | Yeshivoth 116/820, retirees 78/669, needy 137/88
- | 48 | Al-Adhamiya Committee
- | 70 | Girls' Charitable Sewing Committee
- | 60 | Cemetery Security
250 | 619 | Community Administration
825 | 2207 |
488 | 6651 |
968 | 623 | General Expenses
456 | 7275 |
Baghdad 25 July 940
⟦signature⟧
Accountant

Page 134

Statement of expense details explained below until the end of June 940
Fils | Dinar | Unexpected Expenses
|  | Total entry in the accounting ledger | 217 | 258
|  | Total of May 940 not decided | 28 | 905
266 | 931 | Total of June 940 | 20 | 768
|  | Administrative Expenses |  |
|  | Total entry in the ledger | 168 | 843
|  | Total of May 940 | 10 | 925
198 | 575 | Total of June 940 | 18 | 807
57 | 500 | Petitions registered in the ledger |  |
523 | 006 |  |  |
|  | Aid for the poor |  |
|  | Registered in the ledgers | 22 | 350
|  | May aid | 3 | 170
28 | 270 | June 940 aid | 2 | 750
551 | 276 |  |  |
18 July 940
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The Accountant

Page 135

Papers submitted to the Communal Council in its session on July 21, 940
by the Accountant
Number | Endowments and Reports
1 | Petition from the Accountant dated September 27, 939
1 | Accountant's report on amounts spent on the account for the year 39 / 940
1 | Total general expenses for the year 39 / 940 with the supplement until June 30, 940
1 | Confirmation of the report submitted by the Accountant on October 31, 939 regarding the claim of Saleh Azzouri
1 | Drawing the attention of the esteemed Council to the entry registered on November 9, 936 and beyond regarding the hospital
1 | Accountant's report regarding the Land Registry (Tabu) papers
1 | Accountant's report summarizing the request to the Schools Committee
1 | Accountant's report on the annual expenditure for the year 38 / 939
1 | Accountant's report detailing the deficit
1 | Accountant's report on the total expenditure on the account for the year 38 / 939
1 | Accountant's report requesting approval of the amounts spent
11 |
July 21, 940
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The Accountant

Page 136

Baghdad July 7, 940
Directorate of the National School
Statement of revenues and expenses realized in the National School books on July 1, 940
Expenses | Revenues
Dinar Fils | Dinar Fils
550 980 Salaries for month 9 | 050 823 Student fees
125 - School rent | Physical Council allowances
118 3 Electricity fees | - 285 Original allowances
136 1 Water fees | 124/ Surplus
447 37 Miscellaneous expenses | 971 409
251 1147 | 60 - Education grant
| 5 - From the grocery
| 904 1 Miscellaneous revenues
| 925 1299
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Accountant

Page 137

Baghdad 24 June 940
Excellency, President of the Honorable Lay Council
Greetings and respect,
The following is a list of the Khaqani (Land Registry) documents that this accounting department handed over via receipts to those mentioned
below, and has not retrieved them until this date:
From the properties of the Midrash:
1 | 148 b- 14 dated 22 / 11 / 939 to Mr. Shalom Darwish | 1
1 | 90 - 137 dated 13 / 1 / 936 to Mr. Shalom Darwish | 1
To the Director of the Midrash:
1 | 67 - 147 dated 4 / 5 / 939 | 1
1 | 20 - 134 dated 23 / 1 / 939 | 1
1 | 156 - 140 dated 10 / 1 / 939 | 1
1 | 60 - 140 dated 20 / 5 / 938 | 1
1 | 58 - 140 dated 20 / 5 / 938 | 1
1 | 132 b- 14 dated 20 / 5 / 938 | 1
1 | 1 | 78 - 113 dated 3 / 5 / 936 | 1 | 1
1 | 25 - 13 dated 24 / 2 / 936 | 1
1 | 240 - 6 dated 12 / 7 / 936 | 1
⟦line⟧
9 | 11
From the properties of the Community:
1 | to Khedhouri Isaac Nahoum the broker on 27 / 4 / 936 | 1
1 | to his signature on 2 / 8 / 936 | 1
⟦line⟧
2
From the properties of the Hebra Qaddisha Society:
1 | to Mr. Shalom Darwish on 15 / 6 / 938 | 1
1 | to His Eminence the President of the Community on 17 / 5 / 937 | 1
1 | to His Eminence the President of the Community on 17 / 1 / 937 | 1
⟦line⟧
3
⟦line⟧
16 only sixteen
Furthermore, I have found through practice that there are other documents unknown to me held by the lawyer Mr.
Gurji Heskel and others.
Therefore, I submitted this report for your information, and the matter is yours sir.
⟦signature⟧
Accountant

Page 138

Baghdad 18 June 1940
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
Statement of Gabila tax commitment details from 1 April 1934 to the end of March 1939
Dinar |
16135 | From 1 April 1934 to Al-Haj Musa Al-Jawad and Al-Haj Ahmad Al-Wadi
15200 | - 1 April 1935 - - - - -
13600 | From 1 April 1936 to Meir Mahlab and Partners
12900 | From 1 April 1937 to 25 November 937 to Sayyid Hussein Sayyid Abd
⟦line⟧ | al-Qadir al-Ani
15000 | From December 937 to March 939 for 16 months Al-Haj Musa Al-Jawad and Al-Haj Ahmad
100 | Allowance Al-Wadi
⟦line⟧ |
14900 |
⟦line⟧ |
12750 | From April 939 for one year to Abbas Al-Jadou' and Hoki Ibrahim Al-Sarraf
400 | Allowance
⟦line⟧ |
12350 |
⟦line⟧ |
13000 | From April 940 to March 941 to Al-Haj Musa Al-Jawad and Al-Haj Ahmad Al-Wadi
⟦line⟧ |
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The Accountant

Page 139

Baghdad 5 June 940
Excellency President of the Lay Council, Respectfully
Statement of amounts spent for the account of the 39 / 940 budget
Fils | Dinar
Schools |  |
Albert Sassoon and Laura Kadoorie schools | 333 | 166
Rachel Shahmoon School | 136 | 189
National School including rent allowance -/125 | 971 | 409
Masouda Salman School | 078 | 152
- Menashi Saleh | 556 | 776
| 074 | 1694
Midrash Schools | - | 192
Schools Committee for the account of the scribe's salary | - | 26
| 074 | 1912
The final installment of the Alliance Society's request | - | 100
| 074 | 2012
Hospital Administration | 905 | 1364
| 979 | 3376
Community Institutions |  |
Community administration including 120 rent allowance | 875 | 537
- The Clergy including expenses of 397 / 6 / 250 / 2 | 352 | 290
Slaughterhouse 666 / 543 allocations 93 / 18 expenses | 852 | 582
Tomchei Torah two months | 350 | 28
Adhamiya School | - | 42
Yeshivot } 880 77 | 429 | 1481
Inspectors } 446 52 |  |
Needy } 758 58 |  |
| 084 | 189
| 512 | 6670
Cemetery Guarding | 500 | 52
| 013 | 1723
| 992 | 5099
School Gratuity | 250 | 72
| 242 | 5172
Annual Expenses | 474 | 541
| 716 | 5713
Zechuch
HaRabim
20 / 250 advance to
Hakham Sassoon
Two months
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant

Page 140

Baghdad May 15, 940
His Excellency the Chairman of the Respectful Communal Council
Statement of account for the government expropriation of part of the Shamshua Waqf house due to the opening of the street
Fils | Dinar |
491 | 536 | The amount received from the Mayoralty of the Capital on December 30, 936
| 400 | Value of soil September 23, 938
491 | 936 | Expenses to be deducted
7 | 350 | Total expenses according to the letter submitted by the lawyer Gorgi Heskel
|  | on October 23, 936
|  | Value of the expropriation of the road surplus
8 |  | Paid on account on June 8, 938
42 | 800 | For the Ghalaka " July 3
50 | 800 |
|  | Expenses for demolishing a wall
865 |  | Paid on September 21, 938
450 |  | " January 25, 939
1 | 840 | By the hand of Master Tawfiq March 27
3 | 155 |
33 | 564 | Paving fee paid in two installments June 21
1 | 520 | Registration fee for road surplus in the name of the Mayoralty of the Capital November 8
96 | 389 |
395 | 547 | Only three hundred and ninety-five Dinars and 547 Fils
According to page 114 of the Ledger of Liabilities
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The Accountant

Page 141

Baghdad May 5, 1940
Excellency President of the Lay Council, Respected
Statement of the Schools Committee account summary as explained below
Fils | Dinar |
10 | " | Relationship of the Al-Karam School allocations for the year 37/938 as follows:-
100 | " | Half of the amount paid as a bonus to Mr. Moiz Mayer
50 | " | Bonus for Mr. Shlomo Saleh, Director of Al-Karam School
44 | " | " Naji Mukhtar, Teacher "
20 | " | " Roubin Yehuda " "
214 | " | Expenses outside the budget for the year 38/939 as explained below
25 | 585 | Deficit of Al-Samawal School
" | 460 | " " Ras al-Qariya
2 | 255 | Electricity fees for the two schools paid recently
28 | 300 |
5 | " | Deduct the surplus in the Schools Committee budget
23 | 300 |
247 | 300 |
|  | Deduct correctly the rest of the surplus in the schools according to their details in the letter sent to the committee
456 | 087 | Total surplus
374 | 082 | Deduct the total deficit
82 | 005 |
165 | 295 | Correct balance of the Lay Council's request is only one hundred sixty-five Dinars and 295 Fils
Please inform me whether this total should be recorded against the deficit in the books of the esteemed
Lay Council or deducted from the budget for the year 39/940
This is for your order, my lord
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Accountant

Page 142

Baghdad 19 April 940
Respected Director of the Midrash Talmud Torah
Greetings and respect
As per your verbal order, I submit to you below the amounts accumulated in the Midrash administration fund
as follows:
Statement | Dinar | Fils
Total accumulated employee salaries until the end of September 939 | 364 | "
" " " " " from the year 39 / 940 as follows |  |
Original total salaries for the past six months at 164 monthly | 984 | "
Less amounts paid on account | 225 | "
| 759 | "
| 1123 | "
Total amounts of promissory notes due for payment | 170 | "
| 1293 | "
Note:
The general deficit until today's date |  |
Original total deficit | 1277 | 800
Total owed by tenants | 107 | 250
| 1385 | 050
Copy to His Excellency the President of the Lay Council for information
8
⟦signature⟧
1 1
Accountant

Page 143

Statement of amounts spent on the account of the year 39/940 until April 18, 940
| Dinar | Fils
Rachel Shahmoon School | 136 | 79
The National School | 971 | 359
Masouda Salman School | 078 | 77
" Munshi Saleh | 553 | 576
Midrash Schools | " | 132
School Committee Clerk | " | .16
The Spiritual Council allocations with 397/26 expenses | 137 | 188
The Slaughterhouse with 936/18 expenses | 952 | 471
Tomchei Torah | 3 |
Al-Adhamiya School | " | 30
The Yeshivot 138/940 for retirees 223/36 the needy 379/29 | 542 | 94
Cemetery Guarding | " | 45
The final installment of the Alliance Society's request | " | 100
Hospital Committee | 675 | 1016
Gratuities | " | 30
Community Administration | 500 | 461
Annual Expenses | 594 | 473
| 4152 | 141
Only four thousand one hundred fifty-two dinars and 141 fils
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant

Page 144

Receivables ledger account for the administration of the Lay Council dated April 18, 1940
To | From | Page |
Dinar Fils | Dinar Fils | |
" " | 828 1105 | 3 | Deposit for the Cemeteries account
803 62 | - - | 6 | Hebra Qaddisha
319 | - - | 25 | Imperial Bank
33 " | - - | 30 | Accountant's advance
- - | 110 167 | 39 | Torahs of Rima
225 870 | - - | 42 | Construction expenses of Masouda Salman School
48 " | - - | 44 | Mr. Meir Dangoor
" " | 25 " | 45 | Mr. Yaqoub Shohet
295 165 | - - | 48 | Schools Committee
1 830 | - - | 53 | Torahs of Farha
- - | 668 298 | 56 | Synagogues revenue yield for five months
15 " | - - | 64 | Mr. Saleh Ezouri
- - | 547 395 | 69 | Endowment of Shaoul Shashoua
- - | 667 418 | 106 | Albert Sassoon and Laura Kadoorie Schools
- - | 6500 " | 124 | Second installment of the Gabelle
40 " | 612 43 | 125 | His Eminence the President of the Community
257 43 | - - | 126 | Endowments of the year 38 / 939
152 | - - | 127 | Ottoman Bank
881 1279 | 432 8954 | |
April 18, 1940
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The Accountant

Page 145

Baghdad 12 April 940
Excellency the President of the Lay Council, Respectfully,
Greetings and respect,
With reference to the order I received under your Excellency's signature at the bottom of the attached letter received
by you from the Schools Committee and referred to me, I submit:
A single check has previously been written to the order of the Director of the Menashi Saleh School for the amount of fifty dinars
dated April 16, 940, and this does not agree with the order given by your Excellency. I request
to be informed of what must be done, and the matter is yours, Sir;
⟦illegible signature⟧
The Accountant

Page 146

Baghdad 12 April 940
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
Greetings and respect
I submit to Your Excellency a copy of the details of the expenses for the half-year ending April 31, 940, as follows
Fils | Dinar |
217 | 258 | Total unforeseen expenses
168 | 843 | " " administrative
57 | 500 | " surpluses
22 | 350 | " aid for the poor
465 | 951 | Only four hundred sixty-five dinars and 951 fils
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Accountant
A copy thereof to His Eminence the Respected Head of the Jewish Community

Page 147

Baghdad 10 April 1940
Excellency, President of the Respected Lay Council
Statement of account for the Schools Committee up to this date
| Dinar | Fils
The claim remaining against the venerable Council up to this date is as follows |  |
Claim of Shamash School from its allocated budget for the year 39/40 | 554 | "
Claim of Albert Sassoon and Laura Kadoorie schools from their 39/40 allocations | 400 | "
| 954 | "
Deducting the total amounts registered as debt against the Schools Committee | 247 | 300
| 706 | 700
Amounts paid to the Menashi Saleh School up to this date | 641 | 874
| 64 | 826
Only sixty-four Dinars and 826 Fils and no more
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11
Accountant

Page 148

Baghdad 1 April 940
Amounts withdrawn from the Ottoman Bank on 28 March, for which a spending decision is required from the
Lay Council
Fils | Dinar | Statement
|  | To the order of Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq No. 280058
| 412 | Value of the promissory note endorsed by the Honorable Council, due 31 March 940
| 150 | " " " " " " " " 26 " "
562 | " |
50 | " | To the order of Mr. Moise Meir Ghalafa, his request for a gratuity No. 280059
30 | " | " " Ezra Eliyahu Ani, value of the guarantee for the three khans " 280060
317 | " | " " Ezra Haddad, on account of accumulated allocations for Al-Wataniya " 280061
36 | 042 | " " Menashi Zalouf " " " Masouda Salman 280062
264 | " | " " Shamoun Moallem Nissim, on account of accumulated allocations for Rachel Shamoun 280063
149 | 680 | " His Eminence Rabbi Benjamin, on account of the Spiritual Council allocations 280064
|  | To the order of Rabbi Michael No. 280065 as follows:
77 | 880 | On account of accumulated allocations for the Yeshivot until the end of September 939
53 | 324 | " " " for the retirees " " " "
58 | 758 | " " " for the needy " " " "
189 | 962 |
145 | " | To the order of Mr. Yaqoub Moallem Nissim No. 280066 on account of the allocations for the year 39 / 40
|  | " Mr. Moise Laredo No. 280067 as follows:
100 | " | The final installment of the request of the Alliance Society
174 | " | From the account of the request of the Albert Sassoon and Laura Kadoorie schools for the past year
274 | " |
60 | " | To the order of Mr. Ezra Meir Heskel Menashi No. 280068 on account of the administration's rent
10 | " | " " Shalom Darwish No. 280069 on account of the School Committee allocations
|  | On account of the school allocations for the year 39 / 940 as follows:
8 | 438 | No. 280070 to the order of Mr. Ezra Eliyahu Ani
57 | 562 | " 280071 " " Ezra Zion Rabbi Heskel
66 | " |
60 | 375 | To the order of His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Kadoorie, allocations for the Community Office for the year 39 / 940 No. 280072
320 | " | " Mr. Meir Dangoor on account of the hospital allocations for the year 39 / 940 No. 280074
18 | " | " " Shemtob Ibrahim Hanis " Adhamiyah Committee " " " 280075
15 | " | " Shallal Al-Habib, guarding the cemetery for the year 39 / 940 No. 280076
15 | " | " Mr. Yaqoub Heskel Mukhtar, gratuity for the brokerage of Ghabila No. 280077
28 | 528 | " " Sassoon Haron on account of accumulated amounts for the Tomchei Torah Society No. 280078
181 | 222 | " Rabbi Sassoon Ishaq for the account of the slaughterhouse allocations 39 / 940 No. 280079
2791 | 809 |
400 | " | Value of the maturity of two promissory notes endorsed by the Lay Council in cash from the original net promissory note 3
3191 | 809 |
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Accountant

Page 149

Baghdad 21 March 1940
Statement of amounts required to be spent excluding the payment of salaries and allowances in
the next session
| Dinar | Fils
Entitlement of the following promissory notes |  |
On 26 March 940 Promissory Note 1 | 150 | "
" " 31 March 940 " " | 412 | "
4 " " 5 April " | 400 | "
1 " " " " 15 " | 50 | "
| 1012 | "
Installment due to the Alliance Society on 1 April 1940 | 100 | "
| 1112 | "
The Request |  |
Rent relationship of the Community Administration | 60 | "
Request of Mr. Moise Meyer | 50 | "
" " Ezra Ani for the insurance value of the 3 khans | 30 | "
| 140 | "
| 1252 | "
Total Expenses |  |
Administrative | " | "
Spiritual | " | "
Slaughterhouse | " | "
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Accountant

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Baghdad 17 March 940
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, respected
Greetings and respect
The Al-Ta'awun inns' lease period ends at the end of this month, and for your information
I have proceeded to submit this report
This is for your command, sir
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The Accountant