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IJA 3071

Correspondence Regarding Legal Procedures for Community Elections and to Community Officials; Lay Council Members and Budgets

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These documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community contain correspondence regarding the legal procedures for electing officials in the Jewish community. The correspondence references the statues of the Jewish community #36 (1931) and laws of the community #77 (1931); elections for the Jewish Lay Council; names of those eligible for elected office; ballots for various districts; vote tallies; meeting attendance records; and a statement from the Jewish Lay Council to the Jewish community that the president of the Jewish Lay Council is running for the position of president of the Baghdadi community. There are also letters to various community and government officials, including the head of the Jewish butchers, and foreign consular offices; several copies of a list of members of the Jewish Lay Council, 1944-1948; and references to budget planning.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3071
Item Number
2576
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Arabic, Judeo-Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Chart, Employment, Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Religious Court, Ministry of Justice, Legal Codification Bureau, Director of School Administration, Typed, Iraqi Government, Citizenship Laws, Crown Crest, Legal, U.S., Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Butcher, Ink Stamp, British Consulate, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, French Consulate, American Consulate, Letterhead, Jewish Lay Council, Abrogation of Citizenship, President of the Jewish Community, Chief Rabbi, Ministry of Social Affairs, Receipt, Al-Zamān, Correspondence, Annotation, Office of the Police, Handwritten, Travel, President of the Supervisory Commission on Jewish Elections

AI English Translation, Pages 251-275

Archival unit 251

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 274 / 61
Date: 17 / 1 / 1961
Subject:
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His Excellency the Respectable Minister of Justice
After greetings,
Reference to your letter numbered 7 / 1 / 9 dated 18 / 12 / 1960.
The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews met on 5 / 1 / 961 chaired by Mr. Salman Daniel and with the membership of
the members Mr. Hayawi Soudayi, Naim Masri, Eliahu Khalaschi, and Heskel Setty, and took over the work of the previous
Administrative Committee and its assets in accordance with Article 5 of your esteemed ministry's instructions. We have submitted to your ministry the report of the Whinney
Murray company, and upon the completion of the aforementioned company's audit of the previous committee's accounts, we will submit its report to your
esteemed ministry.
Please accept our highest respect.
Salman Daniel
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦Salman⟧

Archival unit 252

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: 61/⟦...⟧
Date :: 1961/1/5
Subject ::
His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Justice
After greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 7/1/191 and dated 1960/12/18
The Administrative Committee met on 1961/1/5 under the chairmanship of Mr. Salman Daniel and the membership of Messrs. Hayawi Soudaei,
Naeem Masri, Eliyahu Khallasschi, and Hesqel Steti, and received the work and assets of the previous Administrative Committee in accordance with Article
Five of the instructions of your esteemed Ministry, and the Committee has pledged ⟦to submit a report from a legal accounting audit firm⟧
Please accept our highest respect,
Salman Daniel
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
And upon completion of the ⟦accounts⟧ of the aforementioned company's audit of the accounts,
It will submit its report to your esteemed ministry. Please accept
highest respect

Archival unit 253

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
⟦line⟧
Number: 61/
Date: 1961/1/5
Subject: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Respectable Minister of Justice
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 7/1/191 and dated 1960/12/18
The Administrative Committee met on 1961/1/5 under the chairmanship of Mr. Salman Daniel and the membership of members Mr. Hayawi Souda'i
and Na'im Masri and Eliyahu Khalaschi and Heskel Sheti and received the works and assets of the previous Administrative Committee in accordance with article
five of your venerable ministry's instructions.
Please accept our highest respect
Salman Daniel
Chairman of the Administrative Committee