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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Number :: 5262
Date :: 5 January 939
Subject ::
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, Respected
After greetings and respect,
Since the esteemed Council has not paid salaries to the Community administration since the first of October 938
And in view of the Council's lack of funds to pay until the end of next March, we have decided to borrow
for ourselves and the employees two months' salaries amounting to 120/750 Dinars, provided the Council pays them
at the end of next March. We request your approval of this arrangement;
⟦signature⟧
President of the Community
Approved
5 / 1 / ⟦39⟧
For filing
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 2197
Date 5 / 1 / 939
File Number
.H 1.
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5 November 940
⟦Department of ...⟧
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, respected
After greetings and respect
On the occasion of the painful tragedy that has befallen the Jewish community with the death of its venerable Sheikh
and its great benefactor, the late Mr. Menachem Salih Daniel, and in fulfillment of the duty incumbent upon us
out of loyalty to the noble departed, we have directed that the community administration hold a grand memorial service worthy of the status of the deceased
venerable, to which you shall invite ministers, notables, and prominent figures from all communities
We ask your Excellency to take the necessary measures, make the appropriate arrangements, and spend the required amounts
to ensure the success of the ceremony, and we also ask you to notify Mr. Ezra Haddad, Director of the National School, to deliver
a speech at the ceremony on behalf of the Lay Council. Please accept the highest respect;
⟦signature⟧
The President
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Copy for the Department
2626
18 / 11 / 946
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected
After greetings and respect
I have the honor to inform you of Resolution No. 3 taken at the meeting of the Lay Council on November 18,
1946, for your kind information.
(( 3 - The Council deliberated on the issue of the community's car, which has become unfit for use, and decided the following:-
First - To sell the car, provided that the Council's approval is obtained for the sale price.
Second - To grant His Excellency the President of the Community a fixed transportation allowance of thirty-five dinars per month,
starting from 20 / 10 / 946.
Third - The arrangements shall be reconsidered when a new car is purchased for the community.
Please accept my respect
⟦signature⟧
The President
⟦signature⟧
Copy to the Accountant to act accordingly.
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4/22/947
⟦The Committee⟧
⟦Financial⟧
To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community
After greetings,
We hereby approve the payment of five Dinars as allowances for the additional assistants to the registrar of
sermon and marriage contracts on the occasion of the holiday season. Half of this amount shall be deducted from the community fund's share
of the Ketubot fees, and the other half shall be deducted from the hospital fund's share.
Please be advised that we have approved the payment of this amount as a special case, and no
such amount will be paid in the future.
In view of the expansion of the city and the insufficiency of a single registrar for marriage contracts, we request that you task the Spiritual
Council to take the necessary measures to select two other registrars under the same arrangement currently in place
with the present registrar of marriage contracts, in order to facilitate the interests of the people.
Please accept our respects.
⟦Delivered⟧
4/22
⟦Cohen⟧
The President
Copy to His Excellency the President of the Israelite Hospitals Committee - for your kind information.
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: ⟦78⟧
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Date: 24 / 4 / 1947
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad, the Respected
After greetings
I have received a letter from the Lay Council No. 35 dated 23 / 4 / 1947,
requesting that necessary measures be taken to select other registrars according to the same
current arrangement with the registrar of marriage contracts in order to facilitate people's interests given
the expansion of the city and the insufficiency of one registrar for marriage contracts.
I request that the necessary action be taken in this regard, and please accept my respect
⟦...⟧
President of the Community
Copy to
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council - for your kind information with reference
to your aforementioned letter.
⟦illegible⟧
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947 / 6 / ⟦...⟧
Promotion of Employees
The Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
After greetings,
I list below for you a copy of the Lay Council's Decision No. 7 taken on 26 / 6 / 1947
for your kind review, and please accept our respects.
⟦...⟧
The President
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Community
Employee Name | Salary Before Promotion | Promotion Amount | Salary After Promotion
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri | 50.500 | 4.000 | 54.500
Selim Murad Khabbaza | 30.000 | 2.000 | 32.000
Sh⟦...⟧on Shamash | 15.000 | ⟦line⟧ | Nothing
The Doorman Gul Mohammed | 5.500 | 500 | 6.000
The Attendant Salman Shaul | 4.500 | 500 | 5.000
The Attendant Shaul Yaqub | 4.500 | 500 | 5.000
The Attendant Ibrahim Yusuf | 4.500 | 500 | 5.000
The Servant Nissim Heskel | 4.500 | 500 | 5.000
The Council has decided to pay the cost-of-living allowance to all those mentioned according to the prescribed scale and to make
the cost-of-living allowance for the community secretary Selim Khabbaza according to the prescribed scale as well.
Copy to
The Accountant of the Lay Council - to act accordingly
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10 / 17 / 1947
Honorable President of the Jewish Community
After greetings,
I convey to you below a copy of the Council's Resolution No. (2) taken on September 25, 1947, regarding
the car allowance for Your Honor, for your kind review.
Please accept our highest respects;
Correct ⟦based on⟧
10
⟦signature⟧
The President
Copy to the Accountant to act accordingly
Copy of the Resolution
2 - The Council reconsidered its Resolution No. (1) taken in the meeting of June 26, 1947, regarding
the car allowance for the President of the Community, and decided to set it at thirty Dinars starting from the first
of July 1947, given the Council's conviction that the rise in prices necessitated the amendment of this resolution.
For filing
President of the Community
P 5
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( 1 )
Distribution of wages for employees performing the processing of citizenship revocation transactions after official working hours according to the approval of
the Ministry of Finance in its letter No. 12116 dated 8/10/50, noting that these amounts are from the funds of the Jewish community
according to the decision of the esteemed Council
Employee Name | Job Title | Fils Dinar | Signature of Receipt
Nouri Fattah | Secretary | 9 | ⟦signature⟧
Ali al-Sharifi | Rights and Documents Observer on his behalf | 9 | ⟦signature⟧
Abdul Latif Abdul Hamid | Auditor and Acting Director | 9 | ⟦signature⟧
Raouf Sayim | Accounts Observer | 6 | ⟦signature⟧
Hamid Bakr | Citizenship Department Observer | 5 | ⟦signature⟧
Ibrahim Makki | Auditor | 5 | ⟦signature⟧
Tawfiq al-Lafta | Clerk | 4 | ⟦signature⟧
Muhi Ali Muhammad Hassan al-Baghdadi | Clerk | 4 | ⟦signature⟧
Hadi al-Tawil | Clerk | 4 | ⟦signature⟧
Abdullah Muhammad | Office Boy | 1500 | ⟦signature⟧
Jabbar Kadhim | 〃 | 1500 | ⟦signature⟧
Ali Lafta | Guard | 1 | ⟦signature⟧
Omran Issa | 〃 | 1 |
851
9/2/50
7 / 101 / 7321
⟦Pursuant to⟧ our letter numbered 7 / ⟦Q⟧ on ⟦17⟧ January year 951
We have decided the following :-
Publication 7321 in September 52 and in its paragraph (2) and in its fourth line the word (Baqda) is deleted
And the word (at the hospital) is written instead and the phrase is written as follows :-
In the hospital year 52 with additional fees amounting to ⟦10/500⟧
⟦Signature⟧
The Accountant
Pursuant to our order numbered ⟦...⟧ on ⟦...⟧ we have decided the following :-
Publication 7321 in September 52 and in its paragraph (1) and at the end of its fourth line the following is added :-
That the mentioned entitlement be completed until December year 951 in the hospital only, as for the balance, it is not his right
⟦...⟧ in the hospital and the balance is entitled only in the case that he continues in service until 7 September 7321 only
Audit
Council Accounts
3*
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Ezra Menahem Daniel
12/2 Al-Mustansir Street
Telephone Number { 3044
6367
( 2 )
Baghdad on September 10, 1950
To the Honorable Secretary of the Jewish Community Administration
Greetings
We are sending herewith fifty copies of the announcement for registering the admission of new female students at the Heskel
Menahem Daniel Vocational School for Girls. We request that you order them to be posted in the synagogues.
Please accept our many thanks and greetings 44 -
⟦illegible signature⟧
Agent for Mr. Ezra Menahem Daniel
For filing
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The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number ⟦Kh⟧ / 51
Date: 3/⟦24⟧/1951
43
Subject Summary: Working Hours
Administrative Order
Working hours in this department shall be as follows starting from 4/1/1951:
1 - All days of the week except Friday "
Starting from 8:30 AM until 2:00 PM
2 - Fridays
Starting from 8:30 AM until 12:00 PM
Vice President
⟦red signature stamp⟧
Salman Shaul
⟦purple thumbprint⟧
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T / ⟦illegible⟧ / 51
3/⟦illegible⟧/1951
Working Hours
⟦illegible⟧
Administrative Order
Working hours in this department shall be as follows starting from 4/1/1951:
1 - All days of the week except Friday
Starting from 8:30 AM until 2:00 PM
2 - Fridays
Starting from 8:30 AM until 12:00 PM
⟦illegible⟧
Vice President
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G / 687 / 51
22 / 4 / 1951
50
Copy of ⟦the Department⟧
To
Accountant of the Community Presidency
After greetings
The Lay Council decided in its session held on 18 / 4 / 1951 to postpone
the two promissory notes due from the Gabelle contractor on 15 / 30 April 1951 to
15 / 30 January 1952; as it has become clear that this matter was included within the agreement.
Please accept the highest respect
⟦Salim⟧
Vice President
⟦I have recorded it⟧
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10 / 28617
1 / 15 / 1938 DK
⟦illegible⟧
5
Number 11
Minors' Property Management Committee in Baghdad
To the Honorable Director
Regarding your letter numbered 1 / 15 / 818 which included the account of Rabia Salim Al-Salmiya
And in account 1 / 15 / 1938 under number 5010 which included it and thus Rabia Rabia Salim Al-Salmiya
And in the letter regarding the cases that were in Rabia on 4 / 15 / 1938 under number 11 in Rabia 5010
And the date 17 Rabia Rabia Al-Salmiya
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Property
Storehouse
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Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Number ::
Date ::
Telephone Number { 3531
5452
( 2 )
Subject: ( Preceding it )
from the judiciary and applies Article ( 18 ) of the Law for the Organization of Religious Courts for Christian and Mosaic Communities
And that means stripping the jurisdiction of the religious courts merely by the administration's assessment that the reasons are insufficient even
if they were sufficient, which is a matter that threatens the existence of the religious courts and places them at the mercy of the administration without a guarantee
ensuring the administration's use of this right according to the requirements of justice.
Article ( 162 ) authorized the Minister of Justice, if he deems the reasons upon which the request for
reconsideration was based to be correct, to refer the case to the Court of Cassation, provided that to this council are added
two reserve members from the reserve members therein, after stating the reasons upon which the
request for reconsideration was based ( Article 161 ). Thus, Article ( 160 ) in this case is sufficient and guarantees the rights of
the request for reconsideration; therefore, we suggest deleting Article ( 162 ) in view of the risks we explained above
in expanding the interpretation of this article, especially since the competent court ⟦...⟧ agreed with the viewpoint
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Presidency of the Jewish Community • Baghdad
Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
PRESIDENT OF
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY - BAGHDAD
NO: / Number :: 2022
DATE: / Date :: 5 November 934
SUBJECT / Subject:
His Excellency the President of the respected Lay Council
I have the honor to submit the minutes of the two sessions of the esteemed General Council held on
4 / 11 / 934 and 11 / 11 / 934 in which the budget for the year 34 - 35 was approved
and the proposals contained therein with recommendations to kindly present them to the esteemed Lay Council
to take the necessary measures regarding what concerns it;
⟦S. Sassoon⟧
President of the Community
Filed
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Minutes of the General Council meeting held on
4 / 11 / 934
Based on the invitation of His Eminence the Head of the Community, Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the General Council held
its meeting for the second time on 4 / 11 / 934 in accordance with Article 14 of the Community Regulation No. 36 of the year 931
The meeting was attended by 27 members whose names are recorded in the special register, and in view of the aforementioned article,
the quorum was considered achieved and the session was opened and it was decided as follows: -
1 - Appointing any three of the individuals mentioned below: Yamin Effendi Cohen, Ezra Effendi Al-Wiya,
Salman Effendi Dabby, Ezra Effendi Al-Ani, Saleh Effendi Faraj Hayyim, and Salman Effendi Sheena
to form an audit committee in accordance with Article 17 of the regulation to submit the report results to the Council
at the first upcoming opportunity.
2 - It has appeared from the successive meetings of the General Council that the legal quorum required in
Article 14 of the Community Regulation, which is (the majority consisting of two-thirds of its members), has not been achieved so far
except once, and the Council was always forced to postpone its sessions for the second time in accordance
with the second paragraph of the aforementioned article. Therefore, the Council recommended following legal methods to amend
the paragraph (the majority consisting of two-thirds of its members) to an absolute majority.
3 - Since the submission of budgets took place late such that the schools had already opened their doors
and it became impossible to make substantial changes to the budgets, the Lay Council recommended
the necessity of submitting budgets at their specified time in the law, or at least before the opening of schools
by a suitable period.
4 - Approval of the Albert Sassoon School budget as it came from the Lay Council
Recommendation
The Council did not find it appropriate to deduct the amount mentioned in the budget from the endowments of
Rivka Nourayel, while these amounts should have been spent to improve the school. Since
deleting them would lead to disrupting the budget, the Council kept them with the recommendation to delete them in the future and spend them
for the improvement of the school.
5 - Approval of the Laura Khedhouri School budget as it came from the Lay Council
Recommendation
The Laura Khedhouri School has become completely crowded with girls, and the majority of these
girls are fee-paying, meaning that poor female students are deprived of obtaining education in
the aforementioned school. Accordingly, it was decided to recommend to the Lay Council to set a reasonable percentage
for the admission of poor female students in the Laura Khedhouri School.
A letter to the management of Laura Khedhouri School requesting the number of female students who were admitted to the school
this year along with the school's core
⟦illegible⟧
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( 2 )
Review
6 - Approval of the Nuriel and Naoum schools as received from the Lay Council.
Recommendation
The Council found that these two schools, which are distinguished from the rest of the communal schools
by having fixed revenues coming from their specific endowments, are almost independent, whereas they
should have been among the distinguished schools given the stability of their financial conditions on one hand, and on
the other hand, these two schools accept poor male and female students and teach them the principles of
the French language in four classes. Upon completion of these classes, the male or female student is not accepted
into the Alliance schools unless they are among those who pay school fees; otherwise, their fate is ⟦to be⟧ rejected, and the student
finds himself deprived even of joining other communal schools, considering that the meager
knowledge he received in the French language does not benefit him at all in other schools, ⟦and after that⟧ he is forced
to wander the streets. Accordingly, the Lay Council recommended studying all these issues in
light of the public interest and improving these two schools by all possible means.
Printed by cyclostyle | with a copy of this
| recommendation
7 - Approval of the budgets for the Shamash, Rachel Shahmoon, Al-Wataniya, Masouda Salman, and
Al-Kabir schools as received from the Lay Council.
8 - Approval of school allocations as received from the Lay Council.
Recommendation
1 - The General Council adheres to its previous recommendation regarding the necessity of separating the school administration directorate
from the endowment trusteeship and appointing a special director to supervise a branch of the school branches.
2 - Forming a committee to study the value of the schools and improve the status of this institution in terms of financial
responsibility.
3 - Submitting a copy of the budget at the earliest possible opportunity.
4 - Giving orders to the director regarding the necessity of dispensing with any teacher exceeding the school's needs.
To the accountant | Any change in the
| names and salaries of
| school employees
| must be reported to the Council
9 - Approval of hospital budgets as received from the Lay Council.
Recommendation
1 - The letter of Mushir Effendi Dangoor and the second article of the curriculum regarding the issues of the
old debt owed by the hospitals, last year's deficit, and the advance mentioned in the budget were read. Accordingly,
the Council decided to form a committee consisting of Messrs. Khedhouri Effendi Shaker, Ezra Effendi Al-Ani, and Yusuf Effendi Al-Kabir:
A - To study the issues mentioned in Mushir Effendi Dangoor's letter, which are:
A - The issue of the old debt owed by the hospitals to the Council.
B - The issue of the deficit occurring in the hospital budget for the year 33 - 934.
2 - To study the 34 - 935 budget, specifically the advance of 510 Dinars mentioned in the budget
under the name of an advance for this year.
3 - To study the status of the hospitals and determine their relationship with the Lay Council in terms of financial
responsibility.
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9 - Recommendation of the Hospitals Committee not to spend any amount outside the limits of the approved budget
10 - The Council approved the budgets of the Community Administration, the Spiritual Council, the Slaughterhouse, the Yeshivoth,
and the retirees as they came from the Lay Council
Recommendation
The General Council found that the Lay Council, after approving the budgets of the past
year, had decided to transfer one of the retirees to the Yeshivoth budget. Since this transfer would
increase the approved expenses of the Yeshivoth, the Lay Council recommended avoiding this in
the future
11 - Approval of the allocations for the Tomchei Torah Society, the Girls' Charitable Sewing, the Committee for Managing the Funds
of the Community in Adhamiya, the Ras al-Qarya Official School, the expenses of the Community Presidency, the Lay
Council, and unforeseen general expenses as received from the Lay Council
Recommendation
1 - Given that the General Council approves the payment of allocations to some
societies and committees, it is appropriate to issue orders to the mentioned committees regarding the necessity of printing
their own accounts, attaching them to the budgets, and presenting them to the members of the General Council for review.
2 - Recommendation to the Tomchei Torah Society regarding the necessity of printing its annual accounts in booklets
and distributing them to the public, similar to other committees and societies
⟦And establishing⟧ the health inspection
12 - The General Council approved the formation of committees for (Retirement), (Properties), and (School Health
Inspection)
13 - Approval of the Lay Council's decision taken on October 16, 1934, regarding the allocations
for the Midrash Menashi Saleh school and adding this paragraph at the end (and when necessary, this remainder shall be returned to
the Midrash)
To be added to the committee
once again
14 - A vote was held on the Lay Council's proposal to allocate an amount of one hundred dinars to open a first intermediate class
for students graduating from the community schools by specifying names; only 14 members approved it, and therefore
it is considered rejected
15 - Approval of the Lay Council's proposal to grant the contract for the midwife and intestines for the coming year
before the end of the current contract period without an auction if it finds it necessary, provided that the
result is presented to the General Council for its approval. Accordingly, an article is added to the contract concluded
with the contractor it chooses, stating that the execution of the contract is subject to the approval and confirmation of the General Council; if
it receives confirmation, it is considered valid as if originally concluded, otherwise it is considered as if it never existed;
⟦illegible⟧
The President
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Minutes of the General Council meeting held
on 11 / 11 / 1934
Based on the invitation of His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
At four-thirty in the afternoon on Sunday 11 / 11 / 1934, twenty-two
members of the General Council convened. In view of the provisions of Article 14 of the Community Bylaws,
a quorum was considered present, and accordingly the session was opened. After discussion on the presented items:
1- The contract concluded between the Lay Council and Moussa Al-Jawad and Ahmed
Al-Wadi was read, by which the aforementioned Council granted the Gabelle and intestines tax commitment for the coming year
to the aforementioned Moussa and Ahmed, based on the authorization given by the General Council in this regard
in a previous session. A vote was taken to ratify the aforementioned contract by roll call, and it was approved by
21 of the members present, and accordingly it was accepted.
2- The Council approved the proposal to amend the clause (the majority consisting of two-thirds of its members)
from Article 14 of the Community Bylaws No. 36 of 1931 to (the absolute majority).
3- The Council approved adding ninety Dinars annually to the budget expenditures for the year
34 - 935 for the guarding of the cemetery;
⟦illegible⟧
President Sassoon
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H. Sassoon Khedouri
President of the Jewish Community * Baghdad
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
President of the Israelite Community - Baghdad
Number :: 222-
Telephone Number: 531
Date :: 12 August 935
Subject:
His Excellency the President of the Honorable Lay Council
After greetings and respect
I hope to present to your Excellency a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Honorable General Council
held on June 18, 935 - and may you remain in respect
⟦illegible⟧
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 2869
Date 12 / 8 / 935
File Number
⟦signature⟧
President of the Community
For filing
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That its expenditures be determined according to its revenues, and this does not reduce the degrees of supervision that the Council has over
the hospitals in all other matters according to the regulations that the two parties have followed in their relations
until now, and this does not prejudice the duty of the hospitals to submit the annual budget and accounts to
the Physical Council as is customary, provided that this arrangement is implemented starting from the next budget year.
The Council also recommends the necessity of refraining from embarking on any other reform projects in the hospitals
that require new expenditures before paying off the debt incurred by them at the present time as a result of the constructions
and repairs that they have recently carried out, except after consulting the Physical Council;
⟦Asmon⟧
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Number ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad on January 15, 936
c a v 2
The Honorable and Distinguished
Lawyer Salman Effendi Gabbay, Respectfully
Saleh Effendi Dhabi Hayim, Respectfully
Sion Effendi Hayhi, Respectfully
After greetings and respect
Based on the recommendation of the esteemed General Council in its meeting held
on December 15, 935, our Council decided in its meeting held on December 22, 935
to form a committee of your honors to audit the origin of the debts owed by the community to the endowments and the Nuriel School and the schools of
the Midrash and other debts if found, and to kindly state whether it is correct to collect them from the revenues
of the properties;
⟦illegible signature⟧
President of the Lay Council
To
The General Council
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2854
8 October 1935
The Honorable and Distinguished
Saleh Effendi bin Hammo
Salman Effendi Shamina
Yassin Effendi Cohen
After greetings and respect
Based on the accountant's completion of settling the accounts for the year 34 / 935 ending
on 30 September 935, I request that you kindly set the earliest possible time to audit the accounts and inform
the accountant of the aforementioned time.
On behalf of ⟦illegible⟧
The President
The Lay Council
A copy of it to the Teacher Accountant.