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898
2/9/1949
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered T/6/18/6610 dated February 7, 1949.
We enclose herewith an amount of (10.024) Dinars with a Palestine Rescue stamp
of the half-dinar denomination, for the costs of transferring telephone number 3323 belonging to the Head
of the Community.
Please notify us of the receipt of the mentioned amount. Sincerely.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of/ Head of the Community
Attachments
An amount of (10.024) Dinars
Palestine Rescue stamp of the half-dinar denomination
For filing
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⟦Department Copy⟧
9-8
2/22/1949
Central Telephone Directorate
Greetings,
Please install two jacks and a plug on telephone number 5452 in
the second room of the community presidency headquarters.
Thank you.
Sassoon
Head of the Community
⟦S⟧
2/22
⟦Al-Mawla⟧
2/21
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Department Copy
T/207/949
22/12/1949
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Greetings,
We kindly request you to correct the address of the two telephone sets installed at
the headquarters of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad (located in Taht al-Takiya district
No. 113/152 and situated near the Murjan Mosque) as follows:
3531 | Presidency of the Jewish Community - President | Office
5452 - | Presidency of the Jewish Community - Secretary | Office
95452 | Presidency of the Jewish Community - Accountant | Office
Please note this correction when printing the new telephone directory.
With respect,
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
A / 1
Telephone
⟦illegible⟧
22/12
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Directorate of Central Telephones
(Telephone Affairs Division)
Number - T / 16 / 172
Date 5 / 1 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Incoming Number T / 904 / 95
Date 8 / 1 / 1950
To - Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Subject - Correction of Address -
With reference to your letter numbered T / 1207 / 49 and dated 23 / 12 / 1949
We cannot correct the telephone numbers in question due to the completion of the printing of the new directory.
Director of Central Telephones
Presented on 1/2/95
8-1/1/51
1/572
In the name of Olian
1
File
M / H / 4 / 1
⟦illegible⟧
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Baghdad on 1/14/1952
Receipt for telephone 7809
Installed in Masouda Salman School
After greetings
I have received from the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the telephone numbered
7809 installed in Masouda Salman School.
Personnel
1- Register as incoming
2- Keep in the telephone file
Hashim Kadhim
Head of the Work Committee
Third District
Telephone Service
Administration
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
1/14/1952
⟦illegible⟧
Number 1620
Date 1/14/1952
58 / 5 / 1 / 772
110521
M 50 / Dar Yusuf
10/8
8775
General Directorate of Post and Telegraph
On 11 / 5 / 58
Number 53 / 50 / 58
Baghdad
Insurance deposits whose value has not been released
(Telephone deposits)
⟦illegible⟧
Value of international calls
For the year 1957 - 1958
3431 / 61 / 66 on 4 / 3 / 58 K 7061 K value of calls that were made
via the aforementioned telephone, totaling unreleased deposits totaling up to
⟦signature⟧
Insurance deposits whose value has not been released
Portfolio
Liquidation Committee
Baghdad
15 / 5 / 58
15
⟦illegible⟧
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Bagdad Light and Power Company, Ltd.
BAGDAD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, LTD.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom)
TELEPHONE : BAGHDAD 4141
OUR REF. SC/35/ 6391
BAGHDAD 22. 4 1949
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Outgoing No. 675
Date 25 / 4 / 1949
Presidency of the Jewish Community
154 B 113
Dear Sir (Madam),
Additional Deposit
Additional Deposit
As the deposit of 11 Dinars
As the deposit of I.D. ⟦line⟧ asked
requested in our letter No. 257 and dated
for in our letter No. ⟦line⟧
5 / 4 / 1949 has not been paid yet, we regret
dated ⟦line⟧ has not yet
that we will be forced to disconnect the electricity from your premises
been received by us, we regret that we
on 27 / 4 / 1949 if the aforementioned deposit is not paid
shall have to disconnect the supply to
above before the mentioned date.
your premises on the ⟦line⟧
unless the above deposit has by then been
received.
Yours faithfully,
for Bagdad Light & Power Co., Ltd.
For Bagdad Light & Power Co., Ltd.
for the city of Baghdad
Accountant. Accountant
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
Issue a check to the order of the company
for the mentioned amount today 24 / 4
⟦signature⟧
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96
4/28/1949
The Baghdad Lighting and Power Company Limited
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 391 B dated 4/22/1949.
We enclose herewith check No. 824169 dated 4/25/1949
for the amount of 11/500 Dinars on the Ottoman Bank in Baghdad, as an increase in the deposit
of the Community Presidency Headquarters No. 154 B / 113.
Please acknowledge receipt of the aforementioned check. Sincerely!
Head of the Community
⟦Transfer⟧
For necessary action, please
⟦illegible signature⟧
4/27
To be filed / Electricity file ⟦illegible⟧
5/10
A. A.
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⟦Department Copy⟧
969
2/5/1949
His Excellency the Chairman of the Water Supply Committee for the City of Baghdad, Respected
After greetings,
We request approval to supply the gut warehouse attached to the Jewish
slaughterhouse located on Sheikh Omar Street 7/242 with water by your
respected committee.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
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To be filed
⟦signature⟧
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970
1946/5/4
Department Copy
His Excellency the Director of the Baghdad City Water Supply Committee, Respected
Greetings and respect,
Furthermore, we hope to inform you that we were not aware regarding the supply of the Masarin warehouse attached
to the Jewish Slaughterhouse located on Sheikh Omar Street with water from the same slaughterhouse, as this occurred
inadvertently by the slaughterhouse guards, and this matter was considered a violation, which led your respected committee
to cut off the water from the aforementioned slaughterhouse.
Therefore, given the absence of bad faith in this regard as we explained above, we hope you will kindly
reconsider this matter and graciously order the connection of water to the slaughterhouse urgently, as it is not hidden
from your Excellency that the referred slaughterhouse is considered one of the public places where large quantities of
sheep are slaughtered daily, and delaying water in it is contrary to health conditions, noting that we have instructed those in charge
of the slaughterhouse's affairs to refrain from repeating such a violation in the future.
Please accept our highest respect;
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community
p.p.
Awaiting the response for issuance
⟦Registered⟧ with the accountant
5/10
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L. A. M. (32) G
Water Supply Committee for the Baghdad Area
Date: 11 / 4 / 949
Number: 14 / 15 / 180
To: The Israeli Slaughterhouse
1/00 Sheikh Omar
Please be so kind as to pay ( - / 900 ) Dinars, which is for the repair fee of the water meter installed
at your premises, which was found broken and some of its parts missing. This is with the request to preserve the meter in the future and not to allow anyone
to tamper with it.
Administrative Director of the Water Supply Committee
for the Baghdad Area
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WIRING REGULATIONS.
Wiring Regulations
1. The supply will be distributed on the
four-wire alternating current system, 50 cycles, or
direct current 2 or 3 wires.
1 - The electric supply is distributed on four wires if
the sources of the supply are alternating with 50 cycles, or on two or three
wires if the sources of the supply are continuous.
2. The Company's service will end at the
house cut-out box, which will be fixed in a posi-
tion selected by the Company's Engineer. The
Contractor carrying out the installation must run
his mains up to the cut-out box, leaving sufficient
length of cable to connect to the meter and other
apparatus. The cut-out box, or main fuse, must
not be interfered with by the Consumer, and, in
the event of the fuses melting from any cause, the
Company's officials only may renew them.
Double or triple pole main switches and cut-outs
must be provided and fixed by the Consumer as
close as possible to the meter. In the case of
three-wire services the switch must be properly
protected, so that the terminals cannot be touched
inadvertently, the switch handle projecting
through the case so that the switch can be oper-
ated without removing the cover.
2 - The Company's wire ends at the cut-out box which
is in the consumer's house, and this box will be fixed in a place chosen by the engineer of
the Company. The contractor who carries out the installations must extend his wires to
the cut-out box, leaving a sufficient length of wires to connect them to
the meter or to another device. The consumer is not allowed to tamper with
the cut-out box or the main fuse, and if the fuses melt
⟦(the fuse)⟧ due to any reason whatsoever, they may not be renewed except by
the Company's officials only. The consumer must prepare the wire switch
and fix it in the nearest place to the meter, and if the installations consist
of three wires, the mentioned switch must be protected in a way that it does not contact the
ending wires, and the switch handle must be protruding to the outside of the box so that
it can be operated without opening the box.
3 Separate Enclosed Fuses must be inserted
on each phase, the fuses being so arranged that
no one can touch, at the same time, the other
phases.
3 - Separate fuses: a fuse must be placed for each wire
separately, provided that this fuse is placed in a way that it does not contact the
other fuse.
4. Connecting up. The Contractor, or the
Consumer, must give 48 hours' notice in writing
to the Company that the installation is complete.
The necessary inspection and test of the Installa-
tion will then be made, and, if satisfactory, the
connection to the mains will be completed; but
the Consumer or his Contractor must not, on any
account, connect up to the apparatus of the
Company.
4 - Connection of the current: the contractor or the consumer must inform
the Company in writing 48 hours before the completion of the installations, and then the
Company inspects the installations and if it finds them satisfactory, it connects
the installations to the main wire, and the contractor or consumer is not allowed to
connect the installations to the Company's apparatus.
5. Branch Switches—The main switch is
only an emergency switch, and must not be used
for switching lights on and off in the ordinary
way. No single pole switch must carry more
than 5 amperes.
5 - Branch switches: it is not permitted to use the main switch
except in case of necessity only, and it is not permitted to use it when turning on and off
the lamps, and the current must not exceed five amperes in the switches
of the single wire.
6. Wiring.—All wiring must be carried out
on the sub-distributing system; the tree system
will not be allowed. Each sub-circuit from the
distribution fuse board shall have two single pole
fuses, and shall not supply more than ten lamps of
60 watts each, or their equivalent. Joints where
possible must be avoided, and no joints will be
allowed in conductors which are bedded in plaster.
On no account will double pole fuses be allowed,
and two single pole fuses must be efficiently
separated from each other by an insulating
division between them.
6 - Wiring: all wires must be connected to the main
wires and the tree system (branching wires) is not allowed. Each
branch wire branching from a distribution fuse must be connected
to two fuses, provided that no current is taken from it for more than 10 lamps of
60 watts each or what equals their total, and knots of
wires to each other must be avoided as much as possible, and it is not permitted to knot wires on
plastered walls, and it is absolutely not permitted to use a fuse consisting of
two wires, and the fuses must be separated from each other properly by placing a divider
between them; all metal parts in which the current flows must be installed
on non-combustible material, and a sufficient distance must be placed between the switches
and fuses to prevent arcing. Fuses may not be installed on switches or
on distribution switches or ceiling hangers.
All metal parts carrying current must be
mounted on incombustible bases. Both switches
and fuses must have a sufficient length of break
to prevent arcing across. No fuses must be
inserted in switches, plug sockets, or ceiling
roses.
7 Size of Wires.—No conductor must be of
a sectional area less than No. 18 S.W.G., except
in flexible cords where used for wiring fittings.
All conductors having a cross sectional area
greater than No. 18 S. W. G., shall be stranded.
7 - Size of wires: it is not permitted to use a wire whose diameter is less
than 18 gauge of wire thickness unless it is one of the
flexible wires used in installations, and the wires whose
diameter exceeds 18 gauge of wire thickness must be stranded.
No flexible cord should be used in damp or
exposed situations, or where it may be easily
damaged.
It is not permitted to use flexible wires in damp
and exposed places or in places where the wires are subject to rapid
damage.
All fittings must be efficiently insulated from
earth.
All installations must be accurately insulated from the ground.
All lamp-holders must be of an approved
design, preferably of the bayonet socket type.
Lamp holders: they must be of the approved type
and preferably of the bayonet type (male and female).
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5. Price of Current.—The price of current
used for lighting purposes and for fans will be at
the rate of 25 fils per kilowatt-hour and for power
purposes at the rate of 23 fils per kilowatt-hour,
or such prices as may be agreed to from time to
time in accordance with the Concession.
5 — Price of Power: Twenty-five fils shall be collected for each
kilowatt-hour of power supplied for lighting and fans, and
twenty-three fils shall be collected for each kilowatt-hour of power supplied
for industry, or other prices as may be agreed upon from time to time in accordance
with the provisions of the Concession.
6. (a) Meters—The Consumer may provide
an integrating meter for his premises of a type
(approved by the Government. Otherwise the
Company will supply the meter at a hire charge of
35 fils per month for meters carrying up to 2.5
K.W. and a reasonable charge for larger meters.
The cost of repairs to a meter provided by the
Consumer shall be paid for by the Consumer.
6 — The Meter: The consumer must provide a complete meter
for his premises of the type that has received the approval of the Government; otherwise the Company
will supply the meter for a monthly fee of 35 fils for meters that
carry up to two and a half kilowatts, and for large meters a suitable fee
shall be collected, and the consumer must bear the cost of repairing the meter provided by him.
(b) Accuracy of Meters.—Should any
Consumer doubt the accuracy of the hired meter
he may, on giving notice to the Company, have
the meter officially tested, when, if it is found to
be inaccurate beyond the limits of 3 per cent
allowed by the Concession, the Company will pay
the cost of such test. If the meter is accurate
within the limits allowed by the concession, the
Consumer must pay the cost. If on any test the
meter is found inaccurate a plus or minus
adjustment will be made for the period since the
last reading.
Accuracy of Meters: If a consumer doubts the accuracy of
the meter leased to him, he may, after notifying the Company, have the meter officially tested;
if it is found inaccurate beyond the 3% specified in the Concession, then
the Company shall bear the cost of that test. If it is found accurate within the limit
specified in the Concession, the consumer must bear the cost. If the
meter is found upon testing to be inaccurate, the difference shall be added or subtracted for the period
calculated from the date of the last meter reading.
7. Payments. Accounts shall be rendered
monthly, and should payment at any time be more
than 15 days in arrears, the Company reserve the
right, after giving 48 hours' notice in writing, to
discontinue the supply of current until the amount
owing has been paid together with a fee of 380
fils for reconnecting. In the event of any
Consumer wishing to discontinue taking a supply
he must give 3 days' notice in writing to the
Company and, until the expiration of this notice,
he will be responsible for any current consumed
on the premises whether he may have ceased to
occupy the premises or not.
7 — Payment of Fees: Accounts are presented monthly, and if the date of
payment is delayed more than 15 days, the Company has the right, after giving a written notice
48 hours in advance, to cut off the electric current until the amount
due is paid along with a reconnection fee of 380 fils. If any
consumer wishes to cut off the electric current, he must notify the Company in writing
three days in advance, and he remains responsible until the expiration of this notice period for all
power consumed, whether he has vacated the premises or not.
8. Energy.—Will be supplied continuously
night and day, but the Company will not be
responsible for any accidental failure of supply or
to force majeure or to circumstances beyond the
control of the Company. The Company shall be
entitled to interrupt the service during certain
hours up to an aggregate of eight hours per month
for the purpose of testing the insulation or doing
work on the distribution system. The Consumer
is liable for damage to the Company's property
on his premises whether such damage be due to
fire or any other cause other than defects of the
Company's property in question. For his own
protection the Consumer is advised to include
the meter in his Fire Insurance Policy.
8 — Power: Supplied continuously night and day, however
the Company shall not be responsible for an accidental interruption in the supply of power or
due to force majeure or for reasons beyond the Company's control. The Company has the right to
cut off the electric current for several hours, provided the total does not exceed eight
hours per month, to test its integrity or to carry out work on the
distribution lines. The consumer shall be responsible for damage
to the Company's property located on his premises, whether the
damage resulted from fire or any other cause,
except for the wear and tear of this property belonging to the Company. For the protection
of the consumer's rights, we advise him to include the meter in his
fire insurance policy.
9. Powers to Cut off Supply—Should the
insulation resistance of the Consumer's installation
at any time fall below that set forth in the
Company's Wiring Rules, or should the consumer
interfere with any meter, service box, connections,
or any of the Company's property, or in any way
make use of the supply so as to cause any ill
effect or damage to the general public supply, or
should any defect be discovered in the wires,
fittings, or apparatus within the Consumer's
premises, the Company may, after due notice, or
in case of emergency without notice, disconnect
the premises, and such premises will not be again
connected until the defects complained of have
been rectified to the satisfaction of the Company,
and the Company's testing fee of 380 fils has
been paid.
9 — Authority to Cut Off Power: If the resistance of the consumer's wiring decreases
below the limit specified in the Company's regulations regarding the installation of wiring, or if the
consumer tampers with the meter, the connection box, the wires, or
any of the Company's property, or if he uses the power in a way that disrupts or harms
the general supply, or if a defect is discovered in the wires, fixtures,
or devices in the consumer's premises, the Company may, after giving the necessary notice,
cut off the current from the premises, and it may cut off the electric current in
emergency cases without notice. The current shall not be reconnected to the premises
until the complained-of deficiencies are rectified to the Company's satisfaction and after
the Company's inspection fee of 380 fils has been paid.
10. Access to Apparatus belonging to the
Company—The representatives of the Company
shall be allowed, at all reasonable times, to enter
Consumer's premises for the purpose of inspecting
meters, or any other apparatus belonging to the
Company. The Company's officials will produce
their authority if required to do so.
10 — Access to the Equipment Belonging to the Company: It must be
allowed for the Company's representatives to enter the consumer's premises at all
appropriate and necessary times to inspect the meters or any equipment
belonging to the Company. Company officials must produce their authorization if
requested to do so.
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An Agreement made this:
day of:
between Bagdad Light and Power Company Limited (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) or their Successors in title (hereinafter called the Company) of the one part and: Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
hereinafter called the Consumer) of the other part.: In its legal capacity Being the occupier atlan
Whereas the Consumer has applied for a supply to premises: Slaughter house at st 242 Slaughterhouse on Street 242
No. of lamps:
No. of fans:
No. and type of motors: 1- 10 H.P. 7460 1- 15 H.P. 11190 One motor power 7460 watts " " " 11190 watts
No. of radiators:
No. of cooking or other appliances:
Total Watts: 18650 18650
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:—
Agreement has now been reached on the following:—
1. Supply.—The Company shall supply electric energy to the Consumer up to a capacity of ⟦line⟧ watts, provided the Consumer takes all the electricity he uses on his premises from the Company, and provided the Consumer's installation conforms to the Wiring Regulations attached hereto.
1 — The company shall supply the consumer with electric current according to the following conditions up to 18650 watts
and provided that the consumer takes from the company all the electric power he uses in his place and that his installations comply with the regulations attached to this contract.
2. Period of Agreement.—The period of this Agreement shall be from ⟦line⟧ to ⟦line⟧
2 — Period of Contract —
The duration of this contract runs from ⟦line⟧ to ⟦line⟧
and until such time as it is determined by the Consumer giving the Company three days' notice in writing, or by the Company acting under its powers to disconnect the supply in accordance with the Concession.
And until it is terminated by the consumer after giving the company a written notice three days prior, or by the company acting under the power of cutting the power authorized to it according to the provisions of the concession.
The Consumer's attention is particularly drawn to para 3 of Clause 12, breach of which renders the Consumer's installation liable to immediate disconnection.
The consumers' attention is particularly drawn to paragraph 3 of Article 12, as upon its violation, the consumer's installations are subject to immediate disconnection.
3 Deposit.—The Consumer shall make such deposit as the Company is entitled to require, or otherwise give security in respect of energy to be supplied, and of service lines belonging to the Company, and for proper care and custody of meters. Such security may be applied at the option of the Company in satisfaction of any sum due to the Company and may be retained by the Company for so long as a supply is required by the Consumer, and on the termination thereof will be repaid to the Consumer after deducting all sums due to the Company.
3 — The consumer must provide the security that the company is entitled to request, otherwise he must provide a guarantee for the electric current that will be supplied to him and for the lines belonging to the company and for his maintenance of the meters (meters). The company has the option to determine this guarantee against the amount due to the company and has the right to retain it as long as the electric current is supplied to the consumer and it is not repaid except after cutting the current, after deducting the amount due to the company.
4 Service Mains laid on the Consumer's property will be charged for, and all service mains laid on public or private roadways in excess of 50 yards of overhead and 20 yards of underground from existing mains will also be charged for. The total cost of laying additional services must be borne by the Consumer either in one payment, or, if desired by the Consumer, the payment, with interest, may be spread over a reasonable period.
4 — The price of connection lines extended on the consumer's property shall be collected, as well as the price of connection lines extended on public or private roads for what exceeds 50 yards in length if they are from overhead wires or 20 yards if they are from wires extended underground, starting from the existing main wires. The consumer must bear the expenses of extending additional wires either in one payment, or if he wishes in installments, they shall be distributed over a suitable period after adding the interest.
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4. The minimum payable in accordance with Article 1(a) hereof will be the fixed charge corresponding to a demand of..22...kilowatt, the running charge being based on the same demand until such time as the maximum demand actually exceeds 22.....kilowatt.
4 — The minimum payment according to Article 1 (a) of this contract shall be a fixed fee suitable for a power of 22 kilowatts, and the consumption fees shall be based on the same power until the actual maximum demand exceeds 22 kilowatts.
5. Should the consumer contravene to para (a) of Article 2, then the present agreement will be automatically cancelled and the Company will have the right, which the consumer acknowledges, to revise all bills prepared in accordance with the rates defined herein, on the flat rate of 20 fils per kilowatt hour and to charge the difference in one single bill, which will be payable as defined in Article 7 of the main agreement, provided however that such a revision will not in any way exclude the right of the Company to claim any other indemnification for damages.
5 — If the consumer violates one of the two paragraphs (a) and (b) of the second article or both, the current contract shall then be canceled by itself, and the company has the right — which the consumer acknowledges — to amend all the lists organized according to the prices specified in this contract and make them at the current price of 20 fils per unit and collect the difference in one list to be paid as stipulated in Article 7 of the main agreement, provided that the mentioned amendment does not deprive the company in any way of the right to claim any other compensation for damages.
6. Should the consumer wish to terminate the present agreement before the period of...one year ⟦line⟧ has expired, he will have the right to do so, but in such a case the Company will have the right to revise all bills prepared in accordance with the rates defined herein, on the flat rate of 20 fils per Kwh., such a revision extending to all bills issued since the date of the agreement. The same revision will be made should the supply be disconnected before the period of.........one year ⟦line⟧ has expired, whatever the reason for the disconnection of the supply may be. Alternatively, the consumer will have the option to pay the fixed charge of I.D..6/000..per kilowatt of maximum demand for the remaining period of the agreement.
6 — If the consumer wishes to terminate the current contract before the expiration of a period of one year, he has the right to do so, but in this case the company has the right to amend the lists organized according to the prices mentioned in this contract and make them at the current price of 20 fils per unit, and the mentioned amendment applies to all lists issued since the date of the contract, and if the supply is cut off before the expiration of a period of one year, the same amendment shall be made regardless of the reason for the cut, or the consumer has the option to pay a fixed fee of — / 6 Dinars per kilowatt of the maximum power required for the remaining period of the contract.
7. The present agreement will be automatically renewed for further periods of..one.. year ⟦line⟧, if no notice is received from either party informing the other party that it wishes to terminate the agreement within fifteen days before the date of expiry of the period.
7 — The current contract is automatically renewed for other periods of one year if neither party informs the other of a desire to terminate the contract within a period not exceeding fifteen days before the date of the expiration of the period.
The number of renewals of this agreement in accordance with the above para is expressly restricted to...five........ ....
The number of renewals of this contract according to the above paragraph is limited to five times only.
8. The present agreement is deemed to include the terms and conditions of the Main Agreement, of the same date.
8 — The current contract is considered to include the terms and conditions of the main agreement dated on the same date.
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Department Copy
755
9/8/1948
Number in ⟦illegible⟧ 46
The Honorable Mr. Fadoul Mahfouz, Respectfully
Contractor for Inflation at the Israeli Slaughterhouse in Baghdad
After greetings
Since you have not paid to date the amount due from you for
electricity consumed for inflation purposes for the month of July, we regret to inform you that we will request
the electricity company to cut off your electricity if you do not pay the outstanding bill
for the month of July before <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> ⟦Wednesday⟧ falling on September 12, 1948.
We also request your presence at the Community Presidency or to send a representative to deliberate with you
regarding the issue of the delay in paying these bills. Sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
For filing
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Whereas the Baghdad Light & Power Company Limited for the city of | Whereas the Bagdad Light & Power
Baghdad (hereinafter called the Company) has agreed to supply | Co. Ltd. (hereinafter called the Company)
has agreed to supply...Messrs. Jewish Community, | Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad (hereinafter called the consumer)
Baghdad. | with electric current for the premises numbered Slaughterhouse on Street No. 242
(hereinafter called the consumer), with electricity to premises No...Slaughter House at Street No.242
for certain purposes in accordance with the terms of Law No. 51 of the year 1928 and the contract | for defined purposes, in accordance with the
dated ⟦line⟧ organized under Article | terms of Law No. 51 of the year 1928, and of
an agreement dated ⟦line⟧ 31 of the mentioned law and known hereinafter as the Main Agreement; and whereas | prepared in accordance with Article 31 of
the consumer wishes to benefit from rates cheaper than those which | the said Law, and known hereinafter as the
the Company is entitled to charge under Article 27 of the law referred to | Main Agreement;
above. | and whereas the consumer wishes to avail himself of rates cheaper than those which the Company is entitled to charge under Article 27 of the law referred to above ;
It has been agreed as follows: ⟦line⟧ | it has been agreed as follows :
1 - The charges for the current used for industrial purposes shall include: - | 1. The cost of current used for power pur-
poses will include :-
(a) A fixed annual charge of 6/000 Dinars for | (a) A fixed charge of I.D...6-000....per
each kilowatt of the maximum demand required and charges for | kilowatt of maximum demand per
consumption of: ⟦line⟧ | annum
and a running charge of :-
(b) 4 fils per electrical unit for the first 150 hours of | (b) ....4....fils per kilowatt hour for the
utilization of power monthly. | first 150 hours of utilization per
month.
(c) 3 1/2 fils per electrical unit for the second 150 hours of | (c) ..3 1/2..fils per kilowatt hour for the
utilization of power monthly. | next 150 hours of utilization per
month.
(d) 3 fils per electrical unit for what exceeds 300 hours | (d) ..3.....fils per kilowatt hour for all
of utilization of power monthly. | over 300 hours of utilization per
month.
2 - The rates mentioned in Article 1 of this contract are granted according to | 2. The rates defined in Article 1 hereof are
the following terms and conditions: ⟦line⟧ | granted subject to the following terms and
conditions :-
(a) The maximum power taken from the Company's wires must not exceed | (a) The maximum demand made on
30 kilowatts and not be less than 15 kilowatts. | the Company's mains shall not exceed
.30....kilowatts and not be less than .15....kilowatts.
(b) The consumer undertakes to take the current without interruption for a period of | (b) The consumer undertakes to take the
one year | supply continuously for a period of
.one year........
(c) If the current cost of generating and distributing electric power | (c) Should the present costs of generation
(fuel oil, labor wages, and materials) increases by 5% or more | and distribution of electricity (fuel
then the Company shall increase the mentioned charges and rates by a suitable increase. | oil, labour and materials) increase
by 5% or more, a corresponding increase will be made by the Company to the above charges and rates.
3 - The required maximum power referred to in Article 1 (a) means | 3. The maximum demand referred to in
the highest power taken from the Company's wires at any time during | Article 1 (a) means the highest demand
the period of the contract and can be measured by testing or by installing | made on the Company's mains at any
maximum power indicators. | time during the period of the agreement,
and may be measured by test or by the
installation of maximum demand indi- cators. The costs of generation and distribution referred to in para 2(C) are those obtaining in 1939. Since then, owing to an increase in the price of fuel oil of 37 1/2% and the great increase in the cost of labour the price per unit is at present increased by 19 1/2%.
The costs of power generation and distribution referred to in paragraph 2 (c) are as they were prevailing in the year 1939
and since that date the price per unit has increased by 19 1/2 percent in view of the rise in the price of fuel oil by 37 1/2 percent and the great increase in labor wages.
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: 755
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Date: 8 / 9 / 1948
To the Honorable Mr. Fadhil Mahfouz, respected
Contractor for blowing in the Jewish slaughterhouse in Baghdad
After greetings
Since you have not paid to date the amount due from you for the
electricity consumed for blowing purposes for the month of July, we regret to inform you that we will request
the electricity company to cut off your electricity if you do not pay the outstanding bill
for the month of July before <del>Saturday</del> ⟦Monday⟧ corresponding to <del>11</del> ⟦13⟧ September 1948.
We also request your presence at the Community Presidency or to send a representative to discuss with you
the matter of the delay in paying these bills. Sincerely ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the President of the Community
A. A.
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784
⟦illegible⟧
Second Confirmation
6 / 10 / 1948
The Honorable Mr. Fadhil Issa Mahfouz, Respectfully
Contractor for blowing at the Israeli slaughterhouse in Baghdad
After greetings
We request you to take the initiative to pay the amount owed by you, totaling 17/650
dinars for the electricity units consumed by you for blowing purposes for the month of
August 1948, urgently and before Saturday 9 / 10 / 1948.
We also request payment of the additional insurance paid by us, totaling
4/- dinars due to the increase in electricity consumption by operating the
blowing machine belonging to you.
We regret to inform you that we will be forced to take a decisive step in this regard
if you delay in paying the electricity bill along with the insurance. Sincerely.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Head of the Community
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816
11/4/1948
⟦Department Copy⟧
Wadih Banni
The Honorable Mr. Filfil Moussa Makhlouf, Respectfully
Contractor for blowing in the Israeli slaughterhouse in Baghdad
After greetings,
Further to our letter No. 784 dated 10/6/1948.
Due to your failure to pay the amount owed by you for the units
of electricity consumed by the blowing machines belonging to you and installed in the slaughterhouse
Israeli, despite our repeated warnings and demands, we regret to inform you that we have
instructed the electricity company to cut off the electrical power from the mentioned machines
and we warn you hereby that we will take legal measures to collect the amount
remaining in your debt for electricity fees for the three months of August, September, and October 48
if you do not pay it within three days ⟦line⟧ peace.
⟦signature⟧
11/4
⟦Salman Shina⟧
Head of the Community
Copy to: - His Eminence the Head of the Israeli Slaughterhouse - Baghdad
A/A
Presidency of the Diwan
387
2/101/8334
Subject/ Lease contract for the Maysun Primary School building
With reference to your letter No. 17 dated 1/12/1958 and its attachments
We have decided the following:
1- 053/71 Approval to lease the aforementioned building for a period of one year
at an annual rent of ⟦120⟧ dinars to be paid in monthly installments starting from the date of
2/101/8334 on 1/1/1958 and according to the contract attached herewith in 3 copies
Approval for the allocation of the necessary amounts shall be obtained by you for this purpose
It is assigned that you sign the above-mentioned contract and send a copy of it
to this department
Please inform us upon completion of the necessary procedures in this regard
Please accept our highest respect
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Diwan
or
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⟦Department Copy⟧
817
4 / 11 / 1948
Baghdad Light and Power Company Limited
Greetings,
We request the disconnection of the electric power registered in the name of the Presidency of the Jewish
Community for the blowing machines only, installed in the Jewish Slaughterhouse in Baghdad
Numbers ⟦mentioned⟧ 459040, 459108, and 459099, effective from the date of your receipt
of this letter. Thank you.
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
Not sent
Electricity Department
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: 817
Date: 4 / 11 / 1948
Subject: Urgent
Baghdad District Electric Lighting and Power Company Limited
Greetings,
We request the disconnection of the electric power registered in the name of the Presidency of the Jewish
Community for the blowing machines only installed in the Jewish Slaughterhouse in Baghdad
Meter numbers 459040, 459108, and 459099 starting from the date of your receipt
of this letter. Thank you.
Diagram - Slaughterhouse
President of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
This letter was not sent
⟦illegible⟧
11/11
A. A.
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Number 2
10/12/47
Department Copy
822
10/11/1948
The Baghdad Light and Power Company Limited
Greetings,
Your esteemed company has previously connected electrical power to the sheep
blowing machines installed in the Jewish Slaughterhouse in Baghdad in the name of the Community. Since
the Community has no connection to these machines as they belong to the blowing contractor Mr.
Fadl Issa Mahfouz, who is responsible for paying the fees for the electrical units
consumed by them, we request that this power be registered in the name of the blowing contractor while collecting
the necessary deposits from him. We also request the collection of electricity fees incurred by the machines
mentioned from him starting from the first of September 1948, with the request to submit all invoices
in this regard in the future directly to him and to sever the Community's connection with the machines
mentioned starting from the date of your receipt of this letter.
Please accept our respects;
⟦signature⟧
7/8
<del>⟦signature⟧</del>
Head of the Community
Copy to:-
The blowing contractor at the Jewish Slaughterhouse in Baghdad
The esteemed Mr. Fadl Issa Mahfouz
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Baghdad Light and Power Company Limited
BAGDAD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, LTD.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom).
TELEPHONE: BAGHDAD: 4141.
TELEGRAM:: "LIGHTPOWER"
CODE:: BENTLEY'S SECOND PHRASE
REGISTERED OFFICE:: 1, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, E.C.4.
OUR REF.: SC/⟦6⟧/⟦10284⟧
YOUR REF.:
BAGHDAD 24th November, 1948
Chief of the Jewish Community
Baghdad.
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad.
Dear Sir,
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO
JEWISH BUTCHERY.
Electricity Supply
to the Israelite Slaughterhouse.
Reference to your letter of 10th instant, advising us you have no connection with the sheep skinning machine installed in your butchery and requesting us to bill the contractor, Sayid Fadil Issa Mahfoudh, with the cost of the electricity consumed by the said machine.
Reference to your letter dated the 10th current in which you informed us that you have no connection with the sheep inflation machine installed in your slaughterhouse and requested us to demand from the contractor Mr. Fadil Issa Mahfoudh the electricity fees consumed by the mentioned machine.
We would inform you that we have connected the supply to the above machine at the request of the Amanat Al-Asima vide their letter No.5/5783 dated 17th April 1948 and cannot render bills to more than one consumer for one premises.
We would like to inform you that we connected the electric power to the machine mentioned above based on the request of the Amanat Al-Asima in its letter numbered 5/5783 and dated 17 April 1948, and we cannot provide bills for more than one consumer for one location.
If the said contractor is responsible for the current and is not paying you the cost, despite the Amanat Al Asimah arrangement with him, we will disconnect this supply, if you so wish, on receipt of your instruction.
If the mentioned contractor is responsible for the consumption and does not pay you the fees despite the arrangements of the Amanat Al-Asima with him, we will cut off this power if you wish upon receipt of your instructions in this regard.
Yours faithfully,
for Bagdad Light & Power Co, Ltd.
⟦signature⟧
General Manager.
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Number 525
Date 26 / 11 / 1948
Copy to: Amanat Al Asimah for information and necessary instruction.
Copy to: Amanat Al-Asima for information and to issue the necessary instructions.
GJI/HM.
K.A. / A.
Asouri ⟦illegible⟧
To be kept
Madness