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IJA 3308

Contracts and Bills, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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This item contains utility contracts and bills for telephone services, water, and electricity, all for the Baghdadi Jewish community.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3308
Item Number
16670
Date
Approx. January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1930
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Pharmacy Committee, Bills, Jewish Religious Court, Revenue Stamp, Baghdad Light and Power, Contract, Typed, Iraqi Government, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Electricity Bill, Ink Stamp, Meir Elias Hospital, Receipts, Jewish Lay Council, Chief Rabbi, President of the Jewish Community, Annotation, Handwritten

AI en Translation, Pages 326-350

Page 326

Telephone Number 6028
⟦2015⟧ / 52
1 / 4 / 1952
To :-
Central Telephone Directorate
Greetings,
We confirm our letter No. 52/2015 dated 11/7/1951.
Hoping you will kindly take the necessary action.
Please accept our highest respect
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council

Page 327

Telephone fees for the Presidency of the Community for the installment ending
on 30 / 9 / 1952
⟦684⟧ / 52
11 / 9 / 1952
To -
Central Telephone Directorate - Baghdad
After greetings
We request that you provide us with the receipt for receiving an amount of 167/460 according to the check numbered
813900 and dated 11 / 8 / 1952 for the telephone fees of the Presidency of the Community for the installment ending
on 30 / 9 / 1952 .
Please accept our highest respect .
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
The receipt was sent
⟦signature⟧

Page 328

T / 53/20
1953/7/18
Telephone fees for numbers 5452, 3531, 4468
and 7253
To -"
Central Telephone Directorate - Baghdad
Greetings,
With reference to your lists numbered 2086, 4821, 1719, and 1863 dated 1953/5/30,
1953/5/18, 1953/5/27, and 1953/7/2 regarding the telephone fees for numbers 5452, 3531, 4468
and 7253 belonging to the Presidency of this Community for the installment ending on 1953/9/30.
We enclose herewith check number 926860 dated 1953/7/15 for the amount of 50/957 Dinars (Fifty
Dinars and nine hundred and fifty-seven Fils) according to the following details: -
Fils Dinar | Telephone Number | List Number | List Date
13 550 | 5452 | 2086 | 1953/5/30
14 984 | 3531 | 4821 | 1953/5/18
17 135 | 4468 | 1719 | 1953/5/27
5 288 | 7253 | 1863 | 1953/7/2
50 957 |  |  |
Only fifty Dinars and nine hundred and fifty-seven Fils.
Therefore, we request you to provide us with the receipt of payment.
Please accept our highest respect.
Heskiel Dawood Shattob
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Attachments
Number (1) check for the amount of 50/957 Dinars.
A copy to -"
Accountant of the Community Presidency - for accounting purposes.
Archive
The receipt for the mentioned amount has been received
from the Telephone Directorate today.
⟦signature⟧
1953/8/9

Page 330

Telephone Center ⟦line⟧ Telephone 650
Schedule of long-distance telephone call fees within Iraq for the half-year ending 12/31/50
Date | Dinar | Fils | Date | Dinar | Fils | Date | Dinar | Fils | Date | Dinar | Fils | Date | Dinar | Fils | Date | Dinar | Fils
|  |  |  |  |  | 12/1 |  | 80 |  |  |  | 11/19 |  | 158 |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 80 |  |  |  |  |  | 158 |  |  |
Total for the six months entered in the half-year account: 50
Fils: 90
Dinar: 778
Note: No objection regarding the accuracy of this account will be considered unless the objection is submitted before seven days have passed since the receipt of this schedule.
Record 452
Page
To the Director of the Central Telephone Department - Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
In trust and it was ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

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Iraq
The Iraqi Government
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Telephone Number 6398
Zone / 6
Please present this bill when paying the amount at this center
Telephone Account Bill
Telephone Number: ⟦7531⟧
Center Name: Baghdad
Amount | Details
Fils: ⟦880⟧ Dinars: ⟦14⟧ | Telephone rental for the installment ending on ⟦7/30⟧ at the rate of Dinars per installment
Fils: ⟦296⟧ Dinars: .. | Local call charges - according to the details listed on the back of the bill
Fils: .. Dinars: .. | Internal call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5)
Fils: .. Dinars: .. | External call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5a)
Fils: .. Dinars: .. | Additional deposits to make the total, with previously collected deposits, proportional to the account
Fils: .. Dinars: .. | Installment for calls and fees according to paragraph (13) of the telephone rental contract
Fils: ⟦176⟧ Dinars: ⟦14⟧ | Total amount
From the conditions stated in the telephone rental contract
The administration may disconnect the telephone service (Paragraph 7) Second Schedule
If the amount of this bill is not paid within (15) days from its date
Amount Paid: Dinars
Bill Number: ⟦484⟧
Payment Date: / / 195
Bill Date: ⟦18 / 5 / 57⟧
Signature:
Cashier
Director of Central Telephones

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Iraq
Iraqi Government
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Telephone Number 6398
Zone / 6
Please present this bill when paying the amount at this center
Telephone Account Bill
Telephone Number:
Center Name:
Details | Fils | Dinar
Telephone rent for the installment ending on ............ at a rate of ............ Dinars per installment |  |
Local call charges - according to the details listed on the back of the bill .. |  |
Internal call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5) .. |  |
External call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5a) .. |  |
Additional deposits to make the total, along with previously collected deposits, proportional to the installment account for calls and fees in accordance with paragraph (13) of the telephone rental contract .. |  |
Total Amount | 125 | 17
Among the conditions stated in the telephone rental contract
The administration may disconnect the telephone service (Paragraph 7) Second Schedule
⟦If⟧ the amount of this bill is not paid within (15) days from the date of ⟦...⟧
Amount Paid: ............ Dinars
Date of Payment: / / 195
Signature:
Bill Number: 1719
Bill Date: 27 / 5 / 195
Treasurer
Director of Central Telephones

Page 333

Telephone Center ⟦line⟧ Telephone 468
Schedule of telephone call fees for long distances within Iraq for the half-year ending 12-31-1952
Date | Dinars Fils | Date | Dinars Fils | Date | Dinars Fils | Date | Dinars Fils | Date | Dinars Fils | Date | Dinars Fils
2/2 | 200 | 4/8 | 062 | 5/8 | 220 | 4/12 | 220 |  |  | 2/10 | 195
" | 040 | 20 | 062 | 17 | 413 |  |  |  |  |  |
" | 040 | 4 | 825 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4 | 099 | 22 | 126 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
" | 055 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
7 | 066 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
14 | 020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
18 | 022 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
21 | 022 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
22 | 022 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
25 | 022 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 4590 |  | 1077 |  | 747 |  | 220 |  |  |  | 195
Total for the six months entered in the half-year account ⟦300.55⟧ Fils 925 Dinars 6
Note: No objection regarding the accuracy of this account will be considered unless the objection is submitted before seven days have passed from the receipt of this schedule.
Record:
Page:
Only six dinars and nine hundred
and thirty-five fils and no more
Director of the Central Telephone Department - Baghdad
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Wahab Saleh

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Iraq
The Iraqi Government
Directorate of Central Telephones
Baghdad
Telephone Number 6398
Zone / 6
Please present this bill when paying the amount at this center
Telephone Account Bill
Details | Fils | Dinars
Telephone Number ⟦line⟧ Center Name ⟦line⟧ |  |
Telephone rental for the installment ending in ⟦...⟧ at a rate of ⟦...⟧ Dinars per installment | ⟦200⟧ | ⟦5⟧
Local call charges - according to the details listed on the back of the bill | 088 |
Internal call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5) |  |
External call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5a) |  |
Additional deposits to make the total, with previously collected deposits, proportional to the account |  |
Installment for calls and fees according to paragraph (13) of the telephone rental contract |  |
Total Amount | 288 | 5
From the conditions stated in the telephone rental contract
The administration may disconnect the telephone service (Paragraph 7) Second Schedule
If the amount of this bill is not paid within (15) days from its date
Bill Number: 862
Bill Date: 2 / 11 / 5
Amount Paid: ⟦line⟧ Dinars
Date of Payment: / / 195
Signature: ⟦line⟧
Treasurer:
Director of Central Telephones:
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧

Page 335

T / 53 / 2071
1953/6/24
The remaining balance on the telephone of Al-Taawun Private Primary School.
To -
Central Telephone Directorate
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. T 1 / 4194 / 7325 dated 6/21/1953;
Al-Taawun Private Primary School is not among the schools that belonged to this
Presidency.
Please accept our highest respect.
Heskel Dawood Shemtob
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Your Excellency the President,
I inquired with Mr. Abdullah Khoury
(Former Head of the Collection Committee) as to whether
the aforementioned school belonged to the community, and he replied
that he was unaware even of this name. It was decided
to check the file at the Presidency of Works
by telephone on 6/25/53
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary
6/25/53

Page 336

Central Telephone Directorate
(Subscribers Division)
Number -: C / 4194 / 7425
Date -: / 6 / 1953
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number 2246
Date 22 / 6 / 1953
To -: Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Subject -: The remaining amount on the telephone of Al-Taawun Private Primary School
After removing and settling the account of telephone number 3268 belonging to the mentioned school, an amount
of 6/638 Dinars remains, which we requested from the referred school according to list number 4085
dated 27 / 12 / 1950 and has not been paid, so please pay it as soon as possible.
Director of Central Telephones
Muhammad Jamil Ali
⟦illegible⟧
13 JUN 1953
Abdul Razzaq / 16

Page 337

T / 2894 / 52
21 / 12 / 1952
Receipt for telephone fee amounts for the Community Presidency.
To -
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
After greetings
We confirm our letter No. T / 2865 / 52 dated 12 / 12 / 1952
Requesting to be provided with a receipt for the payment of the community's telephone fees for the installment ending on
31 / 3 / 1953.
Please accept our highest respect
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Note: The Telephone Department sent the receipt
Numbered Book 121824
Receipt No. 92 dated 24 / 2 / 1953
Account: The aforementioned numbered receipt was received and marked as received
I received the above receipt
⟦illegible⟧
28 / 2 / 53
⟦illegible⟧
23 / 2 / 53

Page 338

52 / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
1157 / ⟦illegible⟧
Telephone fees for the Presidency of the Community for the installment ending on
3/31/1953
To "-
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Greetings,
We enclose herewith check number 819321 dated 12/11/1952 for the amount of 45/320 Dinars (forty-five Dinars
and three hundred and twenty Fils) for the telephone fees of the Presidency of the Community for the installment ending on 3/31/1953, according to the following
details "-
Telephone Number | Invoice | Invoice Amount
| Number Date | Dinar Fils
5452 | 11/13/52 2034 | 14 700
3531 | 11/12/52 1721 | 15 509
4468 | 11/20/52 4174 | 8 079
7253 | 11/30/52 2246 | 7 032
| Only forty-five Dinars and three hundred and twenty Fils. | 45 320
Please provide us with the receipt of delivery.
With highest respect,
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Attachments
Number
1 check for the amount of 45/320 Dinars
A copy to "-
Accountant of the Presidency of the Community - for accounting purposes.
⟦illegible⟧

Page 339

His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
After greetings
Subject / Telephone fees for the head of the community for the installment ending on
31 / 3 / 1953 .
We list below the telephone fees for the community administration for the installment ending on 31 / 3 / 1953 ⟦line⟧
And they are according to the following detail " - "
Telephone Number | Invoice Number | Invoice Date | Location where the telephone is installed | Invoice Amount Dinar Fil | Notes
5452 | 2034 | 13 / 11 / 52 | Community Administration | 700 | 14 |
3531 | 1729 | 12 / 11 / 52 | " " | 509 | 15 | ⟦line⟧ From which the secretary Shaoul Moussa paid an amount
4468 | 4174 | 20 / 11 / 52 | House of the community secretary 079 | 079 | 8 | of 2/879 for call charges .
7253 | 2246 | 30 / 11 / 52 | House of the Registrar of Contracts | 032 | 7 | ⟦line⟧ From which Mr. Naji Beneri paid an amount of
|  |  | Mr. Naji Beneri |  |  | 1/832 for call charges .
45 / 320
Only forty-five dinars and three hundred and twenty fils .
Therefore, we hope for approval to disburse the amount to the Telephone Directorate .
The Secretary
1- Approval is granted to fulfill the above amount of
45/320 Dinars to the order of the Telephone Directorate
the Center
The President
11 / 12 / 1953
2- The Accountant
To issue a check in the amount of 45/320 dinars (after adjustment)
To the order of the Central Telephone Directorate, immediately and send it
to this department
3- Withdrawn according to check No. 21921 on 11 / 12 / 953
to the Central Telephone Directorate
11 / 12 / 1953

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District /: 5
Telephone Center: ⟦illegible⟧
Telephone: ⟦line⟧
Schedule of long-distance telephone call fees within Iraq for the half-year ending ⟦line⟧
Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar
2/22 | 150 |  |  | 6/22 | 020 | 6/22 |  |  |  | 8/21 | 850
|  |  |  | 26 | 260 | 27 |  |  |  |  |
Total for the six months entered in the half-year account of 1950 680 Fils Dinar ⟦line⟧
Note: No objection regarding the correctness of this account will be considered unless the objection is submitted before seven days have passed since the receipt of this schedule.
Record
Page 152
Only six hundred and eighty
Fils and nothing else
Director of the Central Telephone Office - Baghdad
⟦signature⟧

Page 341

Iraq
Iraqi Government
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Telephone Number 6398
District / 6
Please present this bill when paying the amount at this center
Telephone Account Bill
Amount | Fils | Dinar
Telephone rent for the installment ending on 31 / 12 / 52 at a rate of | Dinars per installment | — | 12
Local call charges - according to the details listed on the back of the bill | .. | 050 | 1
Internal call charges - according to the attached schedule (District 5) | .. | 680 | —
External call charges - according to the attached schedule (District 5a) | .. |  |
Additional deposits to make the total with previously collected deposits proportional to the account |  |  |
Installment for calls and fees according to paragraph (13) of the telephone rental contract | .. |  |
Total Amount |  | 730 | 14
From the conditions stated in the telephone rental contract
The administration may disconnect the telephone (Paragraph 7) Second Schedule
If the amount of this bill is not paid within (15) days from its date
Director of Central Telephones
Treasurer

Page 342

District / ⟦illegible⟧
Telephone Center ⟦line⟧ Telephone 57
Schedule of long-distance telephone call charges within Iraq for the half-year ending 9/30/56
Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar
|  |  |  | 295 | 7/1/56 |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | 267 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | 267 | 27 |  |  |  |  |  |
Total for the six months entered in the half-year account: 829 Fils 820 Dinars
Note: No objection regarding the accuracy of this account will be considered unless the objection is submitted before seven days have passed since the receipt of this schedule.:
Record:
Page: 571
Director of the Central Telephone Department - Baghdad
Only eight hundred and twenty-one fils
827

Page 343

Iraq
Iraqi Government
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Telephone Number 6398
Zone / 6
Please present this bill when paying the amount at this center
If the amount of this bill is not paid within (15) days of its date, the
administration has the right to disconnect the telephone (Paragraph 7) Second Schedule
of the terms contained in the telephone rental contract
Telephone Account Bill
Telephone Number: 7071
Center Name: Baghdad
Details | Dinar per installment | Amount: Dinar | Amount: Fils
Telephone rental for the installment ending on 21 / 7 / 51 at a price | 14 | 14 | 588
Local call fees - according to the details written on the back of the bill | .. | | 920
Domestic call fees - according to the table (Zone 5) attached herewith | .. | |
International call fees - according to the table (Zone 5 a) attached herewith | .. | |
Additional security deposits so that their total with the security deposits previously collected is proportional to the account of | | |
the installment for calls and fees according to paragraph (13) of the telephone rental contract | .. | |
Total Amount | | 15 | 508
Bill Number: 1729
Bill Date: 21 / 7 / 51
Amount Paid: ⟦line⟧ Dinars
Date of Payment: / / 195
Signature:
Cashier:
Director of Central Telephones: ⟦signature/stamp⟧

Page 344

⟦illegible⟧
16 NOV 52
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
152 / 112 Qanbar Ali - Baghdad
Reading on:
Previous reading:
Number of local calls made during the installment period:
Number of free calls:
Number of calls for which fees are requested:
Price of (4) fils per call:
Central Telephone Manager
Invoice date <del>5 / 11 / 1952</del>
Invoice number 1749
Dinar 0 - 500 Total amount
Treasurer
Signature ⟦line⟧
Payment date / / 195
Amount paid Dinar

Page 345

Iraq
The Iraqi Government
Central Telephones Directorate
Baghdad
Telephone Number 6398
Zone / 6
Please present this bill when paying the amount at this center
⟦Jewish Community⟧
Telephone Account Bill
Telephone Number: 4468
Center Name: Baghdad
Amount | Details
5 | 200 | Telephone rental for the period ending on ⟦21 / 57⟧ at a price of ... dinars per installment
1 | 008 | Local call fees - according to the details recorded on the back of the bill
1 | 871 | Domestic call fees - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5)
|  | Foreign call fees - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5 A)
|  | Additional insurance to make the total, with previously collected insurance, proportional to the installment account for calls and fees according to paragraph (13) of the telephone rental contract
8 | 079 | Total amount
From the conditions stated in the telephone rental contract
The administration may disconnect the telephone (Paragraph 7) second schedule
If the amount of this bill is not paid within (15) days of its date
Amount paid: Dinars
Date of payment: 195 / /
Signature:
Bill number: 4174
Bill date: 24 / 4 / 54
Cashier
Director of Central Telephones
⟦Iraqi Government⟧

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Telephone Center ⟦illegible⟧ Telephone ⟦illegible⟧
Schedule of telephone call fees for distances within Iraq for the half-year ending on: 30 June ⟦illegible⟧
Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar
068
13/7/54
Total for the six months entered in the 1954 half-year account: 080 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ Dinar
Note: No objection regarding the accuracy of this account will be considered unless the objection is submitted before seven days have passed since the receipt of this schedule.
Record: Sixty-eight fils only
Page: 257
⟦signature⟧
Director of the Central Telephone Department - Baghdad

Page 347

Iraq
⟦The Iraqi Government⟧
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Telephone Number 6398
Zone / 6
Please present this bill when paying the amount at this center
Telephone Account Bill
Naji Yaqub Baruch
Telephone Number: 7453
Center Name: Baghdad
Statement | Amount Dinar | Amount Fils
Telephone rent for the installment ending on 31 / 12 / 71 | 5 Dinars per installment | 000
Local call charges - according to the details listed on the back of the bill | 1 | 764
Internal call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5) |  | 268
External call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5a) |  |
Additional deposits to make the total, with previously collected deposits, proportional to the installment account for calls and fees according to paragraph (13) of the telephone rental contract |  |
Total Amount | 7 | 032
If the amount of this bill is not paid within (15) days of its date, the administration has the right to disconnect the telephone service (Paragraph 7) Second Schedule of the conditions contained in the telephone rental contract
Bill Number 2446
Bill Date 20 / 11 / 71
Director of Central Telephones
Amount Paid: ⟦line⟧ Dinars
Date of Payment: / / 195
Signature: ⟦line⟧
Cashier:
⟦emblem stamp⟧

Page 348

T/ 52/2872
12/16/1952
To "
Central Telephon⟦line⟧e Directorate
Baghdad
Greetings
With reference to your letter No. T 1 / 1401 / 14162 dated 12/10/1952
Please note the followin⟦line⟧g "-
1 - This Presidency does not have any information about the estate of the late lawyer Salim Saltoun.
2 - The aforementioned has no heirs in Iraq; rather, all of his legal heirs have renounced
their citizenship and traveled outside Iraq.
With utmost resp⟦line⟧ect
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council

⟦DIRECTORATE OF TELEPHONES⟧
⟦24 NOV 1952⟧
⟦BAGHDAD⟧
( Presidency of the Jewish Community )
Baghdad
Reading on: ⟦28/11/52⟧
Previous reading: ⟦28/10/52⟧
Number of local calls made during the installment period: ⟦205⟧
Number of free calls: ⟦150⟧
Number of billable calls: ⟦55⟧
Price of (4) fils per call: ⟦220⟧
Director of Central Telephones
Invoice Date 24/11/52
Invoice Number 2297
Dinar 8 - 220 Total Amount
Treasurer
Signature ⟦line⟧
Payment Date / / 195
Amount Paid ⟦line⟧ Dinars

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Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 12 / 12 / 1952
To :-
Mr. Naji Niri :
To inform us whether the deceased local Salim
Saltoon has heirs - with a statement of their names and addresses
Salim Saltoon : Unmarried
His father Matta Mousa Saltoon
His mother Maryam daughter of Sghayer
His brothers :
Rubin
Ezra
Wajeeh
Sghayer
Mousa
Saltoon
All of them are registered in the Iraqi nationality
⟦signature⟧

Page 350

Central Telephone Directorate
Subscribers Division
Number / T / 1401 / 1
Date - / 12 / 1952
⟦illegible⟧
To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Since the lawyer Salim Saltoon was assassinated in the Arab University Hotel in Baghdad
in late 1950, and in view of the existence of an amount of 30/794 Dinars outstanding in his account, therefore
please inform us of the information you have regarding his estate and whether the aforementioned has heirs
as quickly as possible.
Director of Central Telephones
Copy to -
Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs - with reference to our letter numbered T 1 / 1401 / 13595
dated 26 / 11 / 952, the Personal Status Court informed us in its letter numbered S 77 and dated
1 / 12 / 952 that there are no funds in its court in the name of the aforementioned, nor has it seized
his assets.
The Clerk
For Registry and Administration
⟦...⟧
12 / 12 / 952
Musa /