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IJA 3772

Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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These documents include financial receipts, including postage receipts, a bicycle purchase; bills such as power, water, and phone; community organization invoices, repairs for office equipment, construction materials, printing, office supplies, advertising, handwritten ledgers, notices for outstanding balances, community announcements in newspapers, and lists of expenditures for different items and services purchased by the Baghdadi Jewish Community. There are statements from La Société Anonyme Ottomane des Tramways Eclairages et Forces Electriques de Baghdad, the precursor to the Baghdad Light and Power company.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3772
Item Number
6721
Date
Approx. January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1930
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Society of Water, Financial, Bills, Illustration, Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Religious Court, London, Revenue Stamp, Al-‘Ālam Al-‘Arabī, Newspaper, Ledger, Baghdad Light and Power, Department of Posts & Telegraphs, File Folder, Thumbprint, Typed, Advertisement, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Jewish Charitable Society Press, Electricity Bill, Clippings, Ink Stamp, Receipts, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Letterhead, Invoice, Jewish Lay Council, Chief Rabbi, Al-‘Irāq, Doctors, Al-Istiqlāl, British Occupation, Annotation, Handwritten, Jewish Schools Committee

AI English Translation, Pages 251-275

Archival unit 251

No. ⟦line⟧ Number 428
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Baghdad 11 June 922
Dr. to ⟦line⟧
AL 'IRAQ Al-Iraq Newspaper requests
To the honorable and eminent Hakhambashi, to send the following amount.
Sir | Rs. Rupee | as. Anna
For the sale of 400 copies of the issue regarding the attendance of the religious delegation on behalf of His Eminence the Acting Hakhambashi | 6 | 
For the sale of 200 copies regarding the settlement of disputes between His Eminence the Acting Hakhambashi and the rest of the Rabbis | 6 | 
Twelve rupees and no more | 12 | 
Property Manager ⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the claimant
AL IRAQ NEWS PAPER
Administration of Al-Iraq Newspaper
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Note: The first six
rupees were paid from the private pocket of His Eminence
the Acting Hakhambashi, while the second
was recorded in the expenses
17 June 922
Number ⟦line⟧

Archival unit 252

AL IRAQ
Al-Iraq Newspaper
No. / Number: 992
Baghdad / Baghdad: 11 June 1922
Received from / Received from the honorable: His Eminence the respected Haham Bashi
the sum of Rs. / Amount: Twelve Rupees only (12)
on account of / For: Advertising fees according to the list in ⟦...⟧
accountant Accountant
Editor
Manager
See the note included on the list of this
work
12/6/929
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 253

Baghdad Water Supply Committee
Paper Number: <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 98
Money Receipt Paper:
Book Number: 72
Anna: 8
Rupee: 7
Only ⟦line⟧ seven rupees and eight annas nothing else
I have received from His Excellency ⟦line⟧ Chairman of the Al-Hayala Council ⟦line⟧ the amount listed
above, and that is for the water fee of the premises numbered (16 / 118) for three months:
April, May and June 1929
Date ⟦line⟧ 16 / 9 / 29
The Collector
On behalf of the Secretary of the Water Supply Committee
for the City of Baghdad
⟦signature⟧
⟦stamp⟧

Archival unit 254

STAEDTLER'S
IMPROVED
Elephant
PENCILS
J. S.
STAEDTLER
BAVARIA
HB "Elephant"
ELEPHANT
STAEDTLER
TRADE MARK
Date: 28 - 6 - 18
To: The Respected Administration of the Jewish Community
Bought of:
K. Heskel Nessim Toeg
STAMPS & STATIONERY SELLER,
BANK ROAD, BAGHDAD.
Khedhouri Heskel Nessim Toeg
Stamps and Stationery Seller, Bank Road - Baghdad
May God bless your times. I have received from the Secretary
of the Jewish Community Administration the sum of eleven
Rupees, the balance of the invoice organized for the mentioned department
for the purchase of stationery, and the statement was given.
This is for your information and notice.
Khedhouri Heskel

Archival unit 255

K. Heskel Nessim Toeg
Stamps & Stationery Seller
BANK STREET 17/240 H
Khedhouri Heskel Nessim Toeg
Stamps and Stationery Seller - Bank Street Baghdad
Baghdad,: 29 - 6 - 1927
⟦illegible⟧ | Rs. | As.
Jewish Community Administration | - | 4
Dangerous Kabisi 2 | - | 12
Notebook | - | 10
Glue with envelope | - | 10
Printed paper | 2 | 10
Carbon by the packet | 2 | -
Transfer paper ream | 1 | 6
Total 7 items | 9 | 10
Only eleven rupees and 10 | 11 | 10
Khedhouri Heskel
Total

Archival unit 256

Tender
Those interested are invited to conduct a tender for ⟦...⟧ the reconstruction of
the Israeli slaughterhouse. Review with ⟦...⟧ the administration of the
Physical Council where the necessary details can be obtained.
Tenders are accepted until four o'clock in the afternoon
of next Sunday afternoon, corresponding to June 23, 1929.
The Israeli Physical Council

Archival unit 257

The question. Therefore, I shut my door. And I disappeared ⟦from⟧
sight?
⟦line⟧
Announcement
The Royal Military School opens its doors to accept
new students from the sons of cities and tribal ⟦chiefs⟧
for the academic year starting from the month of September 29
An examination will be held for those wishing to enter this school
in Baghdad on 15 - 8 - 29 and the days following it ⟦...⟧

Archival unit 258

Number: 372
No.:
Baghdad: 21 June 922
Baghdad:
Dr. to:
Al-Iraq Newspaper requests
AL 'IRAQ
To the honorable Director of the Administration of the Lay Council, to send it the following amount.
Statement | Rs. Rupees | as. Annas
Fee for publishing an advertisement twice consecutively on the 19th and 20th | 7 | 8
of the current month regarding rent fee research - one and a half rupees |  | 
Totaling 7-8 Rupees |  | 
Tender for the renovation work of the Israeli School etc.
Publishing the advertisement as per your letter dated the 18th of the current month
Seven rupees and eight annas only
Al-Iraq Newspaper
On behalf of the Proprietor
Administration of Al-Iraq Newspaper
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Attachment
Two copies of the newspaper in which the above advertisement was published
As per the list
The Director

Archival unit 259

Al-Iraq Newspaper
AL IRAQ
Issue / No: 1077
Baghdad / Baghdad: 27 June 922
Received from: Mr. Adon Al-Munji Al-Hamami, Respected
the sum of Rs.: 7-8 Seven Rupees and Eight Annas
on account of: Advertising publication fee according to list number 274
Editor
accountant
Al-Iraq Newspaper Administration
Baghdad
BAGHDAD

Archival unit 260

First Notice
FIRST APPLICATION.
THE OTTOMAN JOINT STOCK COMPANY FOR TRAMWAYS, LIGHTING AND ELECTRIC
POWER IN BAGHDAD.
Abakhanah,
Baghdad, 13.6.1928
To: The Acting Chief Rabbi
House No.: 16/118
Bill No.: 796/5/28
For supply of Electricity for period: 3.5.28 To 1.6.28
Unmetered Rate. | Rate | Rupees | As. | Anna | Rupee | Flat Fees
Lamps up to 60 watts ⟦line⟧ | Rs. 6 per month |  |  |  | 6 | For lamps with power up to 60 watts
Lamps above 60 watts and up 100 watts ⟦line⟧ | Rs. 10/8/- p. month |  |  |  | 10/8 | For lamps with power over 60 watts and up to 100
Metered Units. |  |  |  |  |  | Recorded Units
Lighting and Fans :- UNITS. |  |  |  |  |  | For lighting and fans :- Units consumed
Meter No. 1142164 = 40 | @ 7 as. | 17 | 8 | 8 | 17 | Meter No. 1142164 = 40 at 7 annas
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ | @ 7 as. |  |  |  |  | Meter No. ⟦line⟧ " " "
Power :- |  |  |  |  |  | For industrial :-
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ | @ 5 as. |  |  |  |  | Meter No. ⟦line⟧ at 5 annas
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  |  | " " " " "
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  |  | " " " " "
Meter Rentals ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  |  | Meter fees
Other Charges ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  |  | Other charges
REVENUE
IRAQ
⟦illegible signature⟧
TOTAL 17 8 8 17 Total
Extract form Agreement Signed by Consumer.
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 Rs. 5 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.
This Bill is now due for payment and must be paid at the office of the Baghdad Electricity Supply Abakhanah.
This Bill must be presented at the Cashier's Desk at the time of payment to enable it to be receipted.
For the convenience of Consumers cheques may be made payable to Baghdad Electricity Supply and crossed Ottoman Bank.
Extract from the contract signed by the consumer.
7 - Payment of fees: Accounts are submitted monthly and if the payment date is delayed for more than 15 days, the company has the right after giving a written notice 48 hours in advance to cut the electrical current until the amount due is paid with a reconnection fee of five rupees. If any of the consumers wish to cut the electrical current, he must inform the company in writing three days in advance and he shall be responsible until the end of this notice period for whatever power is consumed whether he has vacated or has not vacated the place.
This bill is due for payment and must be settled at the office of the Electricity Supplier in Abakhanah.
When paying the amount, this bill must be presented for signing of receipt.
Cheques are accepted for the convenience of consumers and must be addressed in the name of the Baghdad Electricity Supply Office and marked with two lines within which the Ottoman Bank is mentioned.
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
PAID
⟦signature⟧
for Engineer & Manager.

Archival unit 261

Statement of salaries and allowances of the Lay Council for the month of June 929
Ayah Remez
Account of salaries for the employees of the Rabbinate and the Council
Rupees | /
His Eminence the Acting Hakham Bashi - Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri - | 425 | /
Director of Correspondence Anwar Effendi Shaul | 253 | /
Accountant Yusuf Effendi Lari | 120 | /
Clerk Shalom Darwish | 80 | /
" Naji Daniel Mukhtar | 60 | /
" Marshi Sassoon Ezer | 64 | /
Process Server Karmi Sassoon | 60 | /
" Yusuf Shaul | 50 | /
" Karmi Menahem | 25 | /
" Isaac Eliyahu | 25 | /
Doorman Kamal Muhammad | 40 | /
Cemetery Guard Shallal al-Dahab | 100 | X
Total salaries of the Rabbinate | 1598 | /
Total salaries of retirees, tenants, and synagogue staff | 1090 | /
Al-Rawda Administration | 500 | ⟦line⟧
Allowances | 3188 | /
Alliance Schools | 2330 | /
Fayadh School | 2032 | 8 /
Hospital Administration | 1350 | /
Al-Rawda School | 1094 | /
" Rachel Shimon | 935 | /
" Al-Karam | 738 | /
" Midrash Talmud Torah | 560 | /
Ezra Wald Lim Committee | 200 | /
Al-Sajjan Institution | 170 | /
 | 9339 | 8
Salary of Mr. A. Breitman £50 at the rate of 1336 | 668 | /
" Nani Breitman £25 " 1336 | 334 | /
Soap washing for Midrash Talmud Torah | 1390 | /
Carried forward | 16229 | 8
9

Archival unit 262

Ruwaysa Rent
⟦illegible⟧ Talsa | 16229 | 8
Soap yield for the hospital | 690 | 0
Nuriel School on account of Waqf revenues | 1000 | 0
Statement | 17919 | 8
Check to one to the order of His Eminence the Acting Hakham Bashi, Hakham Sassoon Khedhouri | 425 | 0
" to the order of Hakham Abraham Aslan | 500 | 0
" to the order of His Eminence the Acting Hakham Bashi | 90 | 0
" Monsieur D. Sassoon | 3330 | 0
" Doctor Daoud Benjamin Cohen | 2140 | 0
" Mr. A. Bernman | 2032 | 8
" Hakham Ezekiel Hakham Aaron Levi | 1250 | 0
" Hakham Sassoon Ezekiel and Hakham Eliyahu Abraham | 1508 | 0
" Meir Effendi Meir, Director of the National School | 1094 | 0
" Mr. A. Bernman | 1002 | 0
" Director of Equipment, Anwar Effendi Shaul | 985 | 0
" Menashi Effendi Zelouf, Director of Karkh School | 738 | 0
" Messrs. Sassoon Aaron and Khedhouri Ezra Soudayi | 300 | 0
" Hakham Michael Yohanna | 1090 | 0
" Shimon Effendi Musallam Nassim, Director of Rachel Shahmoon School | 935 | 0
 | 17919 | 8
1750
290
2040
? 668
Only seventeen thousand nine hundred and nineteen and eight annas, no more.
⟦signature⟧
Accountant

Archival unit 263

List of Expenses
For the period ranging between 6 May 29 and 2 June 29
Anna | Rupee
Installing two electric fans, the first in the Hakham Bashi's room and the second in the editing room, and extending | 8 | 22
electric lamp wires in the Hakham's room (see receipt No. 8) |  |
Electricity for the period ranging between 2/4/29 and 3/5/29 according to the notice and receipt submitted | 14 | 14
from the Electricity Supply Department |  |
Fee for publishing an advertisement in issue 1569 of Al-Alam Al-Arabi newspaper (Notice to the slaughterhouse neighborhood) | 14 | 7
according to the list and receipt attached submitted by the management of the mentioned newspaper |  |
Fee for transferring a telephone from the upper floor to the lower floor ⟦see attached receipt⟧ |  | 10
Eid al-Adha cars |  | 27
Cars to attend the opening ceremony of the General Maude Dispensary |  | 3
A marble tray with 12 coffee cups etc. ⟦..⟧ (see receipt No. 8) | 1 | 10
Repairing the Council's chairs ( " " " ) | 8 | 2
Guarding for a period of one month and 21 days (noting that the fee has been settled on the basis of the Gregorian months | 6 | 8
after it was calculated on the basis of the Arabic months) (see receipt No. 12) |  |
One thousand envelopes ( " " " ) | 8 | 11
Settlement of the trust account in the Ottoman Bank | 2 | 3
Miscellaneous expenses according to the attached list submitted by the supervisor Yusuf Shaul | 6 | 21
Only one hundred and forty-two rupees and no more and three annas | 3 | 142
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 264

Rupee | Anna
Replacing the ceiling fan tube with another | 8 | 1
Gypsum | 4 | 
Fan holder and ladders for laying electrical wires | 8 | 
Bicycle rubber | 12 | 1
Pots, cups, and water jars with porterage fees | 11 | 2
Electric fan screw | 2 | 
Charitable financial receipt stamp for the electrician | 1 | 
Stamp - letter to Beirut | 4 | 
⟦line⟧ | 2 | 8
Petition stamp to the Baghdad Criminal Court to annul the case of my house neutrality | 8 | 
Half an ounce of coffee | 7 | 
Cigarette | 12 | 
Large jar and its lid | 4 | 2
Jinko pitcher and drinking vessel | 1 | 
⟦line⟧ | 1 | 14
Value of a pump for the jar and its installation fee | 8 | 1
Car fare for the Director of Justice and the Police Director | 7 | 2
Stamp - letter to Mandali | 2 | 
Two Iraq newspapers | 2 | 
Paper cutting fee | 6 | 
Carriage to the Police Director, his assistant, and the Director of Justice | 8 | 1
Nails | 4 | 
⟦line⟧ | 6 | 21
Only twenty-one rupees and six annas, nothing else
21 June 929
The supervisor Yusuf Shaul
Yusuf Shaul

Archival unit 265

Expenses attached to the list
No. 488 / H submitted on May 16, 929
Rupee | Anna
Cleaning the latrine of the Immigrants' House, see receipt No. 1 | 12 | 
Fee for repairing the latrine of the mentioned house | 12 | 4
Three towels | 2 | 3
Soap | 4 | 
Three-way electric switch for the accountant's room | 8 | 2
Coffee | 11 | 
Stamp for a letter to Zakho | 2 | 
Sugar, tea, and matches | 8 | 
Cigarettes | 12 | 
Cars for the garden party held by His Excellency the High Commissioner | 4 | 8
Cars to the Police Director, Justice, and the Governor | 4 | 3
20 stamps for taking 20 pledges from the slaughterhouse butchers | 4 | 1
Cars to the Police Director, the Consul of Iran, the Prime Minister, and the Justice Director | 2 | 3
Carriage to the Governor's house and the Assistant Police Director | 4 | 2
Registered letter for the suspension of Rabbi Abraham Aslan | 5 | 
Stamp for a letter to Meir Tweig Company in Basra | 2 | 
Stamps for a petition to the Baghdad Criminal Court to postpone Saturday's trial to another day | 8 | 
Cigarettes | 6 | 
An ounce of coffee | 14 | 
Matches | 3 | 
Only forty-five rupees and three annas, nothing else | 3 | 45
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 266

⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad
Book Number: 32
(Al-Alam Al-Arabi):
Page Number: 75
Anna: 14
Rupee: 7
Received from the honorable Hacham Bashi of the Israelite community in Baghdad
Seven rupees and fourteen annas only, as the fee for publishing advertisement number 1
from ⟦line⟧
in Al-Alam Al-Arabi newspaper for publication according to our list number 222
dated May 14, 929
Baghdad, May 28, 1929
On behalf of Hassoun, Murad and their partners
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 267

No.: 3332
Number: 3332
Baghdad: Baghdad 14 May 1929
M.: To the Honorable Hacham Bashi of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Baghdad
Dr. to: Due to
The Modern Press: The Modern Press
Hassoun, Murad & Co.: Hassoun, Murad & Co.
Ch ⟦illegible⟧
Statement | Rs. Rupees | As. Annas
Fee for publishing an advertisement in Al-Alam Al-Arabi newspaper published in issue 1569 |  | 
On 25 April 929 4/5 inch price 1/8 | 7 | 14
⟦line⟧ | 7 | 14
Received
Hassoun, Murad & Co.

Archival unit 268

FIRST APPLICATION.
THE OTTOMAN ANONYMOUS SOCIETY OF TRAMWAYS LIGHTING AND ELECTRIC
POWER OF BAGHDAD.
First Notice
Abakhanah, Baghdad,: 15-5-1928
Bill No.: 296 4/28
To: The Acting Chief Rabi. House no. 16/118
For supply of Electricity for period: 2-4-28 To 3-5-28
Unmetered Rate. | Rupees | As. | Fixed Charges | Rupees | Annas
Lamps up to 60 watts ⟦line⟧ Rs. 6 per month |  |  | For lamps with power up to 60 watts ⟦line⟧ 6 Rupees monthly |  |
Lamps above 60 watts and up to 100 watts ⟦line⟧ Rs. 10/8/- p. month |  |  | For lamps with power above 60 watts and up to 100 ⟦line⟧ 10/8 Rupees monthly |  |
Metered Units. |  |  | Registered Units |  |
Lighting and Fans :- ⟦line⟧ UNITS. Meter No. 11421164 = 34 @ 7 as. | 14 | 14 | For lighting and fans :- ⟦line⟧ Units consumed Meter No. 11421164 = 34 at 7 Annas | 14 | 14
Power:- Meter No. ⟦line⟧ @ 7 as. |  |  | For industrial :- Meter No. ⟦line⟧ at 7 Annas |  |
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ @ 5 as. |  |  | Meter No. ⟦line⟧ at 5 Annas |  |
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ |  |  | Meter No. ⟦line⟧ |  |
Meter Rentals |  |  | Meter fees |  |
Other Charges |  |  | Other fees |  |
TOTAL | 14 | 14 | Total | 14 | 14
⟦illegible circular stamp with Arabic and Latin text⟧
Extract form Agreement Signed by Consumer.
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 Rs. 5 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.
Extracted from the contract signed by the consumer.
7 - Payment of fees: Accounts are submitted monthly and if the payment date is delayed more than 15 days, the company has the right, after giving a written notice 48 hours prior, to cut the electrical current until the due amount is paid along with the reconnection fee of five Rupees. If any of the consumers wishes to cut the electrical current, he must inform the company in writing three days prior and he shall be responsible until the expiration of this notice period for all that is consumed of power whether he has vacated or not vacated the place.
This Bill is now due for payment and must be paid at the office of the Baghdad Electricity Supply Abakhanah.
This Bill must be presented at the Cashier's Desk at the time of payment to enable it to be receipted.
For the convenience of Consumers cheques may be made payable to Baghdad Electricity Supply and crossed Ottoman Bank.
This bill is now due for payment and must be settled at the Electricity Supply Department in Abakhanah.
When paying the amount, this bill must be presented for the receipt signature.
Cheques are accepted for the convenience of consumers and must be addressed in the name of the Electricity Supply Department in Baghdad and have two lines drawn on them with the Ottoman Bank mentioned inside them.
for Engineer & Manager.
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 269

10019
A. F. No. 86
No. ⟦line⟧ / 1 Number
Accounts Form No. (86)
RECEIPT FORM.
Receipts for money collected for the Government
Office of the / Administration:
Dated / Date: the 29 / 5 / 1927
RECEIVED from / Received from: Hifzi Bey, Head of the Khagani 1927
the sum of Rs. / Amount in Rupees: Ten Rupees only
on account of / On account of: Income Tax
Rs. / Rupee: <del>10/</del>
Signature / Signature ⟦signature⟧
Designation / Recipient's Position ⟦line⟧
GPS...63...216...1,000 Bks 22 4 28.

Archival unit 270

BAGHDAD ELECTRIC FORCES
OTTOMAN JOINT STOCK COMPANY OF TRAMWAYS LIGHTING AND FORCES
FIRST APPLICATION
To ⟦illegible⟧
For supply of Electricity to ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
588
Baghdad District
582
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Agreement signed by Consumer ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 271

List of names of employees and staff who have not received their salaries
1010 | Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri | X
2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | X
72 | Shaul Sassoon | X
925 | Selim Isaac | X
5 | Selim Shaul | X
3 | Director of the National School | X
1094 | Joseph Isaac Jaber | X
150 | Rabbi Shmuel Rabbi Sassoon | X
195 | Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri | X
22 | Mr. Joseph Meir | X
30 | Dr. Razouq Ghannam | X
220 | Mr. Salloum | X
9 | ⟦illegible⟧ | X
36 | ⟦illegible⟧ | X
425 | ⟦illegible⟧ | X
Statement of expenses paid by the Jewish Community Management Committee in Baghdad for the month of November 1949
17759 | Total Salaries | 1
690 | Frank Iny School | 1
128 | Laura Khedhouri School | 1
224 | Schools Committee | 1
221 | Hakham Bashi | 1
9239 | Total | 1
Revenue Account
4228 | Community Administration | "
100 | Miscellaneous Expenses | "
109 | Cleaning Fees | "
1582 | Electricity Fees | "
53 | Water Fees | "
25 | Transportation Fees | "
25 | Labor Wages | "
2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | "
2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | "
2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | "
8 | ⟦illegible⟧ | "
12 | ⟦illegible⟧ | "
25 | ⟦illegible⟧ | "
225 | His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri | "
Accountant
This list is certified by the Jewish Community Management Committee in Baghdad at its meeting held on ⟦...⟧

Archival unit 272

Statement of salaries and allowances disbursement from the Lay Council fund for the month of November 1929
Statement | Amount | Remarks
Salaries Chapter |  | 
His Eminence the Rabbi | 425 | ✓
Endowments Collection Manager | 250 | ✓
Accountant Sassoon Hay | 120 | ✓
The clerk Shalom Effendi | 80 | ✓
Naji | 60 | ✓
Habibi | 60 | ✓
The process server Cohen Sassoon | 60 | ✓
Salman Shaul | 50 | ✓
Cohen Menachem | 25 | ✓
Isaac Al-Abd | 25 | ✓
Driver Ali Muhammad | 45 | ✓
Shaul Al-Habibi cemetery guard | 10 | ✓
Total settlement salaries according to the attached schedule | 1708 | ?
Pensioners, the needy, and youth group members according to the attached schedule | 1090 | 
Spiritual administrations 450/8 | 400 | ?
Total | 4508 | 
Allowances Chapter |  | 
Alliance schools | 2220 | 8
Shamash School - Al-Bazzazin Mosque - by special decision of the religious authority in its session ⟦illegible⟧ | 2025 | 8
Hospital administration, its guarantee for the month of June as per custom | 1250 | 
National School | 1094 | 
Rachel Shehit | 925 | 
Talmud Torah schools administration | 560 | 
Karkh School | 728 | 
Tomchei Kaf Society | 416 | ?
Ozer Dalim Committee | 200 | 
Loan holders for the Boys' structure | 9755 | 8
Madame Finney | 224 | 
Furniture tax in Al-Taharn | 1290 | 
Hospital | 690 | 
Rivka Nuriel School | ⟦illegible⟧ | 
Grand Total | 18245 | 8
Only eighteen thousand two hundred and forty-five rupees and eight annas and no more
Added to it the amount remaining from the price of candles because it ⟦harmed⟧
Director of the National School with the administrative allowance amount 1094
His Eminence the Acting Chief Rabbi, Spiritual Administration 400
Rabbi Salman Isaac and Rabbi Eliyahu Ibrahim 1618
Ibrahim Cohen regarding his being in the trench 20
Amount of his salary in the trench
Settlement administration allowance
And the rest of the checks were issued as in the statement
This is for your order
Accountant
Custodian ⟦illegible⟧
The Lay Council

Archival unit 273

What the council decided today is as follows:
Anna | R
8 | 18245 Total disbursement of salaries and allocations described amount
60 | .. A deduction is made in the salary of Rabbi Sasson Khadouri
8 | 18185
Payment suspended
110 Salary of Rabbi Raphael in the committee account
416 | 426 Allocations for Tawfiq Nouri
8 | 17759
Only seventeen thousand seven hundred fifty-nine rupees and eight annas
1929
24 May
⟦Salman Sasson⟧
The Accountant
Decided to disburse it according to the decisions of May 24, 1929
⟦illegible⟧
Vice President

Archival unit 274

Rupees | Annas
205 | 10 | From the previous
" | 28 | / Subscription to Al-Iraq newspaper
" | 9 | Announcement of warning to slaughterers in Al-Iraq newspaper
" | 12 | " " " and the commitment of Al-Fayla in Al-Taqaddum newspaper
48 | 7 | Stationery
" | 4 1/2 | Anglo-Jewish letter in response to condolences on the death of the late Council President
10 ⟦...⟧ | " | Tools for repairing the community administration bicycle
5 | " | For Rabbi Meir Bait Hadash <del>X</del>
318 ⟦...⟧ 21 Only three hundred and eighteen rupees and five and a half annas
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Archival unit 275

List
of Community Administration Expenses
Rupees | Annas
Fees for serving notices to slaughterhouse butchers via notary public | 8 | 87
Stamps " " " " " " | " " | 100
Notary public process server | " " | 5
Printed addresses and receipts for the Hakham Bashi and the Lay Council at Iraq Press | " " | 46
Paper | 9 | " "
Electricity | 11 | 26
Seals, typewriter repair, and purchase of a ribbon | " " | 17
Sundry Expenses | Rupees | Annas
Receipt stamp for 52 Rupees slaughterhouse allocation | 1 | " "
Three wastebaskets | 14 | 1
Gas bottle | 2 | " "
Stamp for a letter to Basra | 2 | " "
Electric plug | 12 | " "
Gas tin | " " | 2
Coffee | 7 | " "
Cigarettes | 12 | " "
Carriage | 4 | " "
Sugar and tea | 6 | " "
For the Anglo-Jewish check | 2 | " "
Al-Iraq Newspaper | 1 | " "
Stamps for Spiritual Court check receipts | 6 | " "
Stamp for a registered letter to Rabbi Abraham Aslan | 5 | " "
Table for the electric fan | 8 | 3
Tax stamp for Khan Al-Taawun | 2 | " "
Lock | 4 | " "
Oil | 6 | " "
⟦line⟧ | 14 | 12
Carried forward | 10 | 205
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