AI English Translation, Pages 51-75
Baghdad, October 16, 1930
Subject: Observations on the budget of the Midrash schools
To the Presidency of the Honorable Lay Council
1) It was stated in the revenue section of the Midrash schools' budget for the year 1930 - 1931
an amount of four thousand rupees (4000) under the name (Midrash's share of the revenues of the Nuriel endowments)
And in my capacity as the bookkeeper of the Midrash administration, I wish to draw the attention of the honorable Council to the fact that this
amount has not been received yet and has not been recorded in the books of this administration as revenue. Regarding this matter,
much correspondence has taken place between the agent of the endowment trustee and the Council through the Schools Committee, and we have not
obtained a result for it until now. In the letter from the assistant director of the Midrash school dated August 20, 1930,
attached to this report, he requested the Council's approval to file a lawsuit against the administration of the Nuriel endowments in the civil
courts to obtain this amount for the Midrash administration.
You see that the administration is not yet confident that obtaining the mentioned amount is within the realm of possibility; therefore,
including the amount within the revenues of the year 1930 - 1931 must have been an oversight.
2) The Council has an old claim against the Midrash schools administration amounting to five thousand rupees, and the
previous Council communicated its decision to the Midrash administration regarding the necessity of paying the mentioned claim from the rental fees
of certain properties. Regarding this matter, there are reports and correspondence that the Council can review in the Midrash file
kept at the administration headquarters. Therefore, I saw fit to draw the attention of your honorable Council to the necessity of addressing
this issue and settling it. ⟦line⟧ ;
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The Accountant
N. M.
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ 29 September 1930
Honorable Assistant Director of the Midrash Schools
Reference to the property expenses list dated 28 September 1930
I draw your attention to the amount of forty rupees mentioned in the said list under the name
Electricity Deposits ⟦line⟧
This amount is an electricity security deposit and must be recorded in the suspense accounts
As for it being <del>from</del> <sup>these</sup> total <del>property</del> expenses, this is what made us assume that other security deposits related
to your properties had also been recorded in the expenses. We have searched the private ledgers and did not see any amount
pertaining to other property security deposits held in them, a matter to which we hope you will draw the attention of ⟦line⟧
the clerk to search for the receipts of these security deposits and present them to us so we can record them
I have written this letter to discharge the responsibility placed upon my shoulders in my capacity as accountant for the Communal
Council and bookkeeper of your administration. Respectfully yours;
⟦signature⟧
Accountant of the Communal Council
Statement of salaries and allowances of the Lay Council for the month of September 930
Salaries | Rupee Anna
Community Administration | |
Accountant - Yusuf Lari | 120 |
Employee - Shalom Effendi Darwish | 100 |
Employee - Naji Effendi Mukhtar | 60 |
3 Attendants at 40 | 120 |
Administration servant (25) and the doorman (45) | 70 | 470
Total salaries of the Spiritual Council administration with the Oheb Shalom Committee | | 1532
Total police salaries | | 1731
Total salaries of the needy and retirees with twelve annas | | 793
Remainder of last month from Rabbi Sassoon's salary | |
Total salaries of the Yeshivoth Rabbis with 20 rupees added to the salary of Rabbi | |
Yusuf Abbar for the month of August 930 | | 572
12 | 5098
Cemetery guard | 100 |
Pension of the former deputy Hakham Bashi | 150 |
Salary of Mr. Abrotman Barn 75 in Egypt 1255 | 1016 |
School allowances | |
The two Alliance schools | 2330 |
Shamash School | 2010 |
Rachel Shahmoon School | 1375 |
For the National School | 1483 |
Carmel School | 890 |
Talmud Torah School administration | 560 |
5 | 8649
Yield of the school victims (1390) and the hospital (695) | | 2085
Community institutions: Hospital (1350) - Toskhi Torah (416) - Ozre Dalim (600) | |
Blind Consolation Home (100) | | 2466
Salary of Dawood Effendi Abboudi - teacher at the Amiriya School | | 90
Only nineteen thousand six hundred and fifty-five and five annas | 5 | 19655
Note: For accounting, deduct 115/1 rupees to settle the advance account on the Shahmoon School and 330
rupees advance for the two Alliance schools and 1 rupee the deduction decided for the director of the National School
On September 25, year 1930
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Accountant
Baghdad on September 19, 1930
To the Honorable Secretary of the Lay Council
Enclosed is the (board) of the Jewish Spiritual Council for the month of August 1930 submitted to
this department. You will notice the following:
1) The President, Rabbi Abraham Aslan, received his salary and did not sign.
2) Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi signed for Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Laniado and received his salary.
3) The last amount was paid to a voided ⟦entry⟧ and was signed without a stamp.
I await your opinion and the final result;
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
Baghdad on August 24, 1930
To the Honorable Secretary of the Lay Council
Statement of disbursement of salaries and allowances of the Lay Council for the month of August 1930
Rupees Anna | Salaries | Community Administration
80 | The accountant after deducting 40 rupees remaining from the demand against him
100 | Employee Shalom Effendi Darwish
60 | " Naji Mukhtar
40 | The process server Gurji Menachem
31 | " Yaqub Shaul on the 24th
31 | " Sion Ibrahim on the 24th
20 | Office servant Yehuda Shmeil on the 24th
45 | The doorman Kul Muhammad
407 | Total salaries of the Spiritual Administration
1640 12 | Total salaries of the Spiritual Administration
1533 | " " the Shohetim
724 4 | " " the needy and retirees
382 8 | " " the Yeshivot Rabbis
4686 14
100 | Cemetery guard to Shalal Al-Habib
School Allowances
2330 | The two Alliance schools
2010 | Shamash School
560 | School administration
1483 10 | The National School after deducting 10 rupees for the cutting account
1275 | Shahmoon School " 100 rupees for the advance account
890 11 | Al-Karm
8549 5
1016 4 | Salary of Mr. Aturman, 75 Pounds at the rate of 13.55
1390 5 | Sabreen yield for school administration
695 | The Hospital
Community Institutions
1350 | The Hospital
200 | Ozir Dalim
100 | Home for the Consolation of the Blind
1650
90 | Salary of the teacher at the Amiriyya School
80 | " Clerk of the Schools Committee
67 12 | Allowance for the 14th day to the former deputy of the Hakham Bashi of Baghdad, Sassoon Khedhouri Effendi
18325 3
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
N. M.
Rupees Anna
18225 3 | Total above
200 | Collected up to the difference in the total salaries of the Spiritual Administration because of an oversight
18425 3
416 | " Allowances of the Audit Committee for the estate of Qarir after submitting the report
18841 3
100 | The amount deducted in the Shahmoon School allowances, for which an advance was made
40 | The demand request against the accountant by a subsequent disbursement note for the amount deducted from his salary as house rent
10 | The amount deducted in the National School allowances which occurred on the side of the cutting
18991 3
Baghdad, evening of August 19, 1930
True translation of the letter received from the Director of the Alliance Schools dated 14/8/930
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Honorable President of the Israelite Physical ⟦...⟧
I intend to travel today to Iran and will return during the Feast of Tabernacles.
I hope your schools' budget will be finalized as we arranged with you in the school administration, and I also hope you will resolve
the issue of this year's deficit approved by the previous council.
What occupies my thoughts greatly is the issue of the Naoum School, and your Excellency knows it: this school cannot
continue in the coming year solely with its income from the solution, so the situation must be addressed. I ask you to deliberate
on the matter in one of your sessions and resolve this subject.
Allocations
⟦line⟧
I ask you to pay our schools' allocations for the next two months, August and September, to Monsieur Halab, our accountant, to enable
him to pay the employees' salaries according to the instructions given to him by me.
Address
⟦line⟧
My address until the end of this month will be via the Alliance School in Hamadan, and after that via
the Alliance School in Tehran.
And I remain, as I ⟦...⟧ had the honor to tell you, I will remain at your service regarding the admission of students into
our school. Please accept our sincere greetings and stay well;
Director of the Alliance Schools
Literal translation
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The Accountant
Baghdad on August 19, 1930
Honorable Secretary of the Spiritual Council
Subject: Allocations for the Spiritual Administration
Hakham Abraham Aslan | President | He was receiving 300 rupees in the Spiritual Administration
" Salman Hoki | Right Member | " " 180 " " " "
" Raphael Isaac Hayyim | " Left Member | " " 110 " " " " mentioned until his interruption
" Shlomo Laniado | " Honorary | He did not receive any salary
" Nessim Khadouri | " " | "
" Yehoshua | " " | He was receiving 80 rupees in court clerking and 60 in the slaughterhouse
" Sassoon Isaac | " " | " 110 rupees from the slaughterhouse and 50 from ⟦the mash-habah⟧
David Cohen | Librarian | " " 40 rupees in the Spiritual Administration
Jahlah Battah | Servant | She was receiving 15 rupees " " " "
Zkhut HaRabim Committee | | Its allocation is 15 rupees
Please inform me whether the accounting department should follow the aforementioned method in paying the salaries of the Spiritual Council administration
or if there is an intention to make any changes to them;
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The Accountant
Baghdad on August 18, 1930
To the Honorable Secretary of the Lay Council
In response to the petition of Rabbi Yehoshua dated August 23, 5690, referred to me
on August 17, 1930
The aforementioned Rabbi was receiving, prior to March 3, 1929, 40 rupees on account
of the Spiritual Court clerkship and 60 rupees on account of the slaughterhouse. The previous Council decided in its
ninth session held on March 3, 1929, to add 40 rupees to his monthly salary on account of the clerkship of
the Spiritual Court, provided that this decision takes effect from a year and some months ago; thus,
his total salary became 140 rupees.
The aforementioned Rabbi informed me today that he has other information regarding
his salaries and he intends to attend the next session to provide the necessary clarifications.
This is what was required, sincerely;
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Accountant
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ August 18, 1930
The Honorable Secretary of the Lay Council
In response to the petition of the broker Aboudi Safi dated August 14, 1930, which was referred to me on
the 18th of it, I hope to inform you of the following:
1) That the aforementioned broker participated in conducting the brokerage for the Nabla auction with the broker Yaqub
Hazqil Mukhtar.
2) That the brokerage conditions stated in the auction paper are that the total brokerage fee is half a percent;
half of it is deserved by the broker who brings the final bidder through whom the commitment contract is completed and definitively assigned to his custody, and the other half is deserved by the broker appointed by the Council, who is Yaqub Mukhtar.
The brokerage fee is collected in full from the contractor and given to the two aforementioned brokers by the Council.
3) This department has no knowledge of what took place regarding the Nabla contracts, and I submitted to His Eminence
the Acting Hakham Bashi on April 29, 1930, a report in this regard to waive responsibility; however, it has
come to our attention that the brokers have received their stipulated brokerage fees directly from the contractors, and this department does not have
details of the distribution of the brokerage fee to those entitled to it.
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The Accountant
Baghdad — on August 15, 1930
To the Honorable Secretary of the Communal Council
The esteemed Council decided in its session on August 14, 1930, to record the 200 Rupees
paid to His Eminence Rabbi Salman Hoki under the expenses of the Spiritual Court.
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the aforementioned Court must submit to
this department a list detailing the expenditure of the said amount to be kept in the accounting file. Regards.
⟦illegible⟧
Accountant
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ August 6, 1930
The Honorable Secretary of the Lay Council
Greetings and respect,
I submit herewith the expenditure list amounting to ninety-four thousand eight hundred and eighty-five rupees
(94885/11) and eleven annas, which occurred during the absence of the Lay Council from the first
of the month of April until the day of August 5, 1930, and which was spent according to the administrative orders issued by His Eminence
the Acting Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Abraham Aslan Mahdia, to be kindly presented to your esteemed council
for audit and approval of the amounts contained therein.
Respectfully yours, 4
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Accountant
Baghdad, July 29, 1930
His Excellency the Acting Hakham Bashi, the respected
Greetings and respect,
Further to the above, I have previously presented to Your Excellency that in the endowments account
there is a reserve amount for the former Acting Hakham Bashi in the amount of one hundred rupees as an advance on
administrative expenses.
I have transferred the aforementioned amount from the endowments account to a special account in the name of
the former Acting Hakham Bashi, so please be informed of that. This is what was necessary to present. Respectfully yours,
⟦illegible⟧
The Accountant
N. M.
Baghdad on July 25, 1930
Honorable Director of School Administration
Greetings and respect
In the list submitted to me on March 27, 1930, an amount of thirty rupees (30) was recorded
received from Saleh Robin Shahrabani on account of a promissory note due April 1, 690 Hebrew
and this amount ⟦is still⟧ suspended in the service ledger until now.
I request hereby to review the copy of the aforementioned list that you have and inform me of the truth
of this amount and the reasons for its non-payment - and stay well
⟦signature⟧
Accountant ⟦line⟧
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ 7 July 1930
His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi, the Respectable
Reference to the letter of the Income Tax Assessor No. 2060 dated 2 July 1930, referred to me
The fruit contractors for the year 29-30 are Abdul Razzaq Al-Mulla Qadu and Ismail Haqqi Effendi
As for the contract amount for the mentioned year, it is two hundred forty-one thousand and two hundred rupees (241,200)
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant ⟦line⟧
N. M.
Baghdad on July 7, 1930
His Excellency the Acting Hakham Bashi, the Respected
Reference to the Income Tax Assessor's letter No. 2059 dated July 2, 1930
The total amounts received by Mr. Prothman during the requested period are as follows:
Rupees Anna | Pound |
4036 " | 300 | From April 1, 29 to the end of September 29 at 50 pounds per month
810 " | 60 | Travel allowances at the end of the contract period
4846 " | 360 |
5064 " | 375 | Starting from November 29 to the end of March 30
| | According to the new contract, amounting to 75 pounds per month
9910 " | 735 |
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Accountant
N. M.
Baghdad, June 24, 1930
His Excellency the Respectable Acting Chief Rabbi
Statement of expenditure of salaries and allowances of the Lay Council for the month of June 1930
Salaries | Rupees | Annas
Community Administration
Employee Shalom Effendi Darwish | 100 |
Naji Mukhtar | 60 |
The process server Gurji Sasson | 60 |
" Salman Mordechai | 40 |
" Gurji Menahem | 35 |
" Muslih Al-Bazzaz | 30 |
The doorman Gul Muhammad | 45 |
" " | 370 |
Cemetery guarding " " | 100 |
Total salaries of the Shohetim administration including the appointment of Saleh Hakham Isaac Browiha | 1603 |
and Murad Shalom Hai Browiha " " | |
Total salaries of retirees and the needy | 637 | 8
Total of the Yeshiva | 432 | 8
" " | 1070 |
The last pension for the month of June 930 for the family of Hakham Kraibel | 37 | 8
" " | 1107 | 8
School Allowances
Alliance teachers " " | 2330 |
Shamash School " " | 2010 |
National School " " | 1493 |
Rachel Shahmoon School after deducting one hundred rupees for the Lafa account | 1275 |
Al-Karm School " " | 890 | 11
School Administration " " | 560 |
" " | 8559 |
Yield of Expenses
Sadr Rash | 1390 |
The Hospital | 695 |
" " | 2085 |
Community Institutions
The Hospital " " | 1350 |
Ozrei Dalim " " | 200 |
Blind Consolation Home " " | 100 |
" " | 1650 |
School Committee as the salary of the clerk Edward ⟦Eff⟧ Shamshoum " " | 80 |
The Amiriya School " the teacher Daoud Effendi Abboudi " " | 90 |
The salary of Mr. Abroutman for ⟦Baron 75 in Safar⟧ " " | 1020 |
16664 / 13 only sixteen thousand six hundred sixty-four rupees and no more
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
N. M.
Kraibel/
Lafa
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ 11 June 1930
His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi, the Respected
After greetings and respect,
With reference to your letter No. 1174/H dated 11/6/1930,
You will find enclosed the private letter in question along with a decision taken by the previous
Lay Council on 25 March 1930 regarding the approval of dispensing with the services of both the
hospital director and its accountant, along with another decision to spend an amount of 49 Rupees and eight Annas.
The accounting department did not receive this decision until after the resignation of the Lay Council, as it
had observations regarding the disbursement of the decided amount, so the mentioned decision remained among the papers
referred to the next Lay Council. This is for your command.
⟦signature⟧
Accountant ⟦line⟧
N. M.
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
7 / 1157
May 27, 1930
Expenses of the Charitable Committee
The Honorable Secretary of the Schools Committee
Enclosed please find a check drawn on the Imperial Bank of Iran, numbered (399904)
for the amount of seventy-four rupees and eleven annas (74/11), representing the total expenses of the
Charitable Committee in accordance with what was stated in the letter from the Honorable Chairman of the Committee No. 222 dated 5/30/20
Please acknowledge receipt.
⟦...⟧ Avraham Aslan ⟦...⟧
Acting Hakhambashi
Acting Hakhambashi
A copy to the Honorable Chairman of the Schools Committee with reference to his letter
No. 222 dated 5/20/1930
N. M.
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Baghdad on May 27, 1930
Subject: Translation of the letter from the agent of the Mutawalli of the Nuriel Awqaf from French
His Eminence the Hakham Bashi of Baghdad
Reference to your letter dated the 21st inst. No. 1154
Awqaf Account: The Waqf is in fact indebted to the Lay Council for (1/5314)
Rupees, the amount paid from its fund for the construction of 13 rooms on the Shat coffeehouse floor
As we have pledged to pay this amount starting from 1/1 at the beginning of this year from the rental fees
of the mentioned properties, and the total of these rental fees ⟦which⟧ have been collected to date is 1362 Rupees. The reason for our failure
to present this amount is due to the fact that the Lay Council must pay us an amount of (4/2972)
Rupees, the remainder due to us from the total value of the papers we submitted which are in its possession, in addition to
the necessity of liquidating the account of expenses spent on Khan Bakr until this day.
We wish to liquidate all these accounts (debt and credit) accordingly, and if you agree to
that, we are ready to proceed immediately; otherwise, this can be postponed until the meeting of the new
Lay Council. Of course, there is no objection ⟦for me⟧ to liquidating these accounts so that no
unsettled account ⟦remains⟧ there.
Obediently,
Signature
(Daoud ⟦...⟧)
<del>Accountant</del>
N. M.
Translated in ⟦...⟧
1930
⟦Signature⟧
Accountant
Baghdad on May 1st, 1930
His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi, the Respected
Monthly Expenditure Statement of the Lay Council for the month of May 1930
Rupees Anna
Salaries of the Community Administration
Employee Shalom Effendi Darwish 100
Naji Mukhtar 60
Process server Gurji Sassoon 60
Salman Mordechai 40
Gurji Menachem 35
Muslih Al-Bazzaz 30
Doorman Kul Mohammed 45
370
Guarding the cemetery to Shallal Al-Habib (Expenses) 100
Total salaries of the Shochtim with the salary of Salih Hakham Isaac and the salary of Muslih ⟦Ezra⟧ 1568
Total salaries by the hand of Hakham Michael :-
Pensioners and the needy 637 8
Al-Mashbiya 433 8
1070
Pension of the late Hakham Meir Yosef Gabriel 37 8
1107 8
Total School Allocations :-
The two Alliance schools 2330
Shamash School 2010
The National School 1493 5
Rachel Shahoon School 1275 5
Al-Karam School 890 11
School Administration 560
8559 5
Prevailing Expenses :-
The Midrash 1390
The Hospital 695
2085
Total Allocations for Community Institutions
The Hospital 1350
Ozri Dalim 200
Home for Consoling the Blind 100
1650
School Committee, salary of the clerk Edward Effendi Shashoua 80
Amiriyah School, the teacher Trower Effendi Abboudi 90
Salary of Mr. Brotman Baun 75/00 per month 13/54 ⟦101 8⟧
16625 5
30 Rupees
Only sixteen thousand six hundred twenty-five rupees and five annas, no more
Accountant
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Baghdad on May 19, 1930
His Excellency the Honorable Acting Hakham Bashi
Subject: Regarding the lease of Khan Bakr for a period of fifteen years
Among the papers referred to the Lay Council are two letters accompanied by two signed receipts
bearing the signature of the agent of the trustee of the Nauriel Endowments, Mr. D. Sassoon, dated March 12, 1930, for the amount of sixty thousand
Rupees, for the account of the rent of Khan Bakr according to the contract concluded between Gurji Effendi Abdullah
Mukammal, former Vice President of the Lay Council, and Mr. D. Sassoon, agent of the trustee of the Nauriel Endowments
as explained below:
Rupees
30000 | One receipt for the account of the Nauriel School administration
30000 | One receipt for the account of the Hospital administration
60000 | Only sixty thousand Rupees and no more
The claims of the Community Fund against the two aforementioned administrations according to the records of the Lay Council
are as follows:
Anna | Rupee |
| | The claim against the Hospital administration
7 | 24646 | Total claim until March 20, 1930
| 1200 | Paid on April 8, 930, as an advance on the account of the Khan Bakr rent
7 | 25846 |
| 30590 | The claim against the Nauriel School administration
7 | 56436 |
1 | 5314 | The old claim against the aforementioned Endowments administration directly in the year 926
8 | 61750 | Only sixty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty Rupees and eight Annas and no more
Since the previous Lay Council did not take any decision in this regard, the accounting department is waiting
for the issuance of a decision by the new Lay Council to settle this account so that it can clear the claims
against the aforementioned administrations and take measures to open the account as required
We submit herewith to Your Excellency a true copy of the aforementioned contract for review.
This is what was necessary to present, and to Your Excellency much respect
Accountant
⟦illegible⟧
N. M.
True Copy
An agreement has been reached between Gurji Abdullah Mukammal, Vice President of the Israeli Lay Council in Baghdad ⟦in addition⟧
to the aforementioned Council, hereinafter referred to as the First Party, and Dawood Sassoon, acting administrator of the endowments of Rika
Nuriel, in addition to the aforementioned endowments, hereinafter referred to as the Second Party, on the following:
First: The Second Party has leased to the First Party, and the latter has leased from him, the partitioned half belonging to the
aforementioned endowments of the Khan known as Khan Bakr, located on Bank Street, numbered (228/1 Ras al-Qarya), for a period of
fifteen years under five consecutive contracts, each for three years, provided that the term of each subsequent contract begins at the
expiration of the term of the contract preceding it, in accordance with the permission granted to the Second Party by the Baghdad Court of First Instance under
dossier number 439 for the year 929, dated December 12, 1929.
Second: The First Party shall renovate the leased property and construct upon it the building to be determined according to a map agreed upon by
the two parties. If they do not agree, the map shall be decided by a majority vote of a committee composed of two members of the aforementioned Israeli
Lay Council and the Second Party.
Third: The total rental amount for all contracts is one hundred and fifty thousand rupees, to be paid as sixty thousand rupees in cash,
sixty thousand rupees to be spent on the aforementioned construction, and one thousand rupees at the beginning of each year of the lease years, and the remainder shall be paid
in two equal installments, the first at the beginning of the fourteenth year and the second in the fifteenth year, provided that there shall be deducted from them
any amount the First Party is forced to pay as interest on any amount it needs to borrow to complete the aforementioned construction, provided
that such interest does not exceed four thousand rupees.
Fourth: The First Party shall commence drawing the map and start construction immediately, and must complete the construction within a period not
exceeding one year from the date of this agreement. Any delay resulting from the opposition of the
owner of the other partitioned half, Ali Saib Chalabi Al-Khudairi, shall not be counted within this year if his opposition necessitates delaying the construction. The method of construction,
purchase of supplies, and making decisions regarding them are all the right of the First Party, but the expenditure account shall be kept by a committee
composed of a number of persons appointed by the First Party, provided that the Second Party is a member among them, and they shall decide everything
necessary by a majority of votes. Every account submitted by the First Party for the total construction costs shall be accepted, and the Second Party has
no right to object to it.
Fifth: The date of completion of construction shall be determined by the two parties in writing, and the lease term shall begin from the date determined in this
manner. If the First Party leases some parts of the building before its full completion and receives an amount from that, it must add
everything it received in this manner to the last installment due in the fifteenth year according to the third
clause. Likewise, there shall be deducted from the mentioned installment, and from the installment and installments, everything spent on the construction or interest above
the limit specified for them in the third clause. If the mentioned installment is not sufficient, then from the installment or installments preceding it as well.
The surplus remaining from the amount allocated for construction or interest, if they do not
reach the limit specified for them, shall be added to the two last mentioned installments.
Sixth: The lessee may use the leased property as commercial shops, warehouses, or cafes, and may sub-lease it to others for any
period within the term of the preceding contracts, provided that the use by the sub-lessees does not cause more damage to the
leased property, and provided that no machinery such as printing presses or others that harm the place materially or morally be installed therein.
As for <del>that</del> property tax and every tax imposed on the leased property, it shall be the responsibility of the lessor, while the lessee pays the guard tax,
water, electricity, and sanitation fees.
And it has been certified by the Notary Public
7 March 1930
Baghdad, May 11, 1930
His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi, the Respected
Reference to the letter of the Shamoon School Directorate No. 23 dated May 5, 1930
Referred to me on the 11th of it
The administration of the aforementioned school requested on November 11, 1929
Payment of a deficit amounting to (254/12) rupees, and the Council decided in its session dated
January 5, 1929, to pay this amount provided it is deducted in three installments over three
months (January, February, March 1930)
So the installment for one month would be eighty-four rupees and fifteen annas (84/15)
Accordingly, the monthly allocations became (1290/6) rupees after they were
(1375/5) rupees, until the end of March 1930 as mentioned above
Since the accounting department was not notified of the details of this decision at the beginning of the fiscal year -
it did not pay attention to restoring the school's allocations as they were
Therefore, the administration's request in its aforementioned letter is a valid request
This is for your Excellency's order - and may you remain in respect;
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
N. M.
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ April 29, Year 930
Subject: Prime Minister's Office letter No. 1115 dated 4/6/930
His Excellency the Acting Hakham Bashi, the Respected
I wish to draw Your Excellency's attention to the fact that this department responded to the Prime Minister's Office
on 4/8/930 under No. 1113/H regarding its letter No. 1115 dated 4/6/30
However, the registration office has not received or recorded this incoming letter from the Prime Minister's
Office until now, and it is no secret that this is contrary to the established procedures in a direct line.
I hope Your Excellency will be informed of this, and remain with respect;
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The Accountant
N. M.
Baghdad on April 29, 1930
His Excellency the Respectable Acting Hakham Bashi
Subject: Midwife Contracts
I would like to inform Your Excellency that the Accounting Department has not yet received the papers and contracts
specialized (for the midwife), despite the fact that the current month of April is about to end.
The matter is left to Your Excellency;
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Accountant
N. F.