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Secretary Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Date: 22 / 5 / 1952 Accountant ⟦line⟧ Disburse one dinar to the poor woman Ni'ma Yaqub for the current week and next week ⟦illegible⟧ The Secretary
IJA 2844
Bills, Receipts, Employee Payment, Jewish Lay Council
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This item contains many records of the Baghdadi Jewish Lay Council’s financial transactions, utility bills, payments to employees, and other miscellaneous expenditures. There is a book list for the Frank Iny School and a note acknowledging received payment from the Frank Iny School.
AI en Translation, Pages 351-375
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Secretary Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 21 / 5 / 1954 Accountant Please pay the amount of (10) ten Dinars as well as the ⟦...⟧ I received it Secretary 21 / 5 / 1954 ⟦signature⟧ Name of the detainee Yaqub Abdul Wahab Nasoum received it as four detainees in the Al-Hunaidi police station ⟦...⟧
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Accounting 37 Book Number 123271 Receipts in Dirhams collected for the government Serial Number: 54 Fils/Dinar: 51 Department Name: Received from: ⟦The Physical Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ Amount: ⟦...⟧ Dinars and ⟦...⟧ Fils On account of: ⟦Stamp Duty⟧ Signature of the Receiver: ⟦signature⟧ Job Title: Dated: 20 / 7 / 1956 14 8/57
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1954/5/21 The Accountant I have received from Mr. Abboud bin Hassan Al-Mawsili on behalf of the tenant ⟦Mohamed⟧ and for the management of the property of Fawzi Al-Lair (House of the Tailors' Association) ⟦signature⟧ The Recipient 21 / 5 / 1954 Atta Allah
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Baghdad Light and Power Company Limited BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom.) Date / التاريخ: ⟦illegible⟧ N.B.—This bill should be paid within 15 days from date / Note: This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date: Consumer / Consumer Name: ⟦Frank Iny School⟧ Address / Address: ⟦Karrada Al-Sharqiya⟧ Tariff / Prices: ⟦illegible⟧ Meter No. / Meter Number: 12511 Bill No. / Bill Number: 25106 METER REGISTER / Meter Registration | Ds. / Dinars | Fs. / Fils | To / To ...195 | | | 5445 From / From ...195 | | | 5021 Units Supplied / Supplied Units | | | 424 ... @ 18 fils / At 18 fils | 7 | 632 | 424 ... @ 12 fils / At 12 fils | 2 | 288 | ⟦illegible⟧ Meter Rental / Meter Rental | | 25 | Current Limiter / Power Limiter Fee | | 7 | Total | 9 | 952 | After having taken a continuous supply in one premises for not less than 12 months, any consumer who considers his deposit to be in excess of the requirement may apply for a re-assessment. No receipt for payments to the Company is valid unless bearing the Company's embossed official receipt which is stamped by the Cashier at the time of making payment. ⟦illegible⟧ thinks his deposited security is in excess of ⟦illegible⟧ without interruption in one place for a period of ⟦illegible⟧ to apply for a second assessment. The amount paid to the company unless it is stamped ⟦illegible⟧ by the cashier upon payment. 10 Fils Kingdom of Iraq For the Accountant 18 Fils
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Baghdad Light & Power Co., Ltd. BAGHDAD LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom.) Date / التاريخ: ⟦illegible⟧ Consumer Name: ⟦illegible⟧ Address: ⟦illegible⟧ Prices: ⟦illegible⟧ Meter Number: ⟦illegible⟧ Bill Number: ⟦illegible⟧ Meter Reading | Fils | Dinars | Fs. | Ds. To 195 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | | From 195 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | | Units Supplied | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | | At rate of 18 fils | 68 | 1 | | At rate of 12 " | 89 | ⟦illegible⟧ | | At rate of 10 " | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | | Meter Fee | 25 | | | Power Limiter Fee | 20 | | | Total | 722 | 4 | | 10 Fils The consumer who considers their deposited insurance to be in excess of what is necessary or who intends to stay without interruption in one place for a period of not less than one year should apply for a reassessment. The amount paid shall not be credited to the company unless it is stamped with the company's stamp by the cashier at the time of payment.
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Paper ⟦Bring⟧ 62 Water Supply Committee for Baghdad Area 5 Subscriber Name: The Israeli Community Register Number: (2) Property Number: 52/12 Page Number: (9) Neighborhood Name: Rusafa Subscription Serial Number: Date: 1/1/1952 Installment | Installment Period | Amount | Remarks First | April . May . June 52 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Second | July . August . September 52 | | Third | October . November . December 52 | | Fourth | January . February . March 53 | | ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Accountant We have 1/19 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 19/1/52 For the Water Supply Committee for Baghdad Area Notice: The installment is due starting from the beginning of the first month of the installment period Therefore, this bill should be paid during the first month of the installment period Form L.A.M (40)
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Secretary Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Date: 5 / 5 / 1953 Accountant Below are the expenses for liquidating the estate of the deceased Camille Chamoun in the Safe House of Justice as follows :- 50 | As per receipt ⟦illegible⟧ 299801 storage fee 250 | As per collection receipt 299802 gratuity 500 | Car fare for transporting the body to the cemetery | for the benefit of the agent 250 | Grave fee 500 | Rabbis' fee upon reception 1000 | Rabbis' fee for burial, Amin ⟦illegible⟧ 400 | Tarabins ⟦line⟧ 2/950 Only two dinars and nine hundred and fifty fils Please calculate and record it to the estate account. Please accept my highest respect Kiron for the woman
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Number 126998 Accounting 37 Receipts for Dirhams collected for the government Serial Number: 18 Fils/Dinar: -/500 Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧ Received from: Head of the Jewish Community Amount: ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars and five hundred Fils On account of: Electricity fees for the month of September 1955 Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧ Dated: 15 / 10 / 1955 Job Title: Fils
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Accounting Volume Number 126998 Receipts for funds collected for the government Serial Number: 17 Fils/Dinar: 250 / - Department Name: Received from: Head of the Jewish Community Amount: One Dinar and two hundred and fifty On account of: Cooling Date: 19 / 4 / 1955 Signature of receiver: ⟦signature⟧ Job title:
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Dear President To approve the request of Mr. Sadouq Ibrahim to assist the old woman Habiba daughter of Eliyahu, a resident of Menashi Saleh Shelter, with an amount of 250 fils per week, and thank you. Fouad ⟦illegible⟧ Isaac 19 / 2 / 53
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Secretary Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Date: 19 / 5 / 1952 Accountant Please pay to Mr. Anwar Lulu the price of his grains. ⟦illegible⟧ Secretary ⟦illegible⟧
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Fils Dinar 500 Five hundred fils only I received from the account of the community the amount above, only five hundred fils and no more and that is for the aid of the week ending on 16 / 5 / 954 and for that purpose I signed this receipt on 16 / 5 / 954 Esther ⟦Cohen⟧ ⟦fingerprints⟧
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List for the week ending 1954/5/16 for the poor of the Menashe Saleh Shelter Name | Allocated Amount | Signature 1 - Simha Shlomo | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧ 2 - Maryam Moshi | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧ 3 - Mikhail Nahum | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧ 4 - Rachel Levi | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧ 5 - Farha Saleh (paralyzed) | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧ 6 - Moshi Yaqub | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧ 7 - Yusuf Abdullah | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧ 8 - Nabat Israel | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧ 4/000 four dinars only List of assistance for the week ending 1954/5/16 for the poor of the Menashe Saleh Shelter
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Transportations Fils | Dinar 56 | | Transport fees to ⟦Metropole⟧ 120 | | " " Board of Directors 56 | | " " to Metropole 56 | | " " Board of Directors 56 | | " " to Metropole 56 | | " " " " 56 | | " " " " 500 | | Car fees to the Notary Public and to | | the General Prison and the Abakhana Center | | and Al-Bataween Center and Bani Saad Center 56 | | For the Board of Directors 960 | | 114 | | Transport fees to the revolutions in Al-Hindiya 1,074 | | Total Sum Only one dinar and seventy-four fils I received the above amount from the accountant of the community for transportations on ⟦16 / 5 / 954⟧
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Assistance Dinar Fils - 500 Five hundred fils only I received from Mr. Sassoon Cohen an amount of five hundred fils, and that is for my work in preparing tea for a period of four days in organizing the refrigerator in <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and for that I signed this receipt 14 / 6 / 1954 Sion Saqeel ⟦illegible⟧