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IJA 3314
Financial Documents, Jewish Hospitals Committee
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This item contains documents related to the finances of the Jewish Hospitals Committee and administrative documents about employee/employment issues, construction of a structure to house a donated X-ray machine, and a financial audit report. Also included are balance sheets, income and expense reports, and other financial information and correspondence.
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(1) JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established 1884 Telephones 3006 Baghdad 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Refouah Pharmacy ⟦illegible⟧ 5 / 8 / 12 / 949 21 / 12 / 949 No. 722 / L Date: 27 / 12 / 1949 Presidency of the Lay Council Greetings, After reviewing Article Two of the Hospitals Committee regulations regarding the composition of the committee, it was decided to inform the Lay Council (on the occasion of its new election) that the members withdrawing from the committee are: 1 - Dr. Albert Hakim 2 - Mr. Sassoon Abed 3 - Mr. Selim Qahtan 4 - Mr. Asher Hay Note that the committee nominates the following gentlemen: 1 - Sassoon Abed 2 - Dr. Albert Hakim 3 - Selim Qahtan 4 - Asher Hay 5 - Albert Shamash 6 - Salman Dabby 7 - Naim Sofer 8 - Eliyahu Shohet This is for the purpose of selecting four members to fill the vacant memberships in accordance with Article Two mentioned above from the committee's regulations. Please accept our respects; ⟦signature⟧ President To be presented to the Council 12 / 22
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(2) Department Copy G / 410 / 950 2 / 1 / 1950 Presidency of the Hospitals Committee Greetings, The Council has considered your letter No. L/762 dated 12/21/49 And decided, pursuant to Article Two of your committee's regulations, to re-elect the gentlemen: 1- Sassoon Abed - 2- Dr. Albert Hakim - 3- Selim Qahtan - 4- Asher Hay as members of your committee ⟦line⟧. Please kindly note this, while also noting the election of a chairman, a vice-chairman, and a secretary for your committee anew, in accordance with Article Three of the committee's regulations. Please accept our highest regards, Vice President p. / for filing
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(2) JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established 1884 Telephones 3006 / 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Refouah Pharmacy Administration of the Lay Council in Baghdad No. J / 441 / 950 Date 12 / 1 / 950 File No. ⟦illegible⟧ No. L / 770 Date: 17 / 1 / 1950 Presidency of the Lay Council After greetings The committee has noted what was stated in your letter No. J / 410 / 1950 dated 2 / 1 / 1950 regarding the election of half of the committee members. Our committee has proceeded to elect a president, vice president, and secretary anew in accordance with Article Three of the Committee's internal regulations, and the result was as follows: - 1- Mr. Sassoon Abed - President 2- Dr. Albert Hakim - Vice President 3- Mr. Naim Shamash - Treasurer 4- Mr. Maurice Bekhor - Honorary Secretary .. Were the regulations authorized as necessary? Please accept our respect Meir President ⟦Yousif Shahmi⟧ Sh/ 7 / 10
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(4) Department Copy J / 420 / 950 19 / 1 / 1950 Presidency of the Hospitals Committee Baghdad Greetings, Reference to your letter numbered L / 770 and dated 13 / 1 / 1950. The Council has reviewed what was stated in your above-mentioned letter regarding the election of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, and Honorary Secretary for your committee anew. Best regards, Vice President Filed A / 19 / 1
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(5) JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established 1884 Telephones 3006 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Refouah Pharmacy Jewish Hospitals Committee Baghdad Established in 1884 Telephone numbers 3006 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rima Khedouri Hospital for Eyes Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad Number J / 444 / 950 Baghdad Date 13 / 8 / 950 File Number No. Number: L / 771 Date: 12 / 1 / 1950 Presidency of the Lay Council After greetings We convey to you below a copy of the Committee's resolution No. 6 dated 10 / 1 / 1950 regarding the extension of the employment contract of Dr. Haron Hayya for your kind approval, and may you remain [in health]. ⟦signature⟧ The President Copy of the Resolution 6 - With reference to the Committee's resolution No. 13 dated 16 / 8 / 1949 and after reviewing the letter from the Director of Meir Elias Hospital No. 45 dated 9 / 1 / 50 regarding the extension of the employment contract of Dr. Haron Hayya, which will end on 31 / 1 / 50, it was decided to approve its extension for another four months under the same terms mentioned previously, provided that the implementation of this decision is subject to the approval of the Lay Council. ⟦signature: Yusuf Hakim⟧ ⟦line⟧ Sh/
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(6) J/ 424 / 950 19/1/1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ Jewish Hospitals Committee Baghdad Greetings, With reference to your letter No. L/771 dated 1/13/1950 The Council approved in its seventh session held on 1/17/950 to extend the employment contract of Dr. Haroun Hayya for a further four months starting from 2/1/1950 under the same terms mentioned in the previous contract. Sincerely yours; ⟦illegible signature⟧ Vice President ⟦illegible signature⟧ 1/19/A ⟦Keep/Save⟧
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006 / 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in the year 1884
Telephone Number { 3006 / 7480 } Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number C - 950/44
Date 8/11/950
File Number
No: L/729
Date: 8/11/1950
Presidency of the Lay Council
Greetings,
The Committee has noted the presence of an amount of 2258/750 Dinars in the hospital records registered under the suspense account section belonging to the benefactor of blessed memory, Sir Elly Kadoorie, regarding the annual grant usually received from the family of the aforementioned benefactor for the Rimah Kadoorie Hospital, amounting to 250/- Dinars annually. Accordingly, a discussion took place between the Chairman of this Committee and the notable Mr. Ibrahim Nahum, in his capacity as an agent for the family of the aforementioned benefactor of blessed memory. It subsequently became clear that the Hospitals Committee had previously sent a letter to the family of the aforementioned benefactor, No. 18/379 dated 23/6/1946, to remind them of this grant; however, no reply was received to that letter. But when the situation was explained to the notable Mr. Ibrahim Nahum regarding the Rimah Kadoorie Hospital's dire need for this grant, he stated that the arrival of these donations had stopped during the late last war in view of the prevailing conditions in the Near East at that time. However, he promised to allocate an amount of 25/- (twenty) Dinars per month starting from 1/1/1950 as a grant for the mentioned hospital from the family of the benefactor of blessed memory, Sir Elly Kadoorie.
Since it is deemed advisable to keep amounts in the hospital records as a debt in the name of the late benefactor, especially since its origin is a donation, the Committee decided, in view of the above, to propose writing off this amount while requesting your Council's approval for this write-off.
Please accept our highest respects.
⟦signature⟧
President
⟦signature⟧
Ali Haidar
1/05
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(18) ⟦illegible⟧ Department G/ 950/422 9/1/1950 Presidency of the Hospitals Committee Baghdad After greetings, The Council has reviewed your letter No. L/769 dated 8/1/950 regarding the request to write off the pending claims against the late benefactor Sir Eliezer Kadoorie, and decided to approve the reversal of the entry (not a write-off) of the pending subsidies in the records of Meir Elias Hospital against the aforementioned benefactor, totaling 2258/750 Dinars. The Council also acknowledges with thanks the approval of the notable Mr. Ibrahim Nahum to allocate -/20 (twenty) Dinars monthly as a subsidy for Rima Kadoorie Hospital on behalf of the family of the aforementioned benefactor starting from 1/1/1950. Sincerely, Vice President ⟦illegible⟧ 1/8 Contracts 4/19/1
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Department Copy J / 4259 / 950 20 / 1 / 1950 Presidency of the Hospitals Committee Greetings, We have received with thanks from Meir Elias Hospital one sofa for the use of the guard at the headquarters of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad. Sincerely yours; ⟦signature⟧ Vice President Copy to - The Accountant - for notation in the furniture register Dear Vice President A / 1/27 1/27 The aforementioned sofa was broken as per statement 47/7/24, and therefore I found it more appropriate to recover this sofa to the department in the accounts of Meir Elias Hospital as a replacement for the purchase of a new sofa
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C/ 4244 / 950 14 / 2 / 1950 ⟦Presidency⟧ of the Department Presidency of the Hospitals Committee Greetings, Further to our letter No. 332 dated 1 / 8 / 1949 regarding the expropriation compensation for the Al-Khalidiya houses from the endowments of Rima Khadoori Hospital. The sum of (6/031 Dinars) has been received from the Directorate of Endowments for the surplus of the expropriation compensation for the Al-Khalidiya houses via a check on Rafidain Bank No. 409229 dated 8 / 2 / 950 for the amount mentioned above. This amount has been deposited at the Ottoman Bank as a trust to be added to the sum of 656/400 Dinars previously deposited as a trust for the account of your esteemed committee in addition to Rima Khadoori Hospital. Please mark this in your records pending your esteemed committee's proposals regarding the disposal of the mentioned amount. Respectfully yours. ⟦signature⟧ Vice President Copy to - Properties Committee Accountant Specialized File A / 13 / 2 ⟦signature⟧ 2/14
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD
Established 1884
Established 1884
Telephone Numbers { 3006 / 7480 } Baghdad
Telephones 3006 / 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
Refouah Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 950/5-1/G
Date 950/3/26
File Number ⟦illegible⟧
No. Number: 792 L
Date Date: 26 / 3 / 1950
Presidency of the Lay Council
After greetings,
We request approval for the employment of the nurse Mazli Ezra at Meir
Elias Hospital with a monthly salary of fifteen and a half dinars, to which is added
cost of living allowances in the amount of four and a half dinars, effective from 7 / 3 / 1950
forenoon, and remain in well-being.
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The President
Submitted to the Council for approval, please.
⟦illegible signature⟧
950/3/29
E / 3 / 23
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J/ 4828 / 950 10 / 4 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Presidency of the Hospitals Committee After greetings, With reference to your letter numbered L/ 792 and dated 26 / 3 / 1950. The Council has approved the employment of the nurse Mazli Ezra in Meer Elias Hospital with a monthly salary of fifteen and a half dinars, to which is added cost of living allowances in the amount of four and a half dinars. Respectfully; ⟦signature⟧ Vice President A / 31 / 3 ⟦the⟧
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(14) JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established. 1884 Telephones 3006 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Refouah Pharmacy Jewish Hospitals Committee Baghdad Established in 1884 Telephone No. 3006 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital Refouah Pharmacy (Dar Al-Shifa) Presidency of the Lay Council - Baghdad Number 8/48/950 Date 7 / 2 / 950 No. Number: Date: 1950/3/6 Sub-Committee for the Reconstruction of the Dispensary ⟦Raqqa⟧ Menahem Daniel Presidency of the Lay Council Greetings, We request the payment of three hundred Dinars (300/- Dinars) to Khedouri and Ezra Meir Lawee (Engineering) Co. Ltd. on account for tiles supplied for the reconstruction of the dispensary, provided the account with the aforementioned company is settled after the completion of the supply. Sincerely. Salim Qahtan Maurice Bekhor Naim Bekhor A/3/6
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established 1884 Telephones 3006 / 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Refouah Pharmacy Administration of the Corporeal Council - Baghdad Number 950/488/5 Date 7/7/950 File Number ⟦illegible⟧ (15) No.: Date: 5 / 3 / 1950 Sub-Committee for the Reconstruction of the Dispensary of Rivka Menahem Daniel Presidency of the Corporeal Council Greetings, Please disburse 20/- Dinars (Twenty Dinars) from the endowment account of the Rivka Menahem Daniel Dispensary to the neighbor of the dispensary which our committee is constructing, Mr. Khedouri Menashi Shashua, as compensation for the cracking that occurred to the walls of his house due to the renovation of the dispensary. Respectfully yours! Salim Qahtan | Maurice Bechor | Nassim Bechor A / 5 / 3
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(16) C/55/506 1955/5/12 ⟦Department⟧ Chairmanship of the Hospitals Committee Your letter No. L/795 dated April 17, 1955. The Council has approved the write-off of the amount of 12.632 Dinars remaining in the account of Dr. Shotoz, considering it a non-collectible debt. Respectfully, Vice President For filing 4/9/5
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established. 1884 Telephones 3006 / 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Refouah Pharmacy JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established in 1884 Telephone Number Baghdad 3006 / 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy (12) C/8/5/950 18/4/950 No.: L / 795 Number: Date: 17/4/1950 Date: Presidency of the Lay Council After greetings We request approval to write off the amount of (12.632) Dinars remaining as a liability for Doctor Schuetzer, as it is considered a non-collectible debt, noting that the mentioned doctor is a foreigner in poor financial standing and has traveled outside of Iraq. Yours faithfully. ⟦illegible⟧ The President To be presented to the council 12/2
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C / 521 / 50 2 / 7 / 1950 ( 18 ) ( Secret ) Presidency of the Hospitals Committee Greetings, With reference to your letter No. 106 dated 6/28/950. The Council decided, in view of the reasons stated by your committee, to approve your proposal to reduce the salaries of all doctors employed in the community hospitals (except Dr. Israel) whose names are listed in your aforementioned letter, by 20%, provided that this reduction also includes high-cost-of-living allowances and other allowances as well, effective from 7/1/1950 on a temporary basis until further notice. It also decided to approve your proposal to stop providing food for Dr. Israel and his family effective from 7/1/950. Please be informed that the Council has considered your above-mentioned letter as superseding your previous letter No. L/805 dated 6/18/50. Please accept our highest respect; ⟦signature⟧ 2 / 7 ⟦signature⟧ <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> President 4 / 6/30 ⟦illegible⟧
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Committee of Israeli Hospitals in Baghdad C / 512 / 950 18 / 6 / 1950 No. - L / 805 Date - 18 / 6 / 1950 Presidency of the Lay Council in Baghdad With reference to your letter No. C / 512 dated 28 / 5 / 1950, the Committee studied the content of your above-mentioned letter regarding reducing hospital allocations from 4327/- Dinars to 1327/- Dinars. After taking into account the decrease in endowment rents this year compared to the past year, estimated at approximately 2000/- Dinars on one hand, and the low hospital income given the small number of patients and fee-payers, which may lead to a deficit in this revenue of about 8000/- Dinars annually on the other hand, the Committee decided in its meeting held on 13 / 6 / 1950 to take the following measures and request your esteemed Council's approval as a first step to enable us to reconsider the general budget for the hospitals: - 1 - Closing the second surgical unit for poor patients in Meir Elias Hospital, consisting of two wards with a total of 24 beds, whose work is assigned to Dr. Israel, noting that one of these wards was opened in late 1946 upon the appointment of Dr. Israel, and the second was opened in late 1949 due to the increase in the number of free patients. 2 - Dispensing with the services of Dr. Israel and sufficing with the other surgeon only, Dr. Sostman. 3 - The two measures mentioned in the above paragraphs will save an amount of nearly 3000/- Dinars annually for the hospital. 4 - Dispensing with the services of Dr. Albert Salman Koji (his monthly salary is 40/250 Dinars), who currently serves as an assistant to the surgeons in operations, given the closure of the surgical unit mentioned above and the general decrease in the number of operations. 5 - For the purpose of implementing a general reduction in hospital staff, the nursing in the first-class and premium sections will be entrusted to one nurse instead of two, and the number of shifts and servants in the two mentioned sections will be reduced in general. 6 - The Committee will also try as much as possible not to fill vacancies that will occur as a result of some nurses and employees renouncing their nationalities. 7 - Note that a reduction in staff will take place at Rima Khedouri Hospital and the Dar al-Shifa Dispensary as well, and most other budget items such as subsistence expenses, medicines, and instruments will be reduced in light of the current financial situation. Given the necessity of deciding on the above urgently, we suggest holding a joint session between this Committee and your Council to clarify the matter and take the final decision. A / 15 / 6 / 50 Please accept our respects, ⟦illegible⟧ Honorary President
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established. 1884 Telephones 3006 7480 ⟦line⟧ Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Refouah Pharmacy Jewish Hospitals Committee Baghdad Established in 1884 Telephone Number Baghdad 3006 7480 ⟦line⟧ Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy Ministry Lay Council - Baghdad Number 5 / 525 / 5 Date 5 / 7 / 19 File Number Number: L / 811 No.: Date: 19 / 7 / 1950 Date: The Honorable Mr. Habib Eliyahu Tawfiq, Respectfully After greetings, We received with great thanks your letter dated 29 / 6 / 950 and we are honored to present to you, as per your request, enclosed two copies of the Committee's resolution No. (4) taken at the eighty-fifth meeting on 12 / 7 / 950 regarding the endowments of the late Abdullah Shukur and his wife Flora Shukur, to kindly notify the trustees, please. The Committee takes this opportunity to record its great thanks and deep appreciation for your interest in this humanitarian institution. May the Almighty Creator preserve you as the best successor to the best predecessor. Please accept our highest respect. Sincerely, ⟦signature⟧ President Copy to: Presidency of the Lay Council - for kind information Enclosures Copy of the Committee's resolution To be filed 20 / 7 ⟦illegible⟧
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established. 1884 Telephones 3006 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Refouah Pharmacy Jewish Hospitals Committee Baghdad Established in 1884 Telephone Number 3006 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy (22) No. الرقم: Date التاريخ: 17/7/1950 Copy of the Committee's Decision No. (4) taken at the eighty-fifth meeting of the Hospitals Committee on 12 / 7 / 1950. "After reviewing the letter of Mr. Hayyim Eliyahu Tawfiq dated 29 / 6 / 1950 regarding the endowments of the late Abdullah Saleh Shukur and his late wife Flora Shukur, whose revenue allocated to the Hospitals Committee is approximately / 150 Dinars annually, it was decided to accept the two aforementioned endowments with the condition requested by the trustees Messrs. Kelly El-Murr and his brother Edwin El-Murr residing in Singapore, which includes placing two copper plaques over two beds in the ward for the poor, upon the first of which the following phrase shall be engraved in both Arabic and English. (( The expenses required for this bed are met from the proceeds of the endowment of the late Abdullah Saleh Shukur, who died in (( Singapore on March 25, 5702 Hebrew, corresponding to 14 / 3 / 1942, at the age of 92 years. May (( God encompass him with His vast mercy )) And on the second plaque, the following phrase shall be engraved in both Arabic and English as well (( The expenses required for this bed are met from the proceeds of the endowment of the late Flora, wife of Abdullah Saleh Shukur, who died (( in Singapore on August 3, year 5701 Hebrew, corresponding to 27 / 7 / 1941, at the age of 63 years. (( May God encompass her with His vast mercy )) It was also decided to record the Committee's thanks to Mr. Hayyim Eliyahu Tawfiq for his efforts in this regard, while notifying a copy of this decision to the Lay Council for information. Jewish Hospitals Committee Baghdad HOSPITALS President
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(22) Honorable Vice President I have contacted Mr. Abdullah Kabay, a member of the Council, regarding the matter and he informed me that the Requirements Committee is aware of the details of the case in its entirety and that the petitioner had contacted the committee during its meeting and it was confirmed to them that her claims are not based on any truth. When she refused <del>to specify</del> what verifies them, the mentioned committee decided to file a lawsuit against her after warning her verbally of that. ⟦signature⟧ 2/7 Seen ⟦signature⟧
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(22) To the Honorable Vice President of the Israeli Physical Council. Presented to you: I am Na'ima bint 'Abadah, residing in the Sanat al-Hadiya neighborhood in the house numbered ⟦28⟧/120. For ten years, and given the critical circumstances we have passed through, and since the house in which I reside and which is rented by me belongs to Meer Elias Hospital, and since the house has become dilapidated and the situation does not allow for living in it as desired, and since its rent is (100) Dinars annually. Finally, I agreed with (Abboud and Salman Khudair) that I would pay monthly (5) five Dinars, and this matter was before witnesses, and in addition to that, I paid them in advance (10) ten Dinars for two months according to two receipts. How is it that after all this, the aforementioned came to file a lawsuit against me and carried out a precautionary seizure? So now I come before you ⟦pleading for mercy⟧ that you consider the circumstances we are now in, and we are in critical and harsh circumstances, and they have made matters worse. They seized furniture that is not worth five Dinars, and therefore, due to my poverty, I am certainly now a woman and I have no capability to pay what I agreed upon with them, as there remains twenty (20) Dinars due from me, and they receive (40) Dinars from me, as I was previously paying (100) one hundred Dinars annually. They also filed the lawsuit so they cannot obtain anything from me, and now I decided to present this request of mine regarding the claim of these two persons. Finally, I present my plea that you end this case according to what I agreed upon with these two persons, and the matter is yours, sir. The Petitioner Na'ima 'Abadah On 5 / 9 / ⟦55⟧ Urgent Please inquire about the opinion of the Hospitals Committee regarding the matter and inform me. To be reserved 5/9 2/ ⟦%⟧
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Whereas the aforementioned person enjoys an annual regular leave for a period of one month, accumulating for three years His entitlement From 10/6/1947 until 15/7/1950 92 days 5 " according to leave taken in the year 1948 ⟦line⟧ 88 days ⟦signature⟧ 20/6/1950