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IJA 3078

Financial Documents and Correspondence, Shamash Secondary School

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Description

These documents are correspondence and school information, such as the budget of the Shamash Secondary School. Included are files detailing properties held, property tax issues, expense reports, and income received by the Shamash Endowment.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3078
Item Number
6315
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Property Tax, Medical bill/prescriptions, Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee, Financial, Jewish Lay Council, Shamash Secondary School, Typed, State Organization of PTT (Postal, Synagogue, Annotation, Correspondence, Ledger, School Material, Ink Stamp, Handwritten, Receipts, Endowment, Telegram & Telephone)

AI en Translation, Pages 1-25

Page 4

No.: 7
Expenses (Renovations and others)
Amount (D | F) | Details | Date of Expenditure | Receipt
- | 500 | Stamps for the contract | 18/2/51 | -
2 | 050 | Half share of inspection fees for school map certification ⟦Sh - Th⟧ | 20/2/51 | -
- | 080 | Lease contracts | - | -
- | - | Stamps for the lease contract | 20/6/51 | 1
20 | 000 | Fee for drafting a contract by attorney Mahmoud Al-Yafi | 2/7/51 | 2
5 | 500 | Guardianship fee | 8/8/51 | 3
- | 280 | Stamps for the lease contract | 24/8/51 | -
8 | 078 | Repairing glass of Shamash school | 6/9/51 | 2
- | 680 | Stamps for three contracts | 6/9/51 | -
9 | 591 | Repairing pipes and floats | 5/12/51 | 4
10 | 988 | School secretariat | 13/12/51 | 5
8 | 750 | Remainder of summer renovation allocations after removing the evening shift share | - | 6
76 | 497 |  |  |
- | 380 | Stamps for a second contract | 20/7/51 | -
76 | 877 |  |  |
Only seventy-six dinars and eight hundred and seventy-seven fils.
⟦Signature⟧
Secretary of the Community
17 / 2 / 52

Page 7

No.: 2
Expenses (Property Taxes)
Amount (Fils) | Amount (Dinar) | Receipt No. | Date | Type | Special No. | Year
-- | 20 | 27928 / 84 | 18/7/51 | Shamash School | 1 | Remainder of the 1st installment 951
027 | 2 | 27966 / 7 | 1/8/51 | Back shops | 2 | 1st installment 951
500 | 19 | 27966 / 8 | 1/8/51 | Musafarkhana | 3 | 1st installment 951
-- | 20 | 27928 / 61 | 2/7/951 | 5 Shops | 4 & 5 | 1st installment 951 (Previously included in the Modern School)
-- | 18 | 27928 / 62 | 2/7/951 | 2 Shops | 6 | 1st installment 951
-- | 18 | 27928 / 62 | 2/7/951 | 2 Shops | 7 | 1st installment 951
-- | 8 | 28626 / 82 | 12/1/952 | Back shops | 8 | 2nd installment 952
-- | 9 | 28626 / 83 | 12/1/952 | Back shops | 9 | 2nd installment 952
-- | 16 | 28626 / 81 | 12/1/952 | Four shops | 10 | 2nd installment 952
-- | 16 | 28626 / 80 | 12/1/952 | Four shops | 11 | 2nd installment 952
-- | 40 | 28677 / 69 | 15/2/952 | The School | 12 | 2nd installment 952
-- | 12 | 29509 / 66 | 27/2/952 | Musafarkhana | 13 | 2nd installment 952
227 | 187 | | | | |
Only one hundred eighty-seven Dinars and two hundred twenty-seven Fils.
I have received the receipts listed
above from the Secretary of the Community
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
18/3/52
Entry Voucher
18/3/52
⟦signature⟧

Page 11

⟦illegible mark⟧
Baghdad on 19 / 2 / 954
His Excellency the President of the Respectable Lay Council
Greetings,
We present below the budget for the Shamash properties for the year ending
on March 31, 1954, which shows that the surplus in income amounts to
(1566/047 Dinars)
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
The Secretary
⟦line⟧ Budget ⟦line⟧
Fils | Dinar |  | Fils | Dinar |
000 | 1820 | Total income realized up to 17 / 2 / 54 per receipts (1) | 227 | 187 | Property taxes per receipt No. (2)
|  |  | 726 | 76 | Other expenses
|  |  | 047 | 1566 | Remaining cash
000 | 1820 | Exactly one thousand eight hundred and twenty Dinars only | 000 | 1820 | Exactly one thousand eight hundred and twenty Dinars only
The amount of 1566/047 Dinars was delivered to the community accountant
and entered into the treasury per receipt No. 941
dated 19 / 2 / 954
⟦illegible signature⟧
19 / 2 / 54

Page 12

B
Summary of accounts for the fiscal year 952 - 953

Page 22

Shamash / ⟦7⟧
Fils Dinar
625 ⟦line⟧
Only ⟦six hundred and twenty-five fils⟧
Disbursement Number: ⟦Against the entry⟧ 823
Disbursement Date: 18 / 10 / 1952
⟦The amount is issued within the mentioned instrument⟧

Page 23

The Israeli Communal Council
Baghdad
⟦Sayyid Shukr⟧
N 000845
⟦Proof of Residence⟧
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 40
Received from Mr. ⟦Shaul Shmuel Shaul Eskuef⟧ the amount mentioned above
amounting to ⟦forty dinars⟧ Dinars and ⟦---⟧ Fils
That is for ⟦the net income account of Sh. Sh. for the year⟧
⟦Financial 1952 - 1953⟧
⟦Sayyid Shukr⟧
Accountant
Baghdad on 1/12/1952

Page 24

Shamash Endowments
Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
⟦3/1⟧
No 000852
Fils      Dinar
⟦line⟧      200
I received from Mr. Shumayl Sassoon al-Lawi the above-mentioned amounts
amounting to two hundred Dinars and ⟦line⟧ Fils
being on account of the net income of the Shamash properties
for the fiscal year 1952-1953
Baghdad on 8 / 12 / 1952
⟦signature⟧
Accountant

Page 25

The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
No 000864
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 50
I received from Mr. Shaul Moussa, Secretary of the Community, the above-mentioned amount
being fifty Dinars and ⟦line⟧ Fils
on account of the net Shamash revenues for the fiscal
year 54 - 55
Baghdad on 2 / 1 / 1955
Accountant