- JM-AIY/OttomanRegisters/Vol8/p14a/item100
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- 1898-12-13
Part of Registers of Jerusalem Municipality Council during the Ottoman period
According to the notification given by the district administrative council (majlis idârat al liwâ), dated on the 28th of Tishrîn Thânî under number 1514, all lanterns big and small should be kept with Ottoman and German banners (sanjaqs), their numbers should be organized in a register and a copy should be given to the court of audit. After discussion it has become clear that Mahmûd Abdullâh has the competency and eligibility to become lighting officer (anârjî) to be entrusted these and other tools that belong to the council. According to this, the council decided to appoint him as lighting officer starting from of Kânûn Awwal (1)314 until Shubât (1)314, with a monthly salary of one hundred and fifty piasters according to the official currency. In order to pay the allocated sum from the council’s treasury month by month, this decision was issued on the 1st of Kânûn Awwal (1)314 (13th of December 1898).
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