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Attendance:
Anwar al-Khatib (chair),
Saba Sa'id,
Father Ibrahim 'Ayad,
Hussein al-Nashashibi,
Yassin al-Khalidi,
Ruhi al-Khatib,
Ibrahim Nussibeh,
Yahya Hammouda.

Absenteeism:
Dr. Ra'fat Faris,
Dr. Muhammad Mahmmoud al-'Assi,
'Abdallah Na'was,
Tawfiq Wafa al-Dajani.

Topics:
Alcohol licenses fees (al-Zahra Hotel - the Petra Hotel) - p. 1;
forming subcommittees for the council - p. 2;
municipality taxes - p. 3;
The explosion at Damascus Gate - p. 4;
Enlightening the city with lanterns [known in Arbic as Luxes] - p. 4;
Maintenance of the city - p. 4;
Vegetable market - P. 5;
Various subjects: Leasing of Suliman Pools / the case of 'Abdallah Effendi Na'was, member of the municipality / request submitted by Ibrahim Qassem al-Tarha to build a shop at Herod's Gate - p. 5

Attendance:
Saba Sa'id (deputy) as a chair,
Father Ibrahim 'Ayad,
Yassin al-Khalidi,
Ibrahim Nussibeh,
Hussein al-Nashashibi,
Dr. Ra'fat Faris,
Ruhi al-Khatib,
Yahya Hammouda.

Absenteeism:
Anwar al-Khatib,
Dr. Muhammad Mahmmoud al-'Assi,
'Abdallah Na'was,
Tawfiq Wafa al-Dajani.

Topics:
Recommendations of the bidding committee regarding the obligation to charge parking fees in public squares - p. 1;
Alcohol licensing fees (al-Zahra Hotel - the Petra Hotel) - p. 2;
Salary of Mrs. Majdalina Kassilian - the telephone operator - p. 2;
The issue of compensation for workers injured during the recent Palestinian war - p. 2;
The salaries of the workers' supervisors - p. 3;
The municipality's slaughterhouse - p. 3;
The damage that was resulted to the public sewage following the explosion of the Damascus Gate's explosive - p. 3;
Representation of the Jerusalem municipality in the International Municipalities Conference in Rome - p. 4.

Attendance:
Anwar al-Khatib (chair),
Saba Sa'id,
Father Ibrahim 'Ayad,
Hussein al-Nashashibi,
Yassin al-Khalidi,
Ruhi al-Khatib,_x000D_Ibrahim Nussibeh,_x000D_Dr. Ra'fat Faris.

Absenteeism:
Dr. Muhammad Mahmmoud al-'Assi,
Yahya Hammouda,
'Abdallah Na'was,
Tawfiq Wafa al-Dajani.

Topics:
Discussing the project of lighting the Old City - pp. 1-2. Letter of advocate Omar al-Wa’ari on behalf of his clients - some former municipal employees - p. 2;
Public squares - p. 2;
Request of Jabra Effendi Khoury - p. 3.

Attendance:
Anwar al-Khatib (chair),
Saba Sa'id,
Father Ibrahim 'Ayad,
Hussein al-Nashashibi,
Ruhi al-Khatib,
Ibrahim Nussibeh,
Yahya Hammouda,
Dr. Muhammad Mahmmoud al-'Assi.

Absenteeism:
Tawfiq Wafa al-Dajani,
Yassin al-Khalidi,
'Abdallah Na'was,
Dr. Ra'fat Faris.

Topics:
City property tax - p. 1;
Street lighting project - pp. 1-2;
Obligation for collecting slaying fees - p. 2;
Entrance tax on vegetables - p. 2;
The army’s request to use a part of the municipal slaughterhouse - p. 2;
Salary of Mrs. Majdalina Kassilan, the telephone operator - p. 2.

Attendance:
Anwar al-Khatib (chair),
Father Ibrahim 'Ayad,
Hussein al-Nashashibi,
Yassin al-Khalidi,
Ruhi al-Khatib,
Ibrahim Nussibeh,
Yahya Hammouda,
Dr. Ra'fat Faris,
Dr. Muhammad Mahmmoud al-'Assi,
'Abdallah Na'was,
Salah al-Din Jarallah (secretary),
Anton Safieh (city clerk).
Absenteeism:_x000D_Tawfiq Wafa al-Dajani.
Topics:
Recommendations of the bidding committee regarding the obligation to collecting slaying fees- p. 1;
Recommendations of the bidding committee regarding the obligation to supply some supplies of the health department - pp. 1-2. Electricity street lighting project - p. 2;
The costs of converting a wing of the old slaughterhouse in Wadi al-Joz into a temporary garage for the municipality’s cars - p. 2;
Municipal tax collection - p. 3;
The request of Mr. Jabra Khoury to return to work - p. 3.

Attendance:
Representatives of various airline companies in Jerusalem,
Ramallah,
Bethlehem,
Beit Jala,
companies of steamships,
tourism and travel,
owners of hotels and restaurants,
oriental gift merchants,
owners of taxi cars and buses.

Topics:
Meeting of the special committee to ensure the comfort of the pilgrims of the holy year – p.1;
Qalandia Airport, contacting the governments of Lebanon and Syria, contacting the government of Egypt, public advertising, Bethlehem Road, financial matters of the committee - p. 2.

Attendance:
Anwar al-Khatib (chair),
Anstas Hanania (deputy),
Hussein al-Nashashibi,
Father Ibrahim 'Ayad,
Ruhi al-Khatib,
Yassin al-Khalidi,
Ibrahim Nussibeh,
Yahya Hammouda,
Dr. Ra'fat Faris,
Salah al-Din Jarallah (secretary).

Absenteeism:
Abdallah Na'was,
Dr. Muhammad Mahmmoud al-'Assi.

Topics:
Recommendations of the finance committee in relation to the requests for exemption from municipal taxes based on article 118 of the Exemption from Incomes and Taxes Act of 1938, requests for exemption due to demolition and ruins following the past exceptional circumstances - pp. 1-3;
Recommendations of the bidding committee regarding supplying winter clothes - p. 4.

Attendance:
Dr. Amin Majj (acting chair),
Mattia Marom,
Omar al-Wa’ari,
Ruhi al-Khatib,
Dr. George Farah,
Yusif al-Najar,
Fayez al-‘Alami,
Nihad Abu Gharbieh,
‘Abd al-Muhssin Abu Meizar,
Salah al-Din Jarallah (secretary),
Anton Safieh (city clerk and head of finance)

Absenteeism:
Muhie al-Din al-‘Asali,
Fou’ad Muhie al-Din al-Nashashibi,
Hussein ‘Abdeen

Topics:
The municipal council’s meeting on 2/1/1957: Approval of the decisions of the previous two meetings, the municipal council’s travel to Cairo and delegating the powers of the acting president during his absence with the delegation - p. 1;
Resignation of Hussein ‘Abdeen from the membership of the municipal council - p. 2

Attendance:
Dr. Amin Majj (acting chair),
Mattia Marom,
Ruhi al-Khatib,
Dr. George Farah,
Yusif al-Najar,
Fayez al-‘Alami,
Nihad Abu Gharbieh,
Fou’ad Muhie al-Din al-Nashashibi,
Salah al-Din Jarallah (secretary),
Anton Safieh (city clerk and head of finance)

Absenteeism:
Muhie al-Din al-‘Asali,
Omar al-Wa’ari,
‘Abd al-Muhssin Abu Meizar

Topics:
The appointment of Ruhi al-Khatib as the mayor of Jerusalem – pp. 1-2