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- 1954-10-19 (Creation)
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Number of pages: 9
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Attendance:
Omar al-Wa’ari (chair),
Hanna ‘Atallah,
Ruhi al-Khatib,
Anton Lawrence,
Rashid al-Haddad,
Fayez al-‘Alami,
Nihad Abu Gharbieh,
Dr. Salim M’atouq,
Fou’ad Muhie al-Din al-Nashashibi,
Dr. George Farah,
Dr. Amin Majj,
Salah al-Din Jarallah (secretary),
Anton Safieh (city clerk and head of finance).
Absenteeism:
‘Arif al-‘Arif.
Topics:
Approval of the decisions of the previous meeting - p. 1;
The return of Dr. Amin Majj from his vacation - p. 1;
The municipality budget for the year 1954/1955;
UNRWA allowance for Jabra al-Khoury - pp. 1-2;
The technical allowance for Fayez Yunis al-Husseini – assistant of the city engineer - p. 2;
Paying a bonus to Anton Safieh from the municipality's money at Barclays Bank - p. 2;
Holding a commemoration ceremony for commandant Hitshmon on the occasion of his retirement from service - pp. 2-3;
Recommendations of the education and social affairs committee on 9/10/1954: The balance of allocations for schools aid item, request of the Independent Jerusalem Municipality Workers Union to pay the prices of school books and stationery for their children, requests of residents to pay them a financial aid to purchase school books and other supplies for their children, requests from parents to enrol their children in private schools at the municipality’s expense - p. 3- 6;
The case of Larson against the municipality before the Supreme Court of Justice regarding the YMCA buildings - p. 6;
The price of water supplied to refugees - p. 6;
Request of al-Awqaf department to pay the government the property tax on the land of al-Adhamiyyah which was appropriated by the municipality to convert it into a bus terminal - p. 6;
The case of Mustafa Khorshid against the municipality - p. 6;
Improving the Jerusalem water project - p. 7;
Recommendations of the bids committee on 13/10/54 - p. 7;
Recommendations of the roads, public works and bids committee at their meeting on 18/10/54: [Roads, ‘Ain Farah] - pp. 7-8;
Letter of the head of the tourism authority on holding a folklore festival - p. 9;
Request of the contractor of the animal market fee obligation regarding considering the insurance as part of the obligations’ value - p. 9;
Request of the student Carmelo al-Yussif to support him to complete his studies - p. 9.