Item JM-AIY/B936-4/1952-09-23 - Meeting of the Municipal Council (n° 44) - 1952-09-23

Number of pages: 6

Attendance:
Omar al-Wa’ari (chair),
Hanna ‘Atallah,
Anton Lawrence,
Ruhi al-Khatib,
Fayez al-‘Alami,
Dr. George Farah,
Rashid al-Haddad,
Dr. Salim m’atouq,
Nihad Abu Gharbieh,
Salah al-Din Jarallah (secretary),
Anton Safieh (city clerk and head of finance).

Absenteeism:
Arif al-‘Arif,
Fou’ad Muhie al-Din al-Nashashibi,
Dr. Amin Majj.

Topics:
Approval of the decisions of the previous meeting no. 43 - p. 1;
Recommendation of the education and social affairs committee on 17/9/1952: The request of the headmaster of the Independence school to obtain the municipal water for free, determining a general rule for the assistance provided by the municipality to government and other schools, the request of the school of Sisters of Zion, the request of the Orthodox shelter for patients and disabled, erasure of 330 dinars of water prices from the Ramallah Police - pp. 1-2;
The administrative and financial committee at its meeting 23/9/1952: Delivering water to the areas of al-Thowri and Silwan, request of Shu’aib Mukhlis al-Husseini regarding the payment of compensation for his previous services during the mandate period, p. 2-4;
The recommendations of the committee on roads, public works and bidding at its meeting on 22/9/52: the two objections of the wholesale and retail merchants of vegetables and fruits to establish a vegetable market on the site chosen by the municipality in Wadi al-Joz, repairing the channel of winter water from al-Sheikh Jarrah to Wadi al-Sawahri, petition of the residents of Wadi al-Joz and Herod’s Gate to pave roads in their neighbourhoods, bidds, construction and paving two roads of Karam Rassas, construction of sewers in Herod’s Gate - pp. 4-5;
Transfer request in budget items - p. 6;
Jerusalem Revival Association - p. 6;
Surety of employees - p. 6.