Item JM-AIY/B936-4/1952-10-14 - Meeting of the Municipal Council (n° 47) - 1952-10-14

Number of pages: 9

Attendance:
Omar al-Wa’ari (chair),
Fou’ad Muhie al-Din al-Nashashibi,
Anton Lawrence,
Dr. Amin Majj,
Ruhi al-Khatib,
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:
Hanna ‘Atallah,
‘Arif al-‘Arif,
Fayez al-‘Alami.

Topics:
Approval of the decisions of the previous meeting no. 46 - p. 1;
Report of the special committee regarding requests for exemption from the municipal tax on property in the Jewish quarter area during the years 48/49 and 49/50 - p. 1;
The report of the head of finance on people who work in temporary jobs in the municipality and get paid from different budget items - pp. 1-2;
Answers of the mayor to the clarifications of the member ‘Arif al-‘Arif - p. 3;
The answers of the mayor to the rest of the clarifications of member Nihad Abu Gharbieh regarding workers’ compensation - p. 4;
Recommendations of the committee on education and social affairs at its meeting on 13/10/52: Setting a general rule for the municipality’s assistance to government and other schools, requests of the Jerusalem Municipality Workers Union, requests from public school pupils and others to help them paying their school fees and purchase books and other tools needed for school, requests from the education inspector of the Jerusalem district to pay the salaries of teachers in Jerusalem and Silwan’s schools, al-Ibrahimiyya college - pp. 4-7;
The request of Khamis Najim to grant him study leave - p. 7;
Surety of employees - p. 7;
Using al-Awqaf pipeline to deliver water to al-Thowri neighbourhood - p. 8;
The municipality's share of the entrance fees and burning fluids during the 51/52 fiscal year - p. 8;
Municipality budget for the year 1952/53 - pp. 8-9;
New municipalities law - p. 9;
The secretary of the council and the administration item - p. 9.