Item JM-AIY/B936-5/1953-10-06 - Meeting of the Municipal Council (n° 98) - 1953-10-06

Number of pages: 7

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

Topics:
Approval of the decisions of the previous meeting no. 97 - p. 1;
The municipality budget for the year 53/54 as approved by the government - p. 1;
The high court of justice case filed by Abd al-Ghani Ahram and others against the central and local city planning committees and against Abd al-Mo’ati al-Qutub - p. 1;
The objection of the Latin Church and the Greek Orthodox Monastery to the construction of a public toilet on St. Francis road - p. 1;
A letter from the director of the Jerusalem construction office regarding the assignment of the city engineer to work in a sub-committee to consider loan requests - p. 2;
Appointing city guards - p. 2;
Result of the medical eyes examination of some of the municipality employees – p. 2;
Letter of the Jerusalem district governor on 24/9/53 regarding dispatching the head of the fire brigade for firefighting training in Egypt - pp. 2-3;
Cleaning the city walls from landweeds - p. 3;
Request of Isshaq al-Shurafa to pay the rent allowance for the Silwan School - p. 3;
Recommendations of the administrative committee on 3/10/53: the election of four municipal employees and workers to join the health course of UNRWA, a bylaw bill proposing sticking municipal stamps on tickets of cinema and public parks in Jerusalem, requests for exemption from paying the municipal tax on property under article (118) of the Municipalities (Poverty) Law, requests to exempt religious, cultural and charitable institutions from paying the municipal property tax - pp. 3-6;
The case against the municipality by Hajj Abdallah Ibrahim - a former municipal inspector - p. 7;
The painter Elias Siam - p. 7;
Public bus terminal - p. 7.