Item JM-AIY/OttomanRegisters/Vol3/p46a/item310 - Problem with tax farmer for Jaffa-Jerusalem road: nomination of officer in Jaffa, 14 June 1899 (Gregorian calendar) - 2 Huzayrân 1315 (Ottoman fiscal calendar (Rumi)

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The tax farmer of Jaffa-Jerusalem carriage road Shukrî Effendi al-Nashâshîbî has not yet paid the fees of Nîsân and Mâyis of (1)315, and has fired the officers appointed by him. [Therefore,] the centers have been left without [guarding]. Although asking for permission has been accepted by the council, it proved to be useless in accordance with the conditions of tax farming as they stipulate if the tax farmer does not pay the fees on time he has not only to pay an interest confirmed by the rules, but it also authorizes the council to nullify his tax farming contract. [Then,] the council can supervise the tax farming by proxy or propose it for public bid for whoever want. Drawing on that, the amount decided by the tax farming is to be fully paid, and the tax farmer has no right to claim losses or whatever. Fearing the loss of taxes by the tax farmer, it has been decided by the council to appoint officers to collect the taxes by proxy and on the expense of the mentioned tax farmer until a final decision will be reached concerning the supervision of this tax farming. ===?? Therefore, it has been decided to appoint ‘Ali Effendi al-Nashâshîbî as an officer, al-Hâj Ahmad al-Mughrabî [as a guardian] for Jerusalem center, Muhammad ‘Alî Nâsîf as an officer and Abdullah Jârât as a guardian for Bâb al-Wâd center. As for the center Jaffa????guardians will be appointed as needed by the government of Jaffa under the condition to pay one Riyâl Majîdî daily for the authorized members and for others ==. In order for this to be approved, this decision was taken on the 2nd of Huzayrân (1)315 (14th of June 1899).
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