'File F/2 II Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Manamah Municipality' [‎179r] (357/464)

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asked to pay nore than n-i ormor of an bodice* I understand,
for oxanple, that loro la ennood to the ialadeyeh because
in none cases the ov^ero of larrfo houses live in a snail
portion of the house and pay only a snail tax to the
Balndeyoh, while if the bonce were let, the amount of the
tax paid to the Baladoyah would bo considerable# i should
be glad if you would request the -aladoyab to consider this
point.
*>♦ I an not satisfied that the statement chomlny the
?iri'ears of houGe ta?: ednt by the j anr ah Beladey: h is correct*
f* In the first place, 1 do not foci justified In
coneontintt to the recovery .''norn a tone "t of house tax during
the period when the tm v;m -^nyaMo by landlords, bocauso the ^
tax sho il' have been paid then by the landlord# H^ase tax
has been claimed in this vmy in the cace of Khan aliadur
1 \bdul Haiy al Hashnl •
m the second place, it seems unreasonable to
demand now payment from a tonmt of house tax which is said
to be duo for tho period prior to the resolution of the
£ Baladeyah «o# 7dl dated the Hfjcd rmfar 1351 (equivalent to
1 th0 ^ th ^ 3 b) which laid do n that th house tax should I
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be recovered from the landlords. Any such erroaro should
have bea:i recovered then.
jUbJecG to t’:. con.:Idorctlono In uara^Taphc 4 j 6
and 7 above, I m prepared to direct the pac^ont of house tax
by the \»-cnc" « ploys# t the 20 th rcabi ath-thonl |
1364 (equivalent to the 32 ct 3 . 030 ), the date of the
resolution of the -wlndoyrih Jvmin aBkiryr house tax recoverable j
fl ' on “ if the will furnish a» with a '
statement revised in the li *ht of the sixth and seventh j
paragraphs of this le ter, I will, in order to save the
Baladsyah/*