'ملف رقم 19/165 III (C 24) الإصلاحات في البحرين' [و‎‎١‎٦‎٠] (٤٢٦/٣٢٦)

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Shaik Hai.iad took charie pro-ress in evary direction of Municipal
work has "been rapid.He is himself President of the committee & the
entire management of affairs is vested in the Municipal Majlis.The
PoA. ao ^nds mcetinrs ex officio & the members often consult him,"but
%•-] ,0:' . iclping hemai -v.eked to do so,he has no ]?art in its
management & Sliaik Haniad himself takes no decisions except with the
concurrence Ox the majority of tlic members. The improvements effected
"by. one Municipality are nox part of the 'Reforms* introduced by us.
To revert to the actual 'reforms'
(l) me Bahrain Court has been working .or over a ycac & is most
some
popular except perhaps with^members of A1 Khalifeh v/ho now have to
oe amenable to Law like everybody else ,& a fev/ of the rich
men v/ho ,under the old regime, nobody could compalin against no matter
what they did.
All thaj; remains to be done is to ^et out a simple 'Civil Code ' &
much
'Criminal Code' as xk±3: for the guidance of the (^oiirt as for the
information of the public.It is not fair on either i that cases should
be decided off-hand by the light of nature alone. Shaik Hamad &
everybody whom we have consulted, desire a simple set of Rmles,(Sc their
introduction will meet with general approval. The idea is to keep
everything as simple as posLiele.
(2) Diving- The main difficulty has been overcome, inasmuch as ITakhudas
have stopped their opposition & now produce their accounts to the
Courts when required. The Shaik will shortly is^ue the proclamation
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a copy of which wasscnt you with my ITo . There ii, nothing new in
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this-it merely lays down the existing custom but insists that the
ITakhudas should not swindle.The onlyx innovation is the introduction
of th divers' account books.This was proposed by Colonel Trevor <5c
agreed to by Governmnnt & the books are printed & ready for issue
at the expiry of this seas on. The object is to do away with the custom
of allowing accounts to run on for years w ithout the diver knowing
how he stands .Everybody knows that the system is about to be intrad-
-uced <Sc a^ree/ that it is a good one. The decent ^akhudas welcome it-,
as "orotecting them mucxi as it does the divers .iTakhudas who were
r-iven to sharp practice naturally don't like it.
(3) The Survey is arranged for-evcrybody knows about it^Shaik Hamad is