Supplement $o. 2 to Cfte paWne «5a?ette H5o. 1113 of lOtf) %ul% 1941.
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1940 No. 1192. EVIDENCE. POSTAL PACKETS.
ORDER IN COUNCIL UNDER S. 2 (2) (c) OF THE EVIDENCE AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT, 1940 (3 & 4 GEO. 6. c. 28), SPECIFYING THE PERSONS WHO ARE COMPETENT OFFICERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SIGNING CERTIFICATES. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2nd day of July, 1940. PRESENT, THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by subsection (2) (c) of section 2 of the Evidence and Powers of At• torney Act, 1940, it is enacted that the expression "competent officer" in that sec• tion means a person holding any such appointment or office (whether within or with• out the United Kingdom) concerned with the examination of postal !Jackets as may be specified in an Order of His Majesty in Council : Now, THEREFORE, His Majesty, in exercise of the power so conferred upon Him and of all other powers enabling Him in that behalf, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to order and it is hereby ordered that any person holding any such appointment or office as is specified in the schedule to this Order, being appointments or offices concerned with the examination of postal packets, shall be a competent officer for the purposes of section 2 of the Evidence and Powers of At• torney Act, 1940. RUPERT. B. HOWORTH. SCHEDULE.
Director or Senior Staff Officer in the Investigation Branch of the Personnel De• partment of the Post Office. Deputy Assistant Censor or superior office in the Postal and Telegraph Censorship in the United Kingdom. — 1007 — 1068
Assistant Censor or superior office in the Postal and Telegraph Censorship in any Dominion as defined in Section 1 of the Statute of Westminster, 1931, or in any territory in respect of which a Mandate has been accepted by His Majesty and is being exercised by His Majesty's Government in a Dominion. Chief Censor in the Postal and Telegraph Censorship in any Colony or British Protectorate, or in any territory in respect of which a Mandate has been accepted by His Majesty and is being exercised by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. Officer in His Majesty's Armed Forces, not below the acting rank of — (a) Lieutenant, Boyal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve, or Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve or (b) Lieutenant, Royal Marines or (c) Captain in His Majesty's Army or (d) Flying Officer in the Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Reserve, or Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve appointed to duties concerned with the examination of postal packets. (J/210/33)
DEFENCE REGULATIONS MADE UNDER ARTICLE 3 OF THE EMERGENCY POWERS (COLONIAL DEFENCE) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1939, AND THE EMERGENCY POWERS (DEFENCE) ACT, 1939.
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in him by article 3 of the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Order in Council, 1939, and the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939, the High Commissioner has made the following Defence Regulations :— Citation. 1. These regulations may be cited as the Defence (Amend• ment of Food and Essential Commodities (Control) Ordinance, 1939) Regulations (No. 2), 1941. Interpretation. 2. In these regulations the term "principal Ordinance" means No. 34 of 1939. the Food and Essential Commodities (Control) Ordinance, 1939. Amendment of 3. Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended by section 7 of the the insertion of the following words at the end thereof :— principal Ordinance. "and the Controller or the public officer may seize and detain any such books or documents if he has reasonable ground for suspecting that they contain evidence of the commission of a contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any rule, order, licence or permit issued thereunder or any order made or direction given or requirement imposed by the Con• troller of Supplies, acting as a Competent Authority for the purposes of regulation 46 of the Defence Regulations, 1939." By His Excellency's Command, J. S, MACPHERSON Chief Secretary. (CF/279/39) 1 10th July, 1941 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE No. 1113—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 1069
FISHERIES ORDINANCE, 1937.
RULES MADE BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER UNDER SECTION 9.
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by section 9 of the Fisheries Or• dinance, 1937, the High Commissioner has made the following rules :— 1. These rules may be cited as the Fisheries (Amendment) Citation. Rules (No. 3), 1941, and shall be read as one with the Fisheries Rules, 1937, hereinafter referred to as the principal rules.
2. The principal rules shall be amended by the addition thereto Addition of of the following rules as rules 11,12 and 13 :— rules 11, 12 and 13 to the "Eestrictions 11. —(1) No person shall import or introduce principal rules. on introduction into Palestine any live fish, eggs or fry, without of live fish. the previous written permission of the Chief Fi• sheries Officer, and then only under such condi• tions as1 may be imposed by the Chief Fisheries Officer. (2) In particular the Chief Fisheries Officer may at his discretion order the fish, eggs or fry in question to be kept under observation or qua• rantine where and for such period as he thinks fit, at the expense of the importer or introducer, and may where he considers necessary order the destruction of all or any of the fish, eggs or fry, any resulting loss or expense being borne wholly by the importer or introducer. Further, the Chief Fisheries Officer may make detailed condi• tions at his discretion as to the place and manner of keeping and controlling such fish after their entry into Palestine.
Eestrictions 12. —(1) No person may, without the previous on the transfer written permission of the Chief Fisheries Officer, of live fish. transfer from one water area in Palestine to an• other any live fish, eggs or fry, which are either :— (a) members of a native predatory species, namely, Catfish (Clarias Lazera), Kersin {Barbus longiceps) or Kishri (Barbus canis); or (b) members of non-native species, excepting only the larvicidal fish Gambusia and carp where they are being transferred from one stretch of private water to another and the latter stretch of private water has no direct connection with Lake Tiberias. 1070 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1113—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 10th July, 1941
(2) This rule shall not apply to live fish which are being bona fide transferred to market for sale for consumption.
Eeporting of 13.—(1) It shall be an offence for any person fish disease. knowing of the outbreak or presence of any fish disease in a private or public water, not to report to that effect at once in writing to the Chief Fish• eries Officer.
(2) When a fish disease is present in any area of private or public water the Chief Fisheries Of• ficer may at his discretion order such action or impose such conditions as he may think fit in order to control the disease, and such action may include where necessary the destruction of fish, and the emptying of ponds. The expenses of the execution of any such action and the application of any such conditions shall fall on the owners of the fish, who shall have no rights of compensa• tion for such fish as the Chief Fisheries Officer may have deemed it necessary to destroy."
By His Excellency's Command,
J. S. MACPHERSON 4th July, 1941. Chief Secretary. (A/118/36)
GUIDES ORDINANCE.
NOTICE.
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that any applicant for a certificate by the Director of Antiquities under paragraph (2) of rule 2 of the Guides Rules will be required to show that he possesses such knowledge as is necessary to conduct visitors to the monuments named hereunder. The notice under the Guides Ordinance, published in the Gazette of 1st November, 1927, is hereby cancelled.
A detailed knowledge of the history of the monuments is not essential.
JERUSALEM. Intra Muros : Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Haram esh Sharif (with entrance gates). Wailing Wall. Citadel. City Walls and Gates. St. Anne's Church. 10th July, 1941 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1113—SUPPLEMENT No. 2. 1071
"Bcce Homo arch", and Roman pavement in Convent of N.D. de Sion. Antonia. "Prison of Christ". "Hezekiah's Pool". ''Stations of the Cross.'' Armenian Church of St. James. St. Mark's (Syrian) Convent. Suq el-Qattanin. Madrasa Tankiziyya. Khaldiyah Library. Fountains in the Wad Street. Fountain at Bab es-Silsileh. "Robinson's Arch". Khanqah Salahiyah. Church of St. John the Baptist. Suq el Attarin. Suq el Lahhamin. Suq el Suyyagb. Madrasa Tushtamuriyya. Mausoleum of Turkan Khatun. Palace and Tomb of Sitt Tunshuq al-Muzaffariyya. Ancient Walls in the Russian Monastery (New Bazaar).
Extra Muros :
"Solomon's Quarries". "Grotto of Jeremiah" (el Adhamiya). Church of the Tomb of the Virgin. Church of the Ascension. Gethsemane. "Tombs of the Prophets". "Absalom's Tomb". "Jehoshaphat's Tomb". "St. James's Tomb". "Zachariah's Tomb". Ophel (including the Jebusite Rampart, Hezekiah's tunnel and pool of Siloam). St. Pierre in Gallicantu. "Tomb of David". "Tomb of Herod's Wife". "Garden Tomb". "Tombs of the Kings". '' Tombs of the Judges''. "Tomb of Simon the Just".
BETHLEHEM. Church of the Nativity. "Solomon's Pools". 1072 10th July, 1941
HEBRON. Haram. Bazaars. "Abraham's Oak" (Russian Compound). Ramat el Khalil.
BEIT JIBRIN. ]Mosaics. Remains of Church (Khirbet el Kanisa) Crusader building in village. Painted Tombs. "Columbaria". Excavations of Lachish (Tell ed-Duweir).
GAZA. Old Serai. Main Mosque. St. Porphyry's Church. RAMLEH. Main Mosque. "Tower of Forty Martyrs" and white mosque. Anaiziyya Cistern ("St. Helena's Cistern") LUDD. Beybars' Bridge. (Jisr Jindas). St. George's *Church. NABLUS. Samaritan Synagogue. Main Mosque. Mount Gerizim. Balata (Shechem). NAZARETH. Franciscan Churches and Museum. Greek Orthodox Church of Annunciation. ACRE. Walls (including old wall of JJaher el 'Omar) and Citadel. "Crypt of St. John". Jazzar's Mosque. Qalaat Qurein (Montfort). Es Seraya el Atiqa (for vaults below). St. George's Church (for British memorial). St. Andrew's Church (for vaults below). Khan el Ifranj. Khan el 'Umdan. Khan esh-Shawarda (for Crusader inscription nearby). TIBERIAS. Roman City Site. Jewish Tombs to the South of the Town. MEIRUN. Synagogue. SEBASTIA. Excavations. Mosque. CAPERNAUM. Synagogue. Kerazeh Synagogue. JERICHO. Site of Ancient Jericho. Palace at Kh. el Mafjar. Mosaic pavement of Ancient Synagogue. 10th July, 1941 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE No. 1113—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 1073
AsCALON. Ancient Town and Crusader Walls. CAESAREA. Crusader Walls, Church, Harbour, Hippodrome, Site of Theatre.
TABGHA. Mosaic pavement in Church of Heptapegon. Umayyad Palace at Kh. el Minya. Prehistoric caves in Wadi el Amud. ATHLIT. Castle and Town. Crusader Cemetery. Crusaders fort at Dustrey. Prehistoric caves in Wadi el Mughara.
CUSTOMS ORDINANCE.
NOTICE.
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED by the High Commissioner in accordance with rule 28 of the rules made under the Customs Ordinance that the warehouse of MESSRS. SHAR- PUT LIMITED, Haifa, situated in Harbour Street No. 24, the property of MR. J. SUIDAN, has been approved as a General Bonded Warehouse with effect from the first day of June, 1941.
By His Excellency's Command,
J. S. MACPHERSON 1st July, 1941. Chief Secretary. (C/589/33)
SUCCESSION ORDINANCE.
ORDER, NO. 66 OF 1941, BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER UNDER SECTION 6(2).
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in him by section 6(2) of the Succession Ordinance, the High Commissioner hereby directs the Cap. 135. constitution of a special Moslem Court consisting of SHEIKH MO• HAMMAD TEWFIC EFF. AL-TIBI, a member of the Sharia Court of Appeal of Palestine, for the declaration of the succession to the estates, situate in Palestine, of the following deceased persons :—
(1) EL HAJ MUSSA BEN EL HAJ IVHALIL BAZI of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon;
(2) EL HAJ ABED EL HUSSEIN BEN EL HAJ SLIMAN BAZI of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon: 10th July, 1941
(3) EL HAJ ISMAIL BEN EL HAJ MOHAMMAD BAZI of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon;
(4) EL HAJ ABED EL HUSSEIN BEN EL HAJ MOHAMMAD BAZI of Tyr, Lebanon.
By His Excellency's Command,
J. S. MACPHERSON 2nd July, 1941. Chief Secretary. (J/83/41)
LOCAL COUNCILS ORDINANCE.
BENEI BERAQ LOCAL COUNCIL.
BY-LAWS MADE UNDER PARAGRAPH 7 OF THE LOCAL COUNCILS (BENEI BERAQ) ORDER, 1937.
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in them by paragraph 7 of the Local Councils (Benei Beraq) Order, 1937, the Local Council of Benei Beraq, with the approval of the District Commissioner, Lydda District, have made the following by-laws :—
Citation. 1. These by-laws may be cited as the Benei Beraq (Payment of Rates) By-laws, 1941. '
Payment of 2. The rates and fees levied by the Local Council of Benei rates in Beraq under paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (c) of paragraph 9(1) of the Benei Beraq. Local Councils (Benei Beraq) Order, 1937, shall be paid in twelve equal instalments, each payable on the first day of every calendar month in advance, beginning the first day of April of every year.
Commencement. 3. These by-laws shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of April, 1941.
IZHAK GERSHTENKORN President, Local Council of Benei Beraq.
Approved.
R. E. H. CROSBIE District Commissioner, Lydda District. 10th July, 1941 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE No. 1113—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 1075
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ORDINANCE, 1934.
BY-LAWS MADE BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM UNDER SECTION 99.
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in them by section 99 of the Municipal Cor porations Ordinance, 1934, the Municipal Council of Jerusalem have made the following by-laws :—
1. These by-laws may be cited as the Jerusalem (Water Supply) Citation. 1941״ ,By-laws
2. For the purpose of these by-laws — Interpretation. "Connection" shall mean the pipe which extends from the water main of the Council up to the meter including all stopcocks, valves, surface boxes and the water meter cham ber used or to be used for or in connection with the supply of water by the Council. "Corporation", "Council" and "Area" shall mean the Muni cipal Corporation, Municipal Council and the Municipal Area of Jerusalem respectively. "Deposit" shall mean an amount payable in advance by the owner in accordance with the terms of the schedule hereto, as a security for the payment of his water rates. "Despatch" shall mean the service of any statement of ac counts, demand note, notice or warning, or any similar do cument on any person either by ordinary post or by leaving the same at his business premises or at his residence; the date of despatch in the manner prescribed above shall be the date of despatch by ordinary post. Despatch effected at the business premises or residence of any person, shall be considered to have been duly effected if the document is handed over by an officer of the Corporation to such person or any other person working in his business premises or to any of the members of his family residing with him in his residence. "Engineer" shall mean the Water Engineer employed speci fically by the Council for water supply. "Meter" shall mean any appliance, the property of the Cor poration, supplied and installed by them, for the purpose of measuring and ascertaining the amount of water taken or used from the Water Works in respect of any premises. "Owner" shall mean the person who is in receipt of rents or profits of any premises in respect of which the word is used, whether on his own account or as agent, trustee or guardian for any other person, or who would so receive the same if the premises were leased, whether or not he is in possession 1076 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1113—SUPPLEMENT No. 2. 10th July, 1941
or is the reputed or registered owner, and shall include any co-owner and shall also include the mutawali of any waqf.
"Premises' shall mean buildings and lands of any tenure whether open or enclosed, whether built upon or not, whether public or private and whether maintained or not under statutory authority.
"Service" shall mean all pipes, valves, cisterns, cocks, fit• tings and other appliances (except the meter) commencing from the meter and situated within the boundaries of pre• mises through which water flows or is intended to flow from the Water Works and being the property of the owner of such premises.
"Supply of water for domestic purposes or for domestic and ordinary purposes" shall not include a supply of water for cattle or for horses or for washing vehicles or for steam engines or for railway purposes or for warming or ventilating purposes in public buildings or for working any machine or apparatus or for any trade, manufacture or business whatso• ever, or for watering gardens by means of any tap, tube, pipe or other such like apparatus, or for fountains or for public baths or wash-houses, or for any ornamental purpose whatsoever.
"Water Rate" shall mean the charge prescribed by the. Coun• cil, with the approval of the Commissioner, and payable by the owner for water supplied to his premises.
"Water Works" means all reservoirs, tanks, wells, cisterns, tunnels, filter beds, mains, pipes, fountains, valves, pumps, engines and all other structures or appliances used or con• structed for the storage, conveyance, supply, measurement or regulation of water which are used or have been con• structed by or on behalf of the Council and are the property of the Corporation or which shall hereafter be used or con• structed by the Council.
Application 3.—(1) An owner desiring to be supplied with water must first for supply. make application in writing to the Engineer in the prescribed form.
(2) The Engineer shall define the conditions and, subject to the schedule, specify the deposit to be paid, under which the application may be granted and may refuse to supply water until all such con• ditions have been executed.
(3) An applicant who is not satisfied with the decision of the Engineer as to the conditions required of him may appeal against such a,decision to the Council, or to a committee appointed by the Council for this purpose, whose decision shall be final. 10th July, 1941 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE No. 1113—SUPPLEMENT No. 2. 1077
4. The service shall be provided, laid and maintained in accord- Service, ance with the prescribed conditions and to the satisfaction of the Engineer by and at the cost of the owner who shall also be respon• sible for their being kept in sound repair.
5. —(1) The connection to the main shall be made by the Council Connection, and all expenses and fees for such a connection as prescribed in the schedule shall be paid in advance by the owner. No unauthorised person shall open, close or in an}^ way interfere with any pipes, valves or appliances of the connection under any pretext whatever save with the authority of the Engineer. (2) No premises being in one ownership or co-ownership shall have more than one connection.
6. An applicant whose application is approved by the Engineer Contract. shall first enter into a contract with the Engineer, on behalf of the Corporation, for the supply of water.
7. No owner or other person shall instal any service or alter, No installation extend or interfere with a service laid or fixed by or with the author• or alteration of ity of the Engineer before having first obtained the written permis• service without permission. sion of the Engineer so to do.
8. —(1) No person shall permit an ashpit, cesspit, percolating pit Contamination. or other unclean area or receptacle or thing to be near the service. (2) The owner shall be responsible for the removal, repair or alteration of such ashpit, cesspit, percolating pit or other unclean area, receptacle or thing whatsoever, when required by a written notice of the Engineer so to do. If the owner fails to remove, re• pair or alter the things required by the Engineer in the Notice within the time and in the manner prescribed therein, the Engineer shall be entitled to effect the removal, repair or alteration and to recover the expense thereof from the owner.
9. No owner or person shall permit any waste or contamination Waste and by reason of any defective service or by leaving the service open, or contamination. by permitting any unclean substances to enter the service by any means. Any such defect or contamination in the service shall be reported immediately to the Engineer by the owner who shall cause the requisite measures to rectify the defect or contamination to be taken immediately.
10. —(1) No persons, other than a plumber duly authorised in Authorised writing by the Engineer, shall execute or be permitted to execute plumbers. any installation, alteration or repair of any service. A plumber must produce his permit on demand at any time to any person authorised by the Engineer or to an owner. 1078 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1113—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 10th July, 1941
(2) Any person desiring to obtain a permit to practise as a plum• ber for the purpose of these by-laws must first submit himself to the Engineer for examination, and must produce to him such docu• mentary or other evidence as to his technical qualifications as the Engineer shall, in his discretion, deem necessary. The Engineer may refuse to grant a permit without assigning any reasons for such refusal.
(3) If at any time a person holding a permit to practise as' a plumber under these by-laws is, in the opinion of the Engineer, omitting or failing to execute work to his satisfaction, he may can• cel his permit, and such plumber shall no longer be permitted to practise as a plumber under these by-laws.
Use for other 11. No owner or person shall use or permit to be used any water than domestic for any purposes other than domestic or ordinary purposes without or ordinary the approval in writing of the Engineer. For the purpose of these purposes. by-laws the Engineer may with the approval of the Council impose any conditions general or particular for the supply of water for any purpose other than domestic or ordinary purposes, and the owner shall be bound by such conditions.
Removal of 12. No owner shall, without the written authority of the En• water from gineer, permit any person to take water from his premises for any premises. use or purpose whatsoever, other than those prescribed in the con• tract .
Interference 13. No person may bathe or wash in any part of the water with water works, and no person may, save with the permission of the En• works. gineer, throw, cause or permit any body or substance to enter there• in or to damage or tamper with, or alter the water works.
Installation 14. Before the water supply is turned on to any service the of meter. Corporation shall instal a meter.
Test of meter. 15. The Engineer shall have the right at any time to inspect, test, repair and change the meter at his discretion. If on the other hand, an owner requests the Engineer to test the meter, the En• gineer shall do so provided the owner pays in advance the fee pre• scribed in the schedule hereto.
Safeguarding 16. The owner shall undertake in writing to safeguard, within of meter. the boundaries of his property, the meter and pay the annual rent as prescribed in the schedule hereto.
Interference 17. Any interference with the meter shall render the owner with meter. liable to disconnection of the supply.
Water rate. 18. The owner shall pay for the supply of water, the water rates, deposit and fees prescribed in the schedule hereto which shall 10th July, 1941 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1113—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 1079
be subject to alteration, from time to time, by a resolution of the Council with the approval of the Commissioner.
19. —(1) The quantity of water supplied to the owner shall be Calculation of that recorded by the meter. water rate• (2) Should the Engineer be satisfied that the meter is defective or fails or failed to indicate the correct quantity of water consumed, or is broken or damaged, the water charge for the period during which the meter was out of order shall be based on the quantity taken by the owner during the preceding period of six months of the similar season; if water has been supplied for less than six months the quantity of water shall be assessed on the same principle at the discretion of the Engineer. If the owner is not satisfied with the decision of the Engineer, he may appeal against such decision to the Council, or to a committee specially appointed by the Council, whose decision shall be final.
20. The Council shall not be liable in the event of any failure or Liability of shortage of supply or defect in the quality of water howsoever Council, caused.
,clays of Disconnection 14׳ An owner failing to pay his accounts within .21 despatch by the Engineer, or failing, after due warning in writing by the Engineer, to prevent any waste or abuse of water, or nuis ance shall be liable to have the supply of water to his premises dis connected and shall not be entitled to have the supply of water re-connected until he shall have paid all outstanding sums due or rectified the defect, together with a re-opening fee as prescribed in the schedule hereto and the cost of re-connection.
22. Any officer of the Corporation, duly authorised by the Power of entry. Council, may, at any time between eight o'clock in'the morning and five o'clock in the evening, and upon giving reasonable notice, enter upon any premises for the purpose of examining, repairing or removing any water pipe, fitting or other apparatus. Any person who hinders or obstructs such an officer in the execution of such duty shall be liable to the penalties provided in these by-laws.
23. Except as provided in by-law 21 hereof, any person contra- Penalties, vening any of the provisions of these by-laws, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £P.20.— for any one offence and in the case of a continuing offence to an additional fine not exceeding £P.l.— for every, day during which the offence is continued after written notice from the Mayor of such contravention or after conviction, provided he shall not be liable to punishment for the same offence under more than one law or Ordinance. 1080
SCHEDULE OF CHARGES.
I. FORMS.
1. Application form for new supply 10 mils. 2. Application form for transfer of supply 10 mils.
II. CONNECTIONS.
1. Inspection of premises prior to connection and payable in advance 500 mils. 2. Departmental overhead charges for execution of works by the Corporation for owners, pay able in advance 15% of the cost estimated by the Engineer. 3. Main charge. The Corporation may lay, at their expense a lateral pipe of a length of not more than 100 metres from the nearest main pipe. A lateral pipe of more than 100 metres from the main pipe may be laid by the Cor poration at the expense of the owner. A charge shall be paid by the owner of all pre P.l per each building־£ mises connected to such main or lateral of connected. 4. Minimum standing deposit as security for payment of water rates : (a) Domestic and ordinary supply for each owner £T. 1.500. (b) Domestic supply for each owner whose premises are in a garden •ÜP.2.—. (c) Garden supply only £P.3.—. (d) Supply for constructions £P.15—. (c) Supply for commercial and industrial pre mises £P.3.—.
III. RE-OPENING.
Re-opening fee for the same person in respect of the same premises and for the same use 250 mils.
IV. TRANSFER.
Transfer of contract from one owner to an• other in respect of the same premises for the same use 150 mils. 10th July, 1941 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE No. 1113—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 1081
V. RECURRENT CHARGES.
1. Water rate An amount for each cubic metre, payable three monthly in arrears, and fixed by resolution of the Council with the ap proval of the Commis sioner.
2. Minimum rate 200 mils a month. .mils a month 50 ״| ,"\ Rent of a meter of a capacity of .3 .mils a month 80 ׳Rent of a meter of a capacity of 1", 1]: 11 Rent of a meter of a capacity of 2" 150 mils a month. Rent of a meter of a capacity of 4" 250 mils a month. 4. Test of a meter at the request of an owner 100 mils a test payable in advance but refundable if the meter is found by such test to be out of order.
M. EL KHALDI Mayor of Jerusalem. Confirmed.
Bv His Excellencv's Command, J. S. MACPHERSON 30th June, 1941. Chief Secretary. (G/6/41)
PRESS ORDINANCE.
NOTICE OF GRANT OF A PERMIT TO KEEP A PRINTING PRESS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a permit No. 60 has been granted on the 26th day of June, 1941, under the hand of the District Commissioner, Haifa District, to SA'D SHAMIYEH, residing at Haifa, to keep a printing press situated at Suq Street, Haifa, known as the Tijariyeh Printing Press.
Dated this 4th dav of Julv, 1941.
H. C. HOLME for Chief Secretary. (K/31/33) 1082 THE PALESTIXE GAZETTE NO. 1113—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 10th July, 1941
PRESS ORDINANCE.
NOTICE OF GRANT OF A PERMIT TO KEEP A PRINTING PRESS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a permit No. P. TA/9 has been granted on the third day of May, 1941, under the hand of the District Commissioner, Lydda Dis trict, to MR. NISSIM BEN EZRA, residing at 17, Zevulun Street, Tel Aviv, to keep a printing press situated at 7, Merhavia Street, Tel Aviv, and known as the Ben Ezra Printing Press. Dated this 30th day of June, 1941.
O. M. TWEEDY for Chief Secretary. (K/64/33)
PRESS ORDINANCE.
NOTICE OF GRANT OF A PERMIT TO KEEP A PRINTING PRESS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a permit No. P. TA/10 has been granted on the third day of May, 1941, under the hand of the District Commissioner, Lydda Dis IV, to keep a׳trict, to MR. SINAI YAMNIAK, residing at 6, Lilienblum Street, Tel AA printing press situated at 62, Nahlat Binyamin Street, Tel Aviv, and known as the Sinai Printing Press. Dated this 30th day of June, 1941.
H. C. HOLME for Chief Secretary. (K/64/33)
LAND (SETTLEMENT OF TITLE) ORDINANCE.
ORDER, NO. 67 OF 1941, BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested is him by section 4 of the Land (Settlement of Title) Ordinance, the High Commissioner has appointed MR. J. A. O'CONNOR to be Settlement Officer for the purpose of the settlement of the areas included within the boundaries of the Beisan and Jenin Sub-Districts.
By His Excellency's Command, J. S. MACPHERSON 1st July, 1941. Chief Secretary. (L/6/38) 10th July, 1941 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1113—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 1083
LAND (SETTLEMENT OE TITLE) ORDINANCE.
ORDER, NO. 68 OF 1941, BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in him by section 3 of the Land (Settlement of Title) Ordinance, the High Commissioner has ordered that a settlement of rights to land and registration thereof shall be effected in the areas included within the boundaries of the Beisan and Jenin Sub-Districts and that, after a period of thirty days from the date of publication of this Order, the demarcation of parcels and pre sentation of claims mav begin within the boundaries of the Beisan and Jenin Sub- Districts.
By His Excellency's Command, J. S. MACPHERSON .1st July, 1941. Chief Secretary־ (L/C/38)
LAND (SETTLEMENT OF TITLE) ORDINANCE.
PARCELLATION ACCEPTANCE NOTICE.
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in me by the proviso to section 23 of the Land (Settlement of Title) Ordinance, I hereby give notice that I have approved and accepted the sub-division of all the lands of Umm el-Ghanam Village, in the Sub- District of Nazareth, comprising registration blocks Nos. 16996 to 17004, whether airy •such lands are or are not registered as held in individual shares or held in common and whether they were formerly distributed or not distributed periodically among the inhabitants of Er-Reina Village or a section thereof or among other persons.
J. A. O'CONNOR Settlement Officer, 5th July, 1941. Nazareth Settlement Area. (Gaz/1/40)
LAND (SETTLEMENT OF TITLE) ORDINANCE.
NOTIFICATION OF COMMENCEMENT OF SETTLEMENT.
THE PUBLIC ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Settlement Notice under section 7 of the Land (Settlement of Title) Ordinance was issued in respect of the lands of the village scheduled hereunder. Anv person claiming an interest in the lands of the said village or in the lands of adjoining villages which abut on the boundaries of the village mentioned in the schedule hereto, should act in the manner prescribed in the Land (Settlement of Title) Ordinance. The above mentioned notice may be inspected at the following places :— 1084 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1113—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 10th July, 1941
Office of the Settlement Officer of the Area; Office of the District Commissioner of the District; Office of the District Officer of the Sub-District; In the village.
Settlement Approximate Officer of Date of Date of Com• Village Sub-District District the Area Issue of mencement (Office at) Notice of Settlement
All the lands of Nazareth Galilee Haifa 30th June, 10th July, Nahalal vil• 1941 1941 " lage compris• ing Fiscal Blocks I, II, III, IV and V
M. C BENNETT 7th July, 1941. Director of Land Settlement. (Gaz/1/40)
LAND (SETTLEMENT OF TITLE) ORDINANCE. NOTICE.
THE PUBLIC ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that schedules of claims to land in the village and settlement area scheduled hereunder have been posted at the office of the As• sistant Settlement Officer in the village concerned, at the office of the Settlement Officer of the Settlement Area and at the office of the District Officer of the Sub- District in which the village is situated, in accordance with section 24 of the Ordinance.
Persons having any interest in the lands of the said village should examine the schedules and should take the necessary steps to ensure that their rights including mortgages, leases for a period of more than three years or servitudes are examined by the Settlement Officer.
Office of Settlement Village Sub-District Settlement Officer of the Area Area (Office at)
Qusqus Tab'un Haifa Haifa Haifa
M. C. BENNETT 30th June, 1941. Director of Land Settlement. (Gaz/1/40) 10th July, 1941 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1113—:SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 1085
LAND (SETTLEMENT OF TITLE) ORDINANCE.
NOTICE OF POSTING OF SCHEDULES OF EIGHTS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the schedules of rights to land in the town and villages and settlement areas scheduled hereunder, and for the registration blocks mentioned, have been posted at the offices of the Area Settlement Officers concerned and at the District Offices of the Sub-Districts in which the town and villages are situated, in accordance with section 33(2) of the Ordinance.
Town or ; Settlement Settlement Nos. of Village Sub-District Area Office at Registration Blocks
Nazla \ Gaza Gaza Gaza 973, 976 and 1817.
J abaliya Gaza Gaza Gaza 1800, 1804 and 1806.
Shafa 'Amr Haifa \ Haifa Haifa 10299 and 10369.
Qisariya Haifa Haifa Haifa 10629, 10630, (Caesarea) 10631, 10632, 10642, 10655, 10656, 10657, 10658, 10659, 10660, 10661, 10662, 10663 and 10667.
Kefar Hassidim ! Haifa Haifa Haifa 11127 and 11149.
M. C. BENNETT 5th July, 1941. Director• of Land Settlement (Gaz/1/40)
RABIES ORDINANCE, 1934. NOTICE BY THE CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER UNDER SECTION 9.
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in me by section 9 of the Rabies Ordinance, 1934, I hereby declare the Sub-District of Jenin to be an area infected with rabies.
8th July, 1941. G. B. SIMMINS (Gaz/7/40) Chief Veterinary Officer. 1086 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1113—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 10th July, 1941
CUSTOMS T A BIFF AND EXEMPTION ORDINANCE, 1937.
ORDER, NO. 69 OP 1941, BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER UNDER ITEM 775 OF THE SCHEDULE.
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in him by the proviso to item 775 of the Sche• dule to the Customs Tariff and Exemption Ordinance, 1937, as enacted in the Customs Tariff and Exemption Order (No. 6), 1940, the High Commissioner has been pleased to order and it is hereby ordered as follows :— The Order by the High Commissioner dated the 20th November, 1940, made under item 775 of the Schedule to the Customs Tariff and Exemption Ordinance, 1937, and published in the Gazette No. 1060 of 5th December, 1940, shall be amended by the insertion of the following at the end of the list of approved institu• tions appearing therein :—
Goods for which exemption is approved
"The Church of Scotland Commit• tee on Hut and Canteen Work for His Majesty's Forces — All goods excluding tobacco and in• toxicating liquors."
By His Excellency's Command,
J. S. MACPHERSON 5th July, 1941. Chief Secretary. (C/136/41)
DEFENCE REGULATIONS, 1939.
ORDER BY COMPETENT AUTHORITY UNDER REGULATION 46.
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in me by regulation 46 of the Defence Regula• tions, 1939, I, CHRISTOPHER WILSON BROWN, Director of Public Works, being a Competent Authority for the purposes of the said regulation, do hereby order as follows : — Citation and i. This Order may be cited as the Scrap Metal Storage (Haifa) commencement. Order, 1941, and shall come into force on the 21st day of July, 1941.
Interpretation. 2. Ill this Order — "Area" means the Town Planning Area of Haifa; "District Commissioner" means the District Commissioner of the Haifa District; 10th July, 1941 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE No. 1113—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 1087
"Scrap metal" means any waste metal of whatever kind in• cluding discarded boilers, tanks, engines or machines or parts of boilers, tanks, engines, or machines or any discarded article made of metal which is no longer in use for the pur• pose for which it was originally intended or any part of such discarded article.
3. No person shall on any site within the area stack or store Restriction on or cause or permit to be stacked or stored any scrap metal of any stacking or storing of quantity exceeding one ton in weight, except under the authority scrap metal. of and in accordance with the conditions contained in a licence granted by the District Commissioner under this Order.
4. Any police constable, any official of the Municipal Corpora• Powers of entry tion of Haifa or any officer authorised by me in that behalf, may and inspection. at any time enter and inspect any place within the area in which scrap metal is stacked or stored with a view to securing compliance with the provisions of this Order or with the conditions contained in anv licence granted under this Order.
5.—(D Where it appears to the District Commissioner that any Powers of scrap metal is stacked or stored within the area in contravention District Commissioner. of the provisions of this Order or any licence granted under this Order, the District Commissioner may (without prejudice to any prosecution which may be brought in respect* of such contravention against the person in default) —
(a) in any case where it appears to the District Commissioner that such scrap metal has been stacked or stored without a licence granted under this Order, direct any person who has the possession of or control over such scrap metal, or the land on which such scrap metal iû found, to take such steps as shall be specified by the District Commissioner, within a time to be so specified, as he may think fit; or
(b) in any case where it appears to the District Commissioner that such scrap metal has been stacked or stored in con• travention of the conditions of any licence granted under this Order, direct any person who has the possession of or control over such scrap metal, to take such steps as shall be specified by the District Commissioner, within a time to be so specified, as he may think fit to secure compliance with such conditions.
(2) In the event of failure to comply with any such direction within the time specified as aforesaid, the District Commissioner or any officer authorised by him in that behalf may cause such steps to be taken with .respect to such scrap metal as he may 2thJuly , 1941־. THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1113—SUPPLEMENT No. 10 1088.
think fit with a view to securing the safety of the area, and the amount of any expenses incurred in taking such steps shall be, and shall be recoverable as, a debt due to the Government of Palestine.
O. WILSON BROWN Director of Public Works. 4th July, 1941. Competent Authority.
DEFENCE REGULATIONS, 1939.
ORDER BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER UNDER REGULATION 51.
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in him by regulation 51 of the Defence Re gulations, 1939, the High Commissioner has been pleased to order and hereby orders the requisitioning of the following vessel which is registered in Palestine :— Motor launch No. Haifa 42.
By His Excellency's Command, J. S. MACPHERSON 5th July, 1941. Chief Secretary. (C/97/41)
DEFENCE REGULATIONS MADE UNDER ARTICLE 3 OF THE EMERGENCY POWERS (COLONIAL DEFENCE) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1939, AND THE EMERGENCY POWERS (DEFENCE) ACT, 1939.
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in him by Article 3 of the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Order in Council, 1939, and the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939, the High Commissioner has made the following Defence Regulations :—
Citation. 1. These regulations may be cited as the Defence (Trans- Jordan Frontier Force) (Amendment) Regulations (No. 2), 1941.
Interpretation. 2. In these regulations the "principal Ordinance" means the No. 34 of 1940. Trans-Jordan Frontier Force Ordinance, 1940.
Amendment of 3. Section 45 of the principal Ordinance shall be amended — section 45 of the principal (a) by the addition of the following paragraph at the end of Ordinance. subsection (2) thereof : — "(i) On active service field punishment within the mean ing of section 43(6) of this Ordinance for any period not exceeding twenty-eight days."; (b) by the repeal of subsection (7) thereof. 10th July, 1941 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1113—SUPPLEMENT No. 2. 1089
4. Section 74 of the principal Ordinance shall be amended by Amendment of the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c) of section 74 of subsection (2) thereof :— the principal Ordinance. "(c) when he is considered by the commanding officer to be inefficient as a soldier."
By His Excellency's Command, J. S. MACPHERSON 8th July, 1941. Chief Secretary. (TS/15/41)
PALESTINE ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1922.
PROCLAMATION BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER UNDER ARTICLE 11.
IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in me by Article 11 of the Palestine Order in Council, 1922, I, SIR HAROLD ALFRED MACMICHAEL, G.C.M.G-., D.S.O., High Commissioner for Palestine, with the approval of the Secretary of State, do hereby proclaim as follows :—
1. This Proclamation may be cited as the Administrative Divi• Citation. sions (Amendment) Proclamation, 1941, and shall be read as one with the Administrative Divisions Proclamation, 1939, hereinafter referred to as the principal Proclamation.
2. Article 2 of the principal Proclamation shall be amended Amendment of by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d) Article 2 of thereof :— the principal Proclamation. "(d) the Jerusalem District, comprising the Sub-Districts of Hebron, Jerusalem and Ramallah, with its headquarters at Jerusalem;".
3. The Schedule to the principal Proclamation shall be am• Amendment of ended as follows :— Schedule to the principal (a) the sub-headings "1. Bethlehem Sub-District" and "3. Proclamation. Jericho Sub-District" appearing under the heading "D. JERUSALEM DISTRICT" shall be deleted; (b) the sub-headings "2. Hebron Sub-District", "4. Jeru• salem Sub-District" and "5. Ramallah Sab-District" shall be deleted and the following sub-headings respectively sub• stituted therefor :— "1. Hebron Sub-District". "2. Jerusalem Sub-District" and "3. Ramallah Sub-District" ; (c) all the village units hitherto appearing under the sub-head• ings "Bethlehem Sub-District" and "Jericho Sub-District" shall be transferred to the Jerusalem Sub-District and shall 10th July, 1941
accordingly be inserted, each in its appropriate place in al• phabetical order, in the list of village units appearing under the sub-heading "Jerusalem Sub-District" ; (d) the following village units shall be transferred from the Jerusalem Sub-District, JERUSALEM DISTRICT, to the Ramie Sub-District, LYDDA DISTRICT, and shall accordingly be deleted from the list appearing under the sub-heading "Jeru• salem Sub-District" and inserted, each in its appropriate place in alphabetical order, in the list appearing in the sub• heading "Ramie Sub-District" :— Beit Shanna Deir Aiyub Mm was Salbit (including Deir Nahla) Yalu (e) the following village units shall be transferred from the Ramie Sub-District, LYDDA DISTRICT, to the Jerusalem Sub-District, JERUSALEM DISTRICT, and shall accord• ingly be deleted from the list appearing under the sub-heading "Ramie Sub-District" and inserted, each in its appropriate place in alphabetical order, in the list appearing under the sub-heading "Jerusalem Sub-District" :— Beit 'Rab Beit Jimal Bureij Deiraban (including 'Ein Shams and Khirbat Umm Jin a) Deir el Hawa Jarash Khirbat Tsmallah Rafat Sufi a (f) the following village unit shall be transferred from the Ramie Sub-District, LYDDA DISTRICT, to the Hebron Sub-District, JERUSALEM DISTRICT, and shall accordingly be deleted from the list appearing under the sub-heading "Ramie Sub-District" and inserted, in its appropriate place in alphabetical order, in the list appearing under the sub• heading "Hebron Sub-District" :— Mughallis. Commencement. -I. This Proclamation shall come into force on the fifteenth day of July, 1941. HAROLD MACMICHAEL 9th July, 1941. High Commissioner. (Y/67/41) •