Local & Village Councils in Palestine, Local Government. British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 131. Chapter V:

CHAPTER V.
(b) LOCAL COUNCILs (contd.).
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District Name of Council Arab, Jewish Population
or mixed 1944
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Lydda Ra'anana Jewish 3,290
Ramat Gan Jewish 10,200
Rehovoth Jewish 10,020
Rishon-le-Zion Jewish 8,100
Sarona Templar 150
Jerusalem Beit Sahur Arab 2,770
Bireh Arab 2,920
Jericho Arab 3,010
Haifa Ezor Ephraim Jewish 1,672
Ezor Hakishon Jewish 1,864
Haderu Jewish 7,520
Karkur Jewish 900
Kfar Ata Jewish 1,690
Kiryat Motzkin Jewish 2,740
Yoqneam Jewish 265
Samaria An ab ta Arab 8,120
Emek liefer Jewish 5,040
Kfar Yona Jewish 480
Nathanya Jewish 4,900
Qalqilia Arab 5,850
Galilee Affuleh Jewish 2,310
Bass a Arab 2,950
Ezor Israel Jewish 2,100
Ezor N ehalai Jewish 3,l 68
Kfar Yassif Arab 1,400
Saffourieh Arab 4,330
Nabariya Jewish 1,440
Samakh Arab 3,460
Tarshiha Arab 3,830
(c) VILLAGE COUNCILS.
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District Name of Council Arab or Population
Jewish 1944
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Jerusalem Abu Dis Arab 1,940
Beituniya Arab 1,490
Bir Zeit Arab 1,560
Deir Dibwan Arab 2,080
El Khadr Arab 1,130
El Maliha Arab 1,940
Sil wad Arab 1,910
Sinjil Arab 1,320
Snmar-ia Baqa el Gharbiya Arab 2,240
'Illar Arab 1,450
131 CHAPTER V.
(c) VILIAGE COUNCILS.
District Name of Council Arab or Population
Jewish 1944
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Samaria Jalama Arab 460
Salfit Arab 1,830
Galilee El Buqeia Arab 990
El Kbalisa Arab 1,840
Ei rfin Arab 740
Jish Arab 1,090
Rama Arab 1,690
Lydda EI Yahudiya Arab 5,650
Gaza Masmiye El Kabira Arab 2,520
Isdild Arab 4,620
Ham8.ma Arab 5,000
Jabaliya Arnb S,520
Deir Al Balah Arab 2,560
Bani Suheila Arab 8,220
6. The municipal and local councils are elected councils. The qualifications of voters in municipalities are set out in the second and third schedules to the Municipal Corporations Ordinance and those of voters in local council areas in the Orders under which the various councils are established. In Tel Aviv and Petah Tiqva (the only all-Jewish municipalities) all males and females over the age of 21 whether or not of Palestinian citizenship are entitled to vote (subject to certain other qualifications including a small rate-paying requirement), whereas in all other municipalities the vote is confined to males of Palestinian citizenship over the age of 21. '1.'he qualifications of councillors are set out, in the case of municipalities, in section 11 of the Municipal Corporations Ordinance and, in the case of local councils, in the respective Order establishing each council. The members of village councils are chosen by the residents of the village in such manner as may be approved in each case by the District Commissioner.

7. The mayors and deputy mayors of municipal councils are appointed from among the elected councillors by the High Commissioner, who also has powers of dismissal. The presidents and vice-presidents of local councils are appointed and may be dismissed by the District Commissioner of the District in which the council lies and the District Commissioner exercises the same powers in respect of the chairman and vice-chairman of village councils.

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