Jan. 29, 1676

“Order” issued by Archbishop and Elector Damian Hartard [von der Layen-Hohengeroldseck] [Present-day Germany; Electorate of Mainz]: “[…] Jews are to be required, when exporting/moving endowments/dowries (‘Dotibus’) outside of the [domain of the] Electorate/Arch-Stift to properly submit the 10th penny [a tenth in the form of taxes …]”
Friedrich Johann Bodmann’s inneres Territorialverhältnis des Abzugs- und Nachsteuerrechts in Deutschland überhaupt, und im Erzstifte Mainz insbesondere. (Friedrich Johann Bodmann’s inter-territorial relationship regarding the departure- and resettlement-tax laws in Germany, and especially in the Arch-Stift of Mainz); (Mainz; 1791); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 4/4/2020