Dec. 7, 1787

Circular Ordinance, issued by the government of Emperor Joseph II for Galicia [Present-day Ukraine, Poland]: “The prohibition against the leasing of mills to Jews is hereby renewed, and it shall also be known that, if any dominion shall elude this prohibition in one way or another, it will be subjected to a sizable fine, whereas the Jew shall be punished significantly.”
Moesle, Johann Georg (pub.). Handbuch aller unter der Regierung des Kaisers Joseph des II. für die K.K. Erbländer ergangenen Verordnungen und Gesetze in einer Sistematischer Verbindung: enthält die Verordnungen und Gesetze vom Jahre 1787. Vierzehnter Band (Handbook of all ordinances and laws issued under the government of Emperor Joseph II for the royal-imperial hereditary lands, in a systematic connection: contains the ordinances and laws of the year 1787. Volume 14.) Moesle: Vienna, 1789. Page 527. Researched by Dominik Jacobs 4/16/2020