Mar. 16, 1793

“Royal Court Decree” issued by Francis Joseph I (‘Franz Joseph I’) [Archduchy of Austria]: “[…] Such [Jewish] factories, however, are to receive their own specific [acceptance] permit (‘Aufnahmeschein’) in order to distinguish them from other dubious businessmen/middlemen/factory owners (‘Unterhändler’). Any Jew, who illegally maintains a factory, is to be fined depending on the case […] Jews, who started a factory without a permit from the local authorities (‘ohne einen kreisamtlichen Aufnahmeschein’) are to receive corporal punishment. […]”
Gesetze, Verordnungen und Vorschriften für die Polizei-Verwaltung im Kaiserthume Oesterreich. Erschienen in den Jahren 1740 bis Ende 1825, und in alphabetisch-chronologischer Ordnung zusammengestellt mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf Nieder-Oesterreich, von Chrysostomus Fauller, k. k. Polizei-Beamten. Zweiter Band. (Wien; 1828); (Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations for the Police-Administration in the Austrian Empire. Published between the years 1740 – 1825 and Arranged in alphabetical-chronological order with special consideration to Lower Austria by Chrysostomus Fauller, r[oyal] i[mperial] Police Officials/Authorities/Officers. Second Volume.) (Vienna; 1828); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 8/11/2018