“Mandate” issued by the Chancellory of Basel (‘Canzley Basel’) [Present-day Switzerland]: “[… regarding] Trading and peddling in the city. 1) […] Jews are to refrain from trading and peddling except during the annual fair and during the four Ember-Day-markets (‘Frohnfastenmärkten’), for the first [transgression the violator is to face] a fine appropriate/proportionate to the [worth of the] merchandise, the second time, confiscation of the merchandise, and further transgressions are to be punished in the form of banishment from this city and surrounding domain. Warehouses [for goods]. 2) No citizen, nor any relatives-with-protection (‘Schirmsverwandte’), may lease a warehouse, may it be a house, a chamber, an open store, or stall – during or outside of the [time of the] fair and Ember-Day markets – to a Jew lest they be fined 50 fl [Reichsthaler]. 3) Jews are prohibited to trade with cattle […] except during public markets or face a serious fine, which is to be doubled with each subsequent offense of which one fourth is to be given to the informant. Repeat offenders are not only to be arrested […] but also reported to Our gracious Councilmen. […]” [Researcher’s note: The above mandate has been abbreviated to fit the allocated space. It contains 9 points and can be found in its entirety in the cited source.]
Rechtsquellen von Basel Stadt und Land. Erster Theil. (Legal Documents/Sources of Basel – City and land. Part one.); (Basel; 1856); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 6/25/2020