Dec. 5, 1797

“Governmental Decree” (‘Regierungsdecret’) of the Austrian Government [Present-day Austria]: “For applications of tolerance [permits] […], the morality and other characteristics/attributes of the applicants [submitted] by the representatives of the Jewry must be done in writing.”
Beyträge zur politischen Gesetzkunde im österreichischen Kaiserstaate; Herausgegeben von Johann Ludwig Ehrereich (Graf von Barth-Barthenheim): Erster Band; (Wien; 1821); (Contributions to the Political Statutes of the Austrian Royal State; published by Johann Ludwig Ehrereich (Earl of Barth-Barthenheim); (Volume I); (Vienna; 1821); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 10/18/2017