Jun. 18, 1802

“Governmental Ordinance” (‘Gubernial-Verordnung’) Regarding Peddling in Districts Near the Border and with Controlled Goods Inside Territories Requiring Customs [Present-day Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary]: “[…] The required permission-slips are – by the way – only to be issued [to Jews], when the personal presence of a Jew has proven to be indispensable and necessary in tobacco or courtly matters, and his (the Jew’s) business dealings can in no way be performed or settled by an authorized Christian. […]”
Systematische Darstellung aller über den Hausier-Handel bestehenden kaiserl. Königl. österreichischen Gesetze und Verordnungen verfaßt von Friedrich Selner (Systematic Representation of all Imperial Royal Austrian Laws and Ordinances Regarding Peddling) (Written/Compiled by Friedrich Selner); (1847); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 7/17/2017