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1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 16, 1791
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Rescript, issued by Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, to the Magistrate of Copenhagen
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Denmark
4. Text of Act	All those of the Jewish nation must, when they demand it, worship inside their house, in exchange for paying 10 imperial thalers, and foreigners may also be allowed to use it, as long as they contribute up to 4 imperial thalers to the nation’s expenditures for public mediation.
5. Source	Cohen, Asser Daniel. De Mosaiske troesbekjenderes stilling i Danmark forhen og nu: historisk fremstillet i et tidsløb af naesten 200 aar, tilligemed alle lovsteder og offentlige foranstaltninger dem angaande, som ere udkomne fra 1651 til 1836. (The position of the Mosaic believers in Denmark, before and now: historically produced over a period of nearly 200 years, as well as all laws and public measures relating to the same which were published from 1651 to 1836). Forfatterens: Odense (Denmark), 1837. Page 173.
6. Researcher	Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research	2020
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 21, 1791
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Establishing the Age Limits for Baptism of Jews” decree of the Court Chancellery to the Lower-Austrian government
3. Geography of Act	Lower-Austria; Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	His Majesty have […] come to the decision that the regular ordinance of October 30, 1789 - that says that Jewish children cannot be baptized before the age of 18 – is now repealed and that all political regional authorities of each province are granted permission to baptize Jewish children who have reached the age of 14, when they (the authorities) deem it important; […].
5. Source	Braumüller, Wilhelm: Urkunden und Akten zur Geschichte der Juden in Wien. Erste Abteilung. Allgemeiner Teil 1526-1847. Zweiter Band. (Wien) 1918; p. 18.
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 12, 1791
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Law on Contracts between Christians and Jews
3. Geography of Act	Principality of Schwarzenberg
4. Text of Act	The Jews, under penalty of punishment, may not sell to Christian subjects more than 16 florins of livestock, grain, wine or other goods without official or government consent through private or commercial contracts.
5. Source	“Verträge zwischen Christen und Juden, 1791, [Contracts between Christians and Jews, 1791],” in Friedrich Christian Arnold, “Beiträge Zum Teutschen Privat-Rechte [Contributions to German Private Rights],” Volume 2, Ansbach, 1842, p. 660-661, available from dlc.mpg.de.
6. Researcher	Kate Wraith
7. Year of Research	2024
8. Notes	Translator The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.

1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 23, 1791
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Law on the Settlement and Migration of Jews in the Russian Empire” issued by Catherine the Great
3. Geography of Act	Russia
4. Text of Act	Article 4. In addition to the provinces and districts listed in the preceding section, a permanent residence is permitted to the Jews, with the following restrictions: ...Article 11. Jews who have gone abroad without a legal exit-permit are deprived of Russian citizenship and not permitted to return to Russia. Article 12. Within the general area of settlement and in every place where the Jews are permitted permanent residence, they are allowed not only to move from place to place and to settle in accordance with the general regulations, but also to acquire real estate of all kinds with the exception of inhabited estates, the ownership of which is strictly forbidden to Jews ... Article 23. Every Jew must be registered according to the law in one of the legal estates of the realm. Any Jew not complying with this regulation will be treated as a vagrant.
5. Source	“Antisemitism in Imperial Russia; Creation of the Pale of Settlement (1791 and 1835).” No author, Online article.
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	2011
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 23, 1791
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Imperial Ukase restricting the rights of Jewish people from enrolling in merchant corporations.
3. Geography of Act	Russian Empire
4. Text of Act	The Jews have no right to enroll in the merchant corporations in the inner Russian cities or ports of entry, and are permitted to enjoy only the rights of townsmen and burghers of White Russia.
5. Source	S. M. Dubnow, “History of the Jews in Russia and Poland - From the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Volume I,” The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1916, p. 316, available from archive.org.
6. Researcher	Kate Wraith
7. Year of Research	2024
8. Notes	Researcher An Ukase was an edict of the Tsarist government of Russia. White Russia is the archaic literal translation for Belarus, which at the time of the Act, was part of the Russian Empire.

1. Full Date of Act	1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Special tax issued by Francis I
3. Geography of Act	Austria
4. Text of Act	Commentary from other sources: 1) “LEIBZOLL (Ger., ‘body tax’), a special tax levied on Jews in Europe. Known under a variety of names – Judengeleit, Leibmauth, Judenzoll, péage corporel, etc. – it was first levied by the three landgraves of Thuringia in 1368, and became more common after the major expulsions of the 15th and 16th centuries...The Leibzoll was known as Leibmauth in Vienna ‘and was introduced not as a financial but as a police measure, to keep away a considerable number of useless Jews, and to supervise their conduct’...By the Toleranzpatent of Joseph II it was abolished (1782), but Joseph reserved the right to exact its equivalent. Ten years later [1792] Francis I introduced the Judenbolleten for the same purposes; it survived until 1848.” “Leibzoll.” Online article
5. Source	None
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	None
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 3, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Court Decree, issued by Emperor Leopold II, Duke of Austria
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	Israelite girls may not enter into matrimony, as long they are unable to document that they have received [sufficient] instruction in a [regular] school.
5. Source	Fauller, Chrysostomus. 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, Zweiter Band (Laws, Ordinances and Regulations for the Administration of Police: Published in the Years 1740 Until the End of 1825, and Compiled in Chronological Order, Under Excellent Consideration of Lower Austria, Volume Two). Geistinger: Vienna, 1828. Page 310.
6. Researcher	Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research	2020
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 5, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Royal Court Decree” (“Hofdecret”) issued by the Royal Imperial Court of Austria and addressed to the Galician Government
3. Geography of Act	Europe (multi-countries)
4. Text of Act	[…] The Jews of Galicia may not send any plenipotentiary [person with authority/full power to take action on someone or a group’s behalf] to Vienna without having received the permission of the Royal Court via the local authorities (‘Landesstelle’) […].
5. Source	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)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2017
8. Notes	Editor Present-day Austria, Poland and Ukraine

1. Full Date of Act	Feb. 24, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Royal Court Decree” issued by the Austrian Royal Court
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	[…] The Polish Jews, who are pursuing a legitimate trade with goods, are also to register with the authorities and have them issue a permit that proves/shows that they are eligible and genuine trades people. […] all Jews who have not been recognized by the authorities to be trading-Jews are prohibited to issue a ‘dry’ exchange. […]
5. Source	Beyträge zur Politischen Gesetzeskunde im österreichischen Kaiserstaate. Herausgegeben von Johann Ludwig Ehrenreich (Graf von Barth-Barthenheim); Erster Band. (Wien; 1821) (Contributions to the Political Jurisprudence in the Austrian Imperial State. Volume I; Edited/Published by Johann Ludwig Ehrenreich (Count of Barth-Barthenheim), (Vienna; 1821)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2017
8. Notes	Researcher This decree was published as a circular on March 16, 1792. A ‘dry’ exchange most likely referred to an exchange that involved an IOU.

1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 1, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Governmental Circular” issued by the Austrian Government
3. Geography of Act	Archduchy of Austria; Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	Jews are prohibited to peddle.
5. Source	Das Ganze der österreichischen politischen Administration, mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf das Erzherzogthum Österreich unter der Enns. In systematisch geordnetem Abhandlungen dargestellt von Joh. Ludwig Ehrenreich Grafen von Barth-Barthenheim. (Wien; 1843); (The entire Austrian, political administration, with particular attention to the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns. A systematically ordered treatise put together by Joh. Ludwig Ehrenreich Count von Barth-Barthenheim); (Vienna; 1842)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2018
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 10, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Decree, issued by Leopold II, Archduke of Austria
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	Polish Jews, who are trading regularly in goods, are required to report to the local authorities, and present documents showing that they are genuine traders, in order to be registered as such.
5. Source	Upper Austria (Austria): Allerhöchste Verordnung (Highest Ordinance). Decrees Collection; AR 379; Box 1; Folder 108c; Leo Baeck Institute.
6. Researcher	Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research	2020
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 29, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Ordinance” issued by the Bohemian Government
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Czech Republic
4. Text of Act	[…] no Jew from Bohemia may move away in order to settle in a different heredity land without the receipt of a legitimate registration permit (‘Meldezettel’) for a specific period of time from the Jewish district tax collector (‘Bezirkssteuer-Einnehmer’) […] and if he is inclined to stay away longer than what is determined in his registration permit, he is to report this immediately and to acquire a new registration permit […].
5. Source	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);
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2017
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 12, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Governmental Decree” issued by the Austrian Government
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	[…] Royal Imperial Chief Police Authority/Directive (‘k. k. Polizey-Oberdirection’) is ordered to remove/expel those Jews, who are not a strictly necessary servant/employee to a Turkic Jew and do not have residency permits (‘Aufenthaltsbolleten’) or report them to the government. […]
5. Source	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)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2017
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	May 13, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Royal Court Ordinance” issued by the Austrian Royal Court
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Austria; Archduchy of Austria
4. Text of Act	The roaming around and trading (‘Tändeln’)* with clothing articles and other items/commodities in houses, vaults/business-stands (‘Gewölben’), open alleys (‘Gassen’), and streets is prohibited to the Jews with the real threat of an arrest and – depending on the circumstances – other corporal punishments. […]
5. Source	Erzherzogthum Oesterreich unter der Enns. Von Christian Johann Paurnfeindt, wirklichen k. k. Rath und Referenten bei dem niederösterr. Mercantil- und Wechselgerichte; (Wien; 1836); (Trade book of commercial laws and its procedural application to the commercial/trade courts, with special consideration of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns. By Christian Johann Paurnfeindt, real/true r[oyal] i[mperial] advisor and referent at the Lower Austrian commercial/trade and exchange court); (Vienna; 1836);
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2018
8. Notes	Researcher The same or similar prohibitions were issued via ordinances of July 13, 1787; July 4, 1788; November 21, 1788; October 16, 1789; governmental circular of March 1, 1790; governmental ordinance of May 25, 1792. *“Tändeln” appears to be a word combining both “Handel” and “Trödeln” into one and refers here to the act of roaming around in order to sell knick-knacks.

1. Full Date of Act	May 21, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Decree, issued by William IX, Landgrave of Hesse
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	Be it known that every one of Our Christian subjects shall have the right to retract the sale of a house to a Jew, within four years of the date of sale; upon such a retraction and the reimbursement of the purchase price to the Jew, the latter shall relinquish possession of the house within six months, and a clause to that effect shall be included in any purchase contract with a Jew.
5. Source	“Von Gottes Gnaden Wir Wilhelm der Neunte, Landgraf zu Hessen, Fürst zu Herßfeld... [By God’s Mercy We, Wilhelm the Ninth, Landgrave of Hesse, Prince of Hersfeld…],” 5/21/1792; Decrees Collection; AR 379; Box 1; Folder 84; Leo Baeck Institute.
6. Researcher	Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research	2019
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	May 25, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Governmental Ordinance” issued by the Austrian Government
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	[Prohibits Jews and Christians from engaging in any sale of knick-knacks (‘Tändeln’) and dictates … that violators] are fined 2 Reichstahler for the first time/violation […] 4 Reichstahler for the second violation, and 6 Reichstahler for the third violation along with a 24-hour arrest [… however, …] Jews, who wander through apartments and houses*, are to be fined/punished with a 24-hour arrest for the first violation, a 24-hour arrest and a 4 Reichstahler fine for the second violation, and the utter expulsion from Vienna without exception for the third violation […]
5. Source	Politische Verfassung der Israeliten im Lande unter der Enns und insbesondere in der k. k. Haupt- und Residenzstadt Wien. J. L. E. Graf von Barth-Barthenheim. (Wien; 1821). (Political Constitution of the Israelis in the Country under/near Enns and especially in the R[oyal] I[mperial] Capital and Royal Seat of Vienna. J. L. E. Count von Barth-Barthenheim.); (Vienna; 1821)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2018
8. Notes	Researcher Even though, ‘Tändeln’ is usually used as a verb in modern German and refers to ‘dilly-dallying,’ in this text it is used as a noun and most likely refers to the sale of items that were considered to be somewhat useless. * While the earlier part of the text refers to both local Christians and Jews, the second part of the ordinance refers to only Jews who were either thought to be foreigners or to be peddling items from home to home; nowhere in the text does it mention fines and/or punishment for other foreign [Christian or Muslim] peddlers.

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 7, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Prohibition to sell from door-to-door” announcement of a decree of the Lower-Austrian government via the Magistrate of Vienna”
3. Geography of Act	Lower-Austria; Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	[…] Jews that are [found trading] in apartments and houses, are to be arrested for 24 hours the first time, and for two times 24 hours and a fine of 4 Reichstaler the second time and they are to be abolished (from the country) completely without mercy when caught the third time […].
5. Source	Braumüller, Wilhelm: Urkunden und Akten zur Geschichte der Juden in Wien. Erste Abteilung. Allgemeiner Teil 1526-1847. Zweiter Band. (Wien) 1918; p. 21.
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 8, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Royal Court Ordinance" (‘Hofverordnung’) issued by the Austrian Royal Court
3. Geography of Act	Archduchy of Austria; Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	Jews are prohibited to peddle.
5. Source	Das Ganze der österreichischen politischen Administration, mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf das Erzherzogthum Österreich unter der Enns. In systematisch geordnetem Abhandlungen dargestellt von Joh. Ludwig Ehrenreich Grafen von Barth-Barthenheim. (Wien; 1843); (The entire Austrian, political administration, with particular attention to the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns. A systematically ordered treatise put together by Joh. Ludwig Ehrenreich Count von Barth-Barthenheim); (Vienna; 1842)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2018
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 26, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Ordinance” issued by Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II
3. Geography of Act	Prussia
4. Text of Act	[…] and so we order that […] Jews are not permitted to purchase any factory made merchandise, whether they may have been made locally or in a foreign country – and to sell them in shops, booths, or on tables or from door-to-door. They are only allowed to export the factory made merchandise out of the country. All merchandize that are found on those who violate this order, are to be confiscated and violators are to be expelled across the border. […].
5. Source	Novum Corpus Costitutionum Prussico-Brandenburgensium… Verordnungen, Edicten, Mandaten, Rescripte (New Collection of Constitutions of Prussia and Brandenburg … Ordinances, Edicts, Mandates, and Rescripts)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 28, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Frankfurt: Foreign Jews found living unregistered in Frankfurt will be punished and kicked out of their homes
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Foreign Jews found living unregistered in Frankfurt will be punished and kicked out of their homes. Persons who give them shelter will be punished too. Furthermore Jews living in Frankfurt shall not leave their homes until the Roemische Kaiser is elected.
5. Source	Decrees Collection, AR 379, Leo Baeck Institute Archive, New York. Researched/Received Translation from Leo Baeck Institute Nov/Dec 2014.
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	2014
8. Notes	Translator Translation paraphrase.Extract from resolution of the Frankfurter Rath, June 28, 1792

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 13, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Order, issued by the City Council of Frankfurt
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	All officers and citizens and their dependents are hereby ordered to pay tribute to the Emperor next Monday the 16th, and assemble in the central plaza in front of city hall, wearing respectable clothing but no weapons of any kind, and most dutifully pay homage. Jews, in particular, are to stay inside their homes, which they will obey, in avoidance of detriment.
5. Source	“Demnach der Allerdurchlauchtigste, Großmächtigste und Unüberwindlichste Fürst und Herr, Herr Franciscus der Andere, erwählter Römischer Kayser, zu allen Zeiten Mehrer des Reichs, König in Germanien, zu Jarusalem, Hungarn und Böhmen etc. etc. (Since the Most Noble, Most Powerful and Most Invincible Lord and Master, Sir Francis the Other, elected Roman Emperor, at all times Increaser of the Empire, King in Germania, at Jerusalem, Hungary and Bohemia etc. etc.),” 7/13/1792; Decrees Collection; AR 379; Box 1; Folder 141; Leo Baeck Institute.
6. Researcher	Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research	2019
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 18, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Law on the trade in spices and spun yarns
3. Geography of Act	Principality of Schwarzenberg
4. Text of Act	The request that the Jews be allowed to trade in spices and spun yarns is rejected.
5. Source	“Handelschaft der Juden, 1792, [Trade of the Jews, 1792],” in Friedrich Christian Arnold, “Beiträge Zum Teutschen Privat-Rechte [Contributions to German Private Rights],” Volume 2, Ansbach, 1842, p. 665, available from dlc.mpg.de.
6. Researcher	Kate Wraith
7. Year of Research	2024
8. Notes	Translator The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.

1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 7, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“[Royal] Court Decree #29081” issued by the Austrian Royal Court
3. Geography of Act	Arch-Duchy of Austria; Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	Only Jews who have formally received the right to citizenship may be permitted to vote […]. The magistrates who grant citizenship are to ensure that the number of Jews does not affect/harm the Christian citizens and that at least no Jew [receives such permit] except those who own their homes or those who are meisters* and pursue a proper trade. […]
5. Source	Darstellung der gesetzlichen Verfassung der galizischen Judenschaft. Versuch von Michael Stöger. Erster Band. (Lemberg, Przemysl; Stanislawow und Tarnow; 1833); (Presentation of the legal constitution of the Galician Jewry. An attempt by Michael Stöger. First volume.); (Lviv, Przemysl; Stanislawow Voivodeship; Tarnów; 1833)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2020
8. Notes	Researcher *A meister is an honorary title bestowed on master craftsmen.

1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 17, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Government decree concerning the expulsion of the Jews from the town of Ettenheim.
3. Geography of Act	Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg
4. Text of Act	The Jewish families currently living in Ettenheim should be reduced to the number of 5 households, and they should leave their current homes and move to the suburbs. If they wish to reside further in the Prince-Bishopric’s lands, the remaining Jewish residents are to completely vacate the town and must move outside the diocese within a term set by the Upper Office. This decree was duly announced to the entire Jewish community on the 1st of this month … and a deadline of 14 days was set for them to comply with all the conditions contained therein. … preferring leniency to strict justice, [the Prince-Bishop] has deigned to grant, out of sheer grace, that the 14-day deadline set for the Jews by the Supreme Authority be extended to two months from the date of the publication of the present decree.
5. Source	Carl Theodor Weiss, “Geschichte und Rechtliche Stellung der Juden im Fürstbistum Strassburg, besorders in dem jetzt badischen teile, nach akten dargestellt [History and Legal Status of the Jews in the Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg, especially in the part that is now Baden, presented according to documents],” P. Hanstein, Bonn, 1894, p. 201-203, available from archive.org.
6. Researcher	Kate Wraith
7. Year of Research	2024
8. Notes	Researcher According to a Petition from the Jews to the Prince-Bishop dated Sep. 3, 1792, and published in the source above on p. 198-199, the decree issued on the 1st of the month referenced above, was read out to the community. A written copy has not yet been found by OAJA.org researchers. The Petition from the Jews also notes that the number of Jewish households at the time totalled eight. On Sep. 16, 1793, the directors and councilors of the Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg received a mandate from the Imperial Chamber Court of Fancis II, Roman Emperor, annulling the decrees issued on September 3 and 17, 1792. See above source, p. 204-206. Translator The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.

1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 2, 1792
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Ordinance #33548, issued by the government of the Kingdom of Bohemia
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Czech Republic
4. Text of Act	Following the highest ordinance of April 15, 1786, no Jew shall be granted authorization to marry, unless he can provide evidence of having received a normal course of schooling; in addition, all Jews under the age of 16 on the above date shall be made to undergo normal schooling. […] Every Jewish petitioner shall be instructed to supply documentation from the school or county where the supplicants are to receive their education, or, alternatively, a certificate from the same authority showing that he was already able to enroll in school before the above-mentioned order took effect. In order to reliably ascertain the age of the petitioner, school teachers must be allowed to inspect the circumcision registers, so that the years of the petitioner’s eligibility to attend school may be computed accurately.
5. Source	Jaksch, Peter Karl (Ed.). Gesetzeslexikon im Geistlichen, Religions- und Toleranzfache, wie auch in Güter- Stiftungs- Studien- und Zensurssachen für das Königreich Böhmen von 1601 bis Ende 1800. Zweiter Band von E – H (Encyclopedia of Spiritual, Religious and Tolerance Laws, as well as Matters of Goods, Foundations, Education and Censorship, for the Kingdom of Bohemia, from 1601 until the End of 1800. Volume II from E – H). Government Printing Office: Prague, 1828, p. 58.
6. Researcher	Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research	2020
8. Notes	None