OAJA Acts

Page 112 of 154

1. Full Date of Act
Mar. 9, 1809
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Ordinance of Special Taxation for Jews” issued by the Court Chamber
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act

[…] ‘Synagogues’ 1) Approval of a synagogue […] the first time: 2,000 fl. and after that annually 100 fl.; ‘Jewish Burial’ 2) Approval of a Jewish Burial […] 2,000 fl. [initially] and after that 100 fl.; ‘Prayer at home without a Torah’: 3) Approval, that a Jew may pray at home without a Torah, annually 24 fl.; 'Prayer at home with a Torah’: 4) Approval for home prayer with a Torah, annually 50 fl.; ‘Freight forwarder/Carrier/Hauler’ (‘Speditionär’) or Court-banker/financier (“Hoffactor”); 5) Court freight forwarder or Court-Banker: 100 Duc.; 6) Not only are these approvals subject to [special] taxation, but also others, not mentioned here […]
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
None
1. Full Date of Act
Apr. 9, 1809
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Ordinance” issued by the Royal Court
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act

Factory owners, who are Jewish (‘members of the group that adheres to the Jewish faith’), can only be given permission to establish their branch outside of the [pre-set] market hours in such places where they are tolerated, however, not where they are not permitted to stay (be present) or [in places] where there exists special political authorization (laws) for the purpose of their (Jews) non-proliferation […]
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
2018
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Sep. 7, 1809
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Regarding the Treatment of Traveling Jews” issued by Interior Minister von Hacke
3. Geography of Act
Grand Duchy of Baden
4. Text of Act

In regards to the previously issued ordinance of January 13 […] 1808, and due to the regulations which have been passed since in the neighboring states, it is henceforth ordered: Foreign Jews, who - while arriving at the border give reason for concern - judging by their outward appearance - that they are going to make their way [through the land] by begging or any other illegal or unlawful manner, may they be with or without a family (in the latter case the utmost attention is to be paid), are not to be permitted entry into the Grand Duchy [of Bavaria], even if they can present a valid passport, but their business, which they have in the land, is not specifically and clearly noted in the passport, or if they cannot provide any other sufficient [identification] to the border-police-authorities. Only in such cases [where proper IDs have been presented] can the onward journey be permitted […] and [after] the traveling Jews have been instructed to remain in the area where their business takes them, and [told] to stay exactly on a specific road, which they are not permitted to deviate from. The appropriate authorities (‘Behörden’) are to watch over the exact implementation of this regulation. […]
5. Source
Instruction für die Polizei-Aufsichtspersonale des Großherzogthums Baden (Instruction for the Police Supervisor-Staff of the Grand Duchy of Baden issued by the Ministry of the Interior of Baden’[by the Ministerium of the Interior of Baden]); (Karlsruhe and Baden; 1827)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2018
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Sep. 26, 1809
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Order, “Copulation Fees-Taxes for marriages between Jews” issued by Frederick Francis I, Duke of Mecklenburg
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
4. Text of Act

Frederick Francis, Duke of Mecklenburg […] To avoid any misinterpretation or incorrect calculations regarding fees for marriages between Jews, We order […] that the Rabbi is to receive half a percent of every 100 Rthlr [Reichsthaler] , without exception, and that the two synagogue-aids (‘Schulbedienten’), namely the hazzan* (‘Vorsänger’) and the Schulklöpfer**, are to together receive a half percent of the wife’s dowry […].
5. Source
Sammlung aller für das Großherzogthum Mecklenburg-Schwerin gültigen Landes-Gesetze von den ältesten Zeiten bis zu Ende des Jahres 1834. Vierter Band. Kirchen- und Schulgesetze. (Collection of all state laws issued in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from the earliest times to the end of 1834. 4th Volume. Church and school laws.); (Wismar; 1836);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2020
8. Notes
Researcher
*A hazzan/chazzan is a Jewish musician who is trained in the art of leading a congregation through prayer. **A Schulklopfer is someone who calls the Jewish community to prayer.
1. Full Date of Act
Oct. 22, 1809
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Decree issued by Frederick William III, King of Prussia
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act

We are instructing you to consider, in the course of trade and other business, the Jews of all ceded provinces as foreigners.
5. Source
“Von Gottes Gnaden Friedrich Wilhelm König von Preussen… [By the Grace of God, Friederick William, King of Prussia…],” 10/22/1809; Decrees Collection; AR 379; Box 1; Folder 40; Leo Baeck Institute.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2019
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Nov. 16, 1809
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
General-Rescript concerning the yarn trade.
3. Geography of Act
Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
4. Text of Act

10) All Christian and Jewish yarn dealers are also to be ordered to refrain from purchasing any yarn that does not contain the prescribed reel size or the prescribed bundles and number of threads, or that is mixed with hemp or waste, on pain of the penalty … which, according to the circumstances, should [include] … the revocation of the freedom of trade or, if they are Jewish subjects, the enjoyment of protection.
5. Source
“Schaumburg-Lippische Landesverordnungen [Schaumburg-Lippe State Regulations],” Vol. 4, Budeburg, 1837, pp. 117-121, available from books.google.com.
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. 12, 1809
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Ordinance concerning the population status of the Jews
3. Geography of Act
Principality of Lippe
4. Text of Act

Considering that the spirit of the times requires that the conditions of the native Jews be brought closer to those of our other subjects, we find ourselves compelled to place their population status under more precise police supervision by means of birth, marriage and death registers, and to encourage them to use the German language and to establish common trades. …
1. Every head of a household, or his widow, and every other native Jew or Jewess, and in the case of minors, their guardians,… must choose a German family name,… before the end of this year, and have it registered with the local authorities along with his first name … age and place of birth, and the name, age and place of birth of his or her living or deceased spouse. …
All authorities are instructed to report the chosen family names, along with the first names and places of residence, to our government for approval in the first 14 days of the coming year, after which these will be published in the intelligence gazette. Every Jew is then to use this name in all legal, public and private transactions under arbitrary penalty, and it may not be changed without notification to our government and without subsequent approval, and in the future no Jew may settle in this country without dealing with his name in the same way.
7. Both young men and women must, at the time of their first registration for marriage … provide sufficient evidence that they have properly learned to read and write German.
5. Source
“Landes-Verordnungen des Fürstentums Lippe [State Ordinances of the Principality of Lippe],” Vol. 5, Lemgo, 1810, p. 268-275, available from archive.org.
6. Researcher
Marie-Christine Plettenberg (DLA Piper)
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
Jan. 28, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Decree of the Lower Austrian government stopping the purchase of silver by Jews and unauthorized silver traders in the country.
3. Geography of Act
Austrian Empire
4. Text of Act

According to official reports,… there have been large numbers of Jews and other foreigners in various areas of the flat country of Lower Austria who are trying to buy their silver utensils from the rural inhabitants.

Since the Jews are forbidden by the law to stay in the country and, consequently, to trade in the country itself, and since there is a well-founded suspicion that the Jews and other unauthorized traders who are involved in this silver purchase intend to evade the delivery of this silver or even to take it out of the country, all authorities and magistrates have already been ordered to be on the strictest watch for such individuals and to take official action against them if they are found and to confiscate the silver purchased and the unauthorized buyers. However, all communities and subjects are also encouraged to stop such wandering traders immediately if they find them anywhere and to hand them over to the nearest authority for official action.
5. Source
“Sammlung der Gesetze - Enthalt die politischen und Justiz-Gesetze, welche unter der Regierung Sr. Majestät, Kaisers Franz des I. in den sämmtlichen k. k. Erblandern erlassen worden sind, Gesetze vom 1. Januar bis Ende Junius 1810 [Collection of laws - Contains the political and judicial laws which were passed under the government of His Majesty, Emperor Francis I in all the Imperial and Royal hereditary lands, laws from January 1st to the end of June 1810],” Volume 27, Vienna, 1813, pp. 130-131, available from archive.org.
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
Feb. 7, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Decree of the Lower-Austrian government to the representatives of the Vienna Jews
3. Geography of Act
Lower-Austria; Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act

The representatives of the Jewry are asked to put together a list of all gold and silver items (devices) found in their 'prayer houses' and to turn them over to the regional offices within 8 days […] and to allow these items to be invested at a rate of three percent for the state when necessary.
5. Source
Braumüller, Wilhelm: Urkunden und Akten zur Geschichte der Juden in Wien. Erste Abteilung. Allgemeiner Teil 1526-1847. Zweiter Band. (Wien) 1918; p. 181.
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2016
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Feb. 11, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“General Ordinance, Regarding the Establishment of New Orphanages, Penitentiaries and Madhouses in the Kingdom,” issued by Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act

Art. 13 – For the orphanages and penitentiaries, We decree the following taxes, to be collected uniformly throughout the kingdom: […] (3) Upon their acceptance as burgher, from every new burgher, 1 guilder; from a burgheress, 30 kreuzers; and from a child, 15 kreuzers. (4) From every protected Jew, 2 guilders annually.
5. Source
Reyscher, August Ludwig (ed.). Vollständige, historisch und kritisch bearbeitete Sammlung der württembergischen Gesetze (Complete, Historically and Critically Edited Collection of Württemberg Laws). Vol. 11. Fues: Tübingen, 1839. Page 201.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
Researcher
Until 1833, Jewish orphans were excluded from all orphanages in Württemberg.
1. Full Date of Act
Mar. 21, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Ordinance, issued by the government of the Kingdom of Bohemia
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Czech Republic
4. Text of Act

The royal county offices shall direct all dominions and magistrates, that they require every Jewish petitioner for a wedding license to report his net worth and that of his bride, not in the aggregate, but for each one individually; so that in the event that the parents or those who have supplied a dowry should claim a deduction from their own net worth, [the amount of] this gift can be readily ascertained from the petition.
5. Source
Gesetzeslexikon im Geistlichen, Religions- und Toleranzfache, wie auch in Güter- Stiftungs- Studien- und Zensurssachen für das Königreich Böhmen von 1801 bis Ende 1825 (Encyclopedia of Spiritual, Religious and Tolerance Laws, as well as Matters of Goods, Foundations, Education and Censorship, for the Kingdom of Bohemia, from 1801 until the End of 1825). Government Printing Office: Prague, 1829. Page 438.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Mar. 24, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Regarding the Burial of Jews” issued by Grand-Duke Ferdinand of Würzburg
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Grand Duchy of Würzburg
4. Text of Act

Since the Jews have been disobeying the rules that govern the depth of the graves for the dead, that is why the same (Jews) are ordered to strictly follow the rules in §13 of the Corpses and Grief Regulation of June of 1805, and each Jewish community who violates this [rule] in whatever form or shape, shall be required to pay twenty Thaler for the first offense, and be fined even more severely should it happen again. All police-authorities are to pay close attention that this ordinance is obeyed […].
5. Source
Sammlung der im Gebiete der inneren Staats-Verwaltung des Königreichs Bayern bestehenden Verordnungen aus amtlichen Quellen geschöpft und systematisch geordnet von G. Döllinger, König. bayer. geheimen Hausarchivar und wirklichen Rath. Sechste Band; (München; 1838); (Collection of Regulations/Ordinances Existing in the Territories of the Internal State Administration of the Kingdom of Bavaria from official sources and systematically arranged by G. Döllinger, Royal Bavarian Secret House-Archivist and True Advisor; Volume VI); (Munich; 1838);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2019
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
May 1, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Decree, issued by the Danish Chancellery
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Denmark, Norway
4. Text of Act

In the future, when Jews are of the age of conscription, they will have to reside in towns where their religion is practiced, as well as respond to public postings calling for the defense of the lands.
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 68.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
May 2, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Mandate, which contains the conditions under which foreign Jews may apply for permission to win citizenship in the towns,” issued by the Danish Chancellery
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Denmark
4. Text of Act

The King has laid down the following provisions as to how foreign confessors of the Jewish religion may apply for permission to settle in this country. 1) Anyone who professes to the Jewish religion and is not born in Denmark, if he wants to apply to settle here, as a merchant or tradesman, shall not only bring evidence of his good moral conduct from the places of the past where he has hitherto resided; but also give evidence to the Chancellery that he has deposited a capital sum in a bank account which earns an annual interest of 64 speciethalers if he wants to trade wholesale, and of 32 speciethalers if he wants to be a retailer, before a Letter of Safe Conduct can be issued to him. 2) On the other hand, a foreign Jew who proves either to have learned a craft, or another trade beneficial to the State, and thereby will make a living, and if his good conduct has been proven sufficiently, may be hopeful of acquiring the license, without being subject to the obligation to deposit a capital sum in a bank account. 3) The confessors of this religion may in the future, once they are notified of their Letter of Safe Conduct, be exempted from paying anything to the appropriate police station according to the rescript of August 17, 1736 and other decrees, though they shall be obliged, upon application for the license, not to abandon their way of living allowed to them in this country, which they will follow, and, when the Letter of Safe Conduct is obtained, they will gain citizenship on account of this occupation, without being allowed to change the same, unless a new Letter is obtained; and they shall in all respects be obligated to be subservient to the King's native subjects.
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 23.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
May 9, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Decree, issued by the Danish Chancellery to the town councils of Denmark & Norway
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Denmark, Norway
4. Text of Act

On the inheritances and testamentary dispositions of the Jewish congregation: 1) Jews must submit copies of any testaments by which inheritances are established, which then the committee of representatives of the Jewish community has to provide to the Chancellery, via a separate protocol. 4) Those who execute or administer estates of departed members of the Jewish religious community, shall be held, under a mulct of 100 imperial thalers, to report to the committee of representatives, also by transmitting copies of the dispositions.
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 359.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
May 29, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Rescript, issued by the Danish Chancellery to the Magistrate at Copenhagen
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Denmark
4. Text of Act

The Jewish congregation in Copenhagen shall adhere to some protocol for registering all births, deaths and marriages in the congregation; and to that end, it shall be their duty, under a mulct of 25 imperial thalers, to report deaths and marriages within 24 hours, and births within 14 days, to the person conducting the protocol.
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 270.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Jun. 16, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Court Chancellor's Decree to the Moravian-Silesian State Government on the introduction of a separate control at the Ollmüß cattle market.
3. Geography of Act
Austrian Empire
4. Text of Act

In order to establish necessary order and achieve satisfactory results at the Ollmüß livestock market, and simultaneously facilitate market supervision, His Majesty has decreed …

d) Every Jew purchasing horned cattle at Ollmüß must present a legal certificate from their administrative office proving that the cattle being purchased are for their own slaughter or farming purposes.

e) Each certificate must specify, in writing, the name, residence, and condition of the Jew, the location of the livestock market, the date of the market for which it is valid, and the number of livestock, all written in letters.

Without such a certificate, no Jew is permitted to purchase horned cattle for themselves.

f) Every Jew who buys cattle for foreign butchers must present a legal power of attorney from the butchers for whom he is buying the cattle. … The power of attorney must also be signed personally by the butcher as seller, sealed with his passport, and then certified by the economic office or magistrate to which the butcher belongs as seller.

Without such a power of attorney, no Jew may purchase any cattle for others
5. Source
“Sammlung der Gesetze - Enthalt die politischen und Justiz-Gesetze, welche unter der Regierung Sr. Majestät, Kaisers Franz des I. in den sämmtlichen k. k. Erblandern erlassen worden sind, Gesetze vom 1. Januar bis Ende Junius 1810 [Collection of laws - Contains the political and judicial laws which were passed under the government of His Majesty, Emperor Francis I in all the Imperial and Royal hereditary lands, laws from January 1st to the end of June 1810],” Volume 27, Vienna, 1813, pp. 539-543, available from archive.org.
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
Jun. 23, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Order” of the district-authorities (‘Directorium des Kinzigkreises’) of Kinzig
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act

[…] IV) (Regarding the burial of Jews.) It has been reported that Jews in many of the places in the district have buried their dead too early this past year. In the Jewish-Organization-Edict of January 13, 1809 […] it was ordered specifically that Jews must obey the common police-laws when it comes to the burial of their dead […] and not to bury their dead before 2 times 24 hours have passed unless they have a medical attest from a doctor making the early burial a necessity/emergency […]
5. Source
Sammlung sämmtlicher Gesetze, Verordnungen, Verfügungen und Anordnungen welche in den Markgrafschaften und in dem Großherzogthum Baden über Gegenstände der Orts-Polizei seit dem Jahre 1712 bis 1832 erschienen sind, und nach den Bestimmungen des vierten Capitels der Gemeinde-Ordnung durch die Bürgermeister vollzogen werden. Herausgegeben von Bernhard Dollmätsch, Großherzoglich Badischem Kammerrath, Oberrevisor des Ministeriums des Innern und Ritter des Zähringer Löwen-Ordens. Zweiter Band. (Carlsruhe und Baden; 1837); (Collection of all laws, ordinances, decrees, and orders which have been published in the Counties of Mark and the Grand-Duchy of Baden pertaining to local police-ordinances from 1712 until 1832, which have been enforced by the mayor in accordance with the provisions outlined in the fourth chapter of the municipal order. Edited by Bernhard Dollmätsch, Chamber-Council of the Grand-Duchy of Baden, chief-editor/revisor of the Ministry of Interior and knight of the Order of the Zähringer Lion. Second Volume.); (Karlsruhe and Baden; 1837);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Jun. 29, 1810
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

[…] for those indefinitely tolerated Jews – who have not sought out an extension [of their toleration permits] […], an investigation is to be carried out of [their] financial situations/statuses and businesses/trades via the official venues of the Royal Imperial Chief Police Authority/Directive (‘k. k. Polizey-Oberdirection’) and a proper report [is to be] filed, so that possibly (depending on the circumstances) the protection-tax (‘Schutzsteuer’) may/can be increased […]
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
None
1. Full Date of Act
Aug. 10, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Ordinance, issued by the Archduke Charles, Governor of Bohemia
3. Geography of Act
Europe (multi-countries)
4. Text of Act

In wedding permit applications by Jewish couples, a Certificate of Blood-Relation is to be completed by the rabbi of the town, city or county, and to be legalized by a government office. It shall not be sufficient that such a certificate merely state that there is no kind of relation between the betrothed that would make the marriage illegitimate, but more specifically, such certificates shall specifically document that there is no relatedness between the betrothed at all. However, if there should be some degree of relatedness between them, then the exact nature of that relatedness shall be expressed, in the way it exactly exists. This shall also apply to those related only by marriage and not by blood.
5. Source
Grassl, Ignaz. Das österreichische Eherecht der Juden [The Austrian Marital Laws for Jews]. Braumüller: Vienna, 1848. Page 32.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
Editor
Present-day Czech Republic, Germany, Poland
1. Full Date of Act
Aug. 14, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Territorial-Lord Ordinance” issued by Frederich Francis (‘Friedrich Franz’), Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (‘Landesherrliche Verordnung’)
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
4. Text of Act

[…] henceforth, protected-Jews are only to be permitted to hire native servants who can prove that they were born in Our lands, or those who have served a local/native protected-Jews for at least three years and […] who [protected-Jew] can vouch for their solid performance […].
5. Source
Repertorium der in das Gebiet der Fremdenpolizei einschlagenden, im Großherzogthum Mecklenburg-Schwerin geltenden gesetzlichen Vorschriften über Paßwesen, Verfahren gegen Landstreicher und Bettler, Staats- Und Ortsangehörigkeit, Auslieferung von Verbrechen, Auswanderung, Gewerbebetrieb im Umherziehen u.s.w. Für den Handgebrauch der Ortsobrigkeiten und Polizeibeamten bearbeitet von Carl August Ackermann. (“Repertory of applicable legal regulations in the area foreign-policing in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin regarding passports, procedures against tramp and beggars, state and local citizenship, extradition for crimes, emigration, business enterprise when moving etc. For the direct use of the local authorities and police-officers edited by Carl August Ackermann”); (Schwerin; 1857);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2019
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Aug. 30, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Decree on the treatment of Jewish converts with regard to their residency.
3. Geography of Act
Austrian Empire
4. Text of Act

By abandoning Judaism and receiving Christian baptism, an Israelite ceases to be subject to the police laws that exist with regard to Jews; and from that moment on he has acquired a well-founded claim to all the rights that are granted to the other subjects in the state; because a law that only applies to Jews cannot be applied to an Israelite after he has been baptized.
5. Source
Franz Tobias Herzog, “Sammlung der Gesetze über das Politische Domicil im Kaiserthume Österreich [Collection of Laws on Political Domicile in the Austrian Empire],” Anton Edlen von Schmid, Vienna, 1837, pp. 35-36, available from archive.org.
6. Researcher
Kate Wraith
7. Year of Research
2025
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. 14, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Gubernial Ordinance” issued by the Austrian government
3. Geography of Act
Arch-Duchy of Austria / Austrian Empire
4. Text of Act

Jews may not be granted permission to peddle in Vienna, in the Arch-Duchy, in Styria, Carinthia, Carniola because Jews are not permitted to trade or peddle in them outside of the markets.
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
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 2, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Ordinance” issued by Holy Roman Emperor Francis I [Franz II]
3. Geography of Act
Holy Roman Empire
4. Text of Act

[…] the magistrates and the mayors (‘Amts- und Orts-Vorsteher’) are ordered to obtain permission from the Jewish Tax Office (‘Steuerpachtungs-Direkzion’) rather than from the Administrative Business/Economy offices (‘Wirtschaftsämtern’) whenever Jews apply for a peddling-permit, and to request from the district tax collector[‘s office] (‘Bezirks-Steuereinnehmer’) confirmation of his (the Jew’s) […] assets and payment of the proper taxes, and to send in such [documents] along with the application and proof of the properly paid taxes to the county office. Without these confirmations (‘Bestätigungen’) no Jew is to be issued a peddling-permit.
5. Source
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)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 6, 1810
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Royal Court Chancellery Decree” issued by the Royal Court Chancellery
3. Geography of Act
Austrian Empire
4. Text of Act

Continuation of the Paternal Power of a Baptized Jewish Father over his Jewish Children. Under no circumstances is the parental right of the father over his children, who refuse to be baptized, suspended, as long as the father is the legal custodian of the children according to current civic laws. […]
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
This decree was made public via a governmental circular on December 27, 1810. It ultimately granted a baptized father of the Jewish family the right to baptize his children as well – even against their will - if he so chose.