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1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 13, 1823
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Regulation of the Ministry of the Interior concerning police supervision of foreigners, especially of foreign Jews coming to the Kingdom.
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Württemberg
4. Text of Act	No foreign Jew is to be permitted to travel in the Kingdom who cannot prove his residency with a passport issued to him by the authorities of his place of residence or by another authority on the basis of a passport issued by the authorities of his place of residence … The foreign Jew who comes to the Kingdom with the intention of conducting a commercial business can therefore only advertise with permission if a) his passport must express a legally permitted purpose of the trip. … b) by means of a document issued by the authorities of his place of residence and certified by a higher authority, not more than one year old, that he is able to prove that he, or, if he is not acting on his own account, but in the service of another … that his employer is carrying on business in his homeland with legal authorization in an open shop or as a land broker.
5. Source	A. L. Reyscher (ed.), “Vollständige, Historisch und Kritisch Bearbeitete Sammlung der Württembergischen Gesetze [Complete, Historically and Critically Edited Collection of Württemberg Laws],” Volume 15, Tübingen, 1847, pp. 283-286, available online from archive.org.
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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	Oct. 31, 1823
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Ordinance, issued by the state government of Bohemia
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Czech Republic
4. Text of Act	Given the frequent creeping in of Jewish individuals [already] removed from Prague, the state government finds itself compelled to order the Magistrate of Prague, that he shall make known, through the Jewish Community Office, every deportation of a Jew or a Jewess: all homeowners shall be instructed that any homeowners who give shelter to a Jew deported from Prague, shall be dealt with according to the existing ordinances; in which case those legal, official acts shall be effected without delay.
5. Source	Herzog, Franz Tobias. Vollständige Sammlung der Gesetze über das Schubwesen im Kaiserthume Oesterreich, 1724-1835 [Complete Collection of the Laws Regarding Deportation, Extradition and Similar Transfers in the Austrian Empire, 1724-1835]. Heubner: Vienna, 1835. Page 290.
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1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 13, 1823
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Royal Court Decree” issued by the Austrian Royal Court issued for Moravia and Silesia
3. Geography of Act	Austrian Empire
4. Text of Act	[…] Jews, who are real/legal families (‘wirkliche Familianten’)* may purchase authorized brandy-houses (brandy taverns) […] however, they are only allowed to lease [royal] pieces of land (‘Dominikal-Ansiedlungen’) and such properties as outlined in the Supreme Toleration Patent of February 23, 1782 paragraph 6 […]. Jews, who do not have any family-number (‘Familien-Stellen’), are to be completely excluded from owning authorized brandy-houses and leasing [royal] pieces of land […] except if he were to inherit such brandy-house […] though this [inheritance] does not give him any claim on a family-number (‘Familien-Stelle’) […]
5. Source	Handbuch der provinziellen Gesetzkunde von Mähren und Schlesien. Von Johann Bernardt, jüstiziar des Olmützer Erzbisthumes; (Olmütz; 1848); (“Handbook of Provincial Law of Moravia, Silesia. By Johann Bernardt, Justice of the Archdiocese of Olomouc (Olomouc; 1848)
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8. Notes	Researcher "Familianten" must refer to Jews who resided in Vienna legally. *"Familien-Stellen" referred to a pre-set number of spots that could be granted to Jews applying for residency in Austria and the hereditary lands. This predetermined number of spots could not be surpassed. This decree was made public via a circular on December 5, 1823.

1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 9, 1823
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Governmental Decree” issued by the Austrian Government
3. Geography of Act	Austrian Empire; Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	[…] In order to restrict the number of [Jewish servants] who are kept by the tolerated [Jews], appropriate hearings/negotiations are to be held with the latter (tolerated Jews) as to why one or the other servant is needed […] and their objections and statements are to be taken into protocol as well as any crime which they (the employer) could face* […] and to investigate/find out the true domestic need for such servant [and their criminal past] first […].
5. Source	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, von Chrysostomus Fauller, k. k. Polizei-Beamten. Zweiter Band. (Wien; 1828); (Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations for the Police-Administration in the Austrian Empire. Published between the years 1740 – 1825 and Arranged in alphabetical-chronological order with special consideration to Lower Austria by Chrysostomus Fauller, r[oyal] i[mperial] Police Officials/Authorities/Officers. Second Volume.); (Vienna; 1828)
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8. Notes	Researcher *Jewish employers could legally be held liable for crimes committed by their servants and employees.

1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 18, 1823
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Prohibition to hold balls during fasting times decree of the court chancellor on behalf of the Kaiser to the Lower-Austrian government
3. Geography of Act	Lower-Austria; Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	His Royal Majesty … have ordered that the holding of Jewish carnival balls (Faschingsbälle) during the fasting times of Christians is prohibited, as are all balls prohibited during that time in the future. The local authorities are advised to put an end to this (custom) and to take all necessary actions to enforce His Royal Majesties order.
5. Source	Braumüller, Wilhelm: Urkunden und Akten zur Geschichte der Juden in Wien. Erste Abteilung. Allgemeiner Teil 1526-1847. Zweiter Band. (Wien) 1918; (Documents and files on the history of Jews in Vienna) p. 419.
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1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 30, 1823
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Ordinance Regarding the Communal Affairs of the Israelites,” issued by William II, Elector of Hesse
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	2. Every Jewish community shall generally have its own prayer-house (synagogue). As long as individual communities are lacking such a prayer-house, they shall have to hold their religious services in the prayer-house of a neighboring community. 3. Outside of the public prayer-houses, no Israelite service, nor any communal worship by others and not allowed by the synagogue-regulation (see Section 16), shall take place, unless these others should be relatives by blood or marriage. 16. In order to eradicate the abuses which have surreptitiously encroached upon matters of culture and synagogues, and which are anathema to Jewdom itself, a separate ordinance shall regulate synagogues and rabbis, and in it, it shall be specified that the German language shall be preferred for song and sermon alike.
5. Source	Scheel, Friedrich [publ.]. Zusammenstellung der die Israeliten des vorhinnigen Kurfürstenthums Hessen betreffenden gesetzlichen Erlasse (Compilation of Decrees Concerning the Israelites in the State of Hesse). Scheel: Cassel, 1901. Page 12.
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1. Full Date of Act	1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Annulment of a Jewish Community"
3. Geography of Act	Bavaria
4. Text of Act	Commentary from other sources: 1) "A resolution to dissolve a politically autonomous community in Floß (Upper Palatinate) and annul it against the will of its members. The residents of the settlements on the Judenberg are forced to choose their own mayor and their own community deputies. Only the police administration is in the Christian quarters. This very unique law in Bavaria lasted until the mid-19th century." "Chronologie zur Geschichte de Juden in Bayern (906 - 1945);" RIJO RESEARCH; rijo.homepage.t-online.de
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1. Full Date of Act	Feb. 16, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Circular” issued by the Austrian Chief-Police-Authorities (‘Polizei-Ober-Direction’)
3. Geography of Act	Austrian Empire; Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	[…] Likewise, special attention is to be paid to the presence and behavior of vacationers (‘Beurlaubten’) and of Jews and to ensure that they have sufficient employment/income or support, and that the latter (Jews) can present a valid residency-permit (‘Aufenhalts-Bolleten’)[…].
5. Source	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, von Chrysostomus Fauller, k. k. Polizei-Beamten. Zweiter Band. (Wien; 1828); (Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations for the Police-Administration in the Austrian Empire. Published between the years 1740 – 1825 and Arranged in alphabetical-chronological order with special consideration to Lower Austria by Chrysostomus Fauller, r[oyal] i[mperial] Police Officials/Authorities/Officers. Second Volume.); (Vienna; 1828)
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1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 12, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Order restating a ban on Jewish entry into the Old Town of Hanover, issued by George the Fourth, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, also King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg.
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Hanover
4. Text of Act	The previously existing ban on Jews from the Old Town remains unchanged. The admission of a Jew to the New Town can only be permitted following a prior report from the magistrate of our regional district.
5. Source	“Sammlung der Gesetze, Verordnungen und Ausschreiben für das Königreich Hannover, vom Jahre 1824 [Collection of Laws, Regulations and Notices for the Kingdom of Hanover, from the year 1824],” Hannover, 1824, pp. 69-70, available from archive.org.
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8. Notes	Translator The text of this Act was published in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.

1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 22, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Decree” issued by the Lower Austrian Government
3. Geography of Act	Austrian Empire; Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	[…] In the future, annual residency permits to Jews may only be issued to foreign Jews in Vienna in cases where their presence – for the completion of a specific business transaction or their education in the sciences, arts, or trade matters – is absolutely necessary. […]
5. Source	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, von Chrysostomus Fauller, k. k. Polizei-Beamten. Vierter Band. (Wien; 1828); (Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations for the Police-Administration in the Austrian Empire. Published between the years 1740 – 1825 and Arranged in alphabetical-chronological order with special consideration to Lower Austria by Chrysostomus Fauller, r[oyal] i[mperial] Police Officials/Authorities/Officers. Fourth Volume.) (Vienna; 1828)
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1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 3, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Royal Court Decree” ('Hofdekret') issued by the Bohemian Government
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Bohemia
4. Text of Act	[…] The maintenance of schools and [retention/payment] of school teachers in Jewish communities is left [in the hand of] the Jews themselves [and is to remain] without the support of the school fund. […]
5. Source	Dr. Johnn Luksche’s, weiland kaiserl. mähr. schles. Appelationsrathes, Besondere Rechte der Personen Mährens Dr. Joh. Luksche’s, weiland kaiserl. mähr. schles. Appelationsrathes, Besondere Rechte der Personen Mährens und Schlesiens, vorzüglich in politischer Hinsicht. Zweiter Band; (Brünn, 1844); (Dr. Joh. Lutsche’s Weiland Imper[ial], Moravia[n], Silesia[n] Council of Appellations, Special Rights of Persons of Moravia and Silesia, especially in political terms. Vol. II); (Brünn; 1844)
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8. Notes	Researcher Even though Jews were heavily taxed in Bohemia, they were excluded from receiving any governmental funding for their schools.

1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 9, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Ordinance, issued by the Interior and Police Ministry of Prussia
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	The ordinance regarding travel by Jewish paupers, dated June 20, 1821, must suffer a modification, in consideration of Jewish journeymen who have learned a trade and are willing to journey, as long as they can produce attestations about their integrity and good moral character, as the purpose of the ordinance was not to exclude Jewish tradesmen from journeying, even if they are without means. However, not only shall passports be issued to such Jews with the utmost of prejudice and care, but they shall also be marked clearly and unambiguously with the purpose of the bearer’s journey.
5. Source	Kletke, M.G. (ed.). Organisation des Judenwesens im Großherzogthum Posen (Organization of Jewish Affairs in the Grand Duchy of Posen). Heymann: Berlin, 1843. Page 290.
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1. Full Date of Act	May 3, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Rescript of the Ministry of the Interior and addressed to the Royal Police-Headquarter of Berlin
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Prussia
4. Text of Act	The Police-Headquarter is instructed [as per their inquiry …] as to how Jews who immigrate from across the Elbe are to be treated to use the regulation issued by the government on Potsdam from September 19, 1820, as a guideline […].
5. Source	Heinemann, Jeremiah: Sammlung der die religiöse und bürgerliche Verfassung der Juden in den königlich Preussischen Staaten betreffenden Gesetze, Verordnungen, Gutachten, Berichte und Erkenntnisse (Collection of laws, ordinances, evaluations, reports and findings regarding the religious and civil Constitution of Jews in the Prussian States.); (Berlin, 1835)
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8. Notes	Researcher Please see the Rescript of the Royal Ministry of the Interior to the Royal Government of Potsdam from September 19, 1820, in this project.

1. Full Date of Act	May 15, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Police-Ordinance of Mannheim” (‘Mannheimer Polizey-Verordnung’) issued by the City-Office (‘Stadtamt’) of Mannheim
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	[…] 484) Jews, who trade with iron, are not permitted to carry and sell old or new keys without a [matching] lock. Those who violate this shall have such keys taken away from them and made useless, and then given back for a fine of 1 Reichsthaler. […]
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);
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1. Full Date of Act	May 25, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Prohibition of unauthorized stay for Jews on the countryside and the unauthorized selling of beverages by Jews issued by King Joseph
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Poland and Ukraine
4. Text of Act	His Majesty became aware that in Galicia the Jews are almost exclusively leasing all pubs and misleading the common people to drunkenness. […] So we feel compelled to cause all county magistrates to immediately process all reports of unauthorized stays of Jews on the countryside and especially reports of Jews selling alcohol and to get sanctions under way. […]
5. Source	Provinzial-Gesetzsammlung des Königreichs Galizien und Lodomerien [Provincial Law Collection of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria], 1824, law no. 58, page 84f.
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1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 11, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Royal Order (‘Ukas’) drafted by the Finance Ministers of the Imperial Council and confirmed by his Majesty”
3. Geography of Act	Austrian Empire
4. Text of Act	1) The heads of border-crossings are strictly ordered to make sure that Jews, who come from foreign places, or those who wish to return to Russia, after leaving voluntarily, are not to receive permits to enter the domain [few exception are made …]. 4) […] Jews who come to Russia in order to settle, who are not registered in any of the population-classes (‘Einwohnerklasse’), and who are not going to establish a business, shall be entered into the class of craftsmen/manual worker (‘Manoeuvres’) in their district and subjected to the common head-tax […] according to the order of July 20, 1816 and March 31, 1824.
5. Source	Oesterreichischer Beobachter. Nro. 274. Donnserstag, den 30. September 1824. (Austrian Observer. No 274, Thursday, September 30, 1824.)
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1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 1, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Law Regarding the Determination of Civil Law Rights of Israelites, Enacted by the Senate of the Free City of Frankfurt (Commonly referred to as the “Frankfurt Jew Law of 1824”)
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Section 1 - All Israelite families and individuals currently residing in this city, in addition to their marital offspring, are, as Israelite citizens, state subjects of the Free City of Frankfurt. Even though they are excluded from the immediate participation in the government of the state and from the Christian community, and thus do not enjoy full citizenship privileges, while retaining their right of following their religion without impediment...Section 8 - Israelite citizens who have been admitted as businessmen may enter into any kind of business or ancillary business, just like Christians, except trading in firewood, fruit, horse feed and flour, although small-scale trading of flour by ancillary flour sellers is not subject to this provision....
5. Source	Geschichte der deutschen Bundesversammlung: insbesondere ihres Verhaltens zu den deutschen National-Interessen, Vol. 1. Ilse, Leopold Friedrich. Marburg, Germany: Elwert 1861. Accessed online
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1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 9, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Law” drafted by the (City Council of) Free City of Frankfurt
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	[…] regarding the civil rights and constitutional rights of the local Israeli community: 1) […] Since they remain excluded from the immediate administration of the state and the Christian community and cannot [therefore] fully partake in the civil rights of regular citizens [that is why] they are given along with their ability to practice their religion unhindered their own constitution for their community. […] 3) No more than fifteen Israeli marriages shall take place, however, two of them - man or woman - may be foreigners […] 4) Along with taking on the necessary legal levies and taxes which he must submit, an Israeli citizen must also show ample proof that he’s able to feed a family before given permission to marry […] 7) Israeli tradesmen are permitted to open factories and manufacturing plants of any kind equal to Christians; however, these may not interfere (place a burden) on the ability of the local [Christian] craftsmen […] No craftsman/artisan/manual worker (‘Handwerker’) may be employed by such factories and manufacturing plants, and only Christians workers may be hired with an explicit permission of the senate after the first 10 years […] 8) Israeli citizens admitted as citizens may be permitted to pursue any kind of trade, except [trade with] firewood, fruits, forage crop and flour, which does not include flour sold by authorized [Jewish] [small] flour traders/retailers. […]
5. Source	Geschichte der deutschen Bundesversammlung, insbesondere ihres Verhaltens zu den deutschen National-Interessen, von L. Fr. Ilse, ordentl. Professor der Staatswissenschaften an der Universität zu Marburg. Erster Band. (History of the German Federal-Assembly, especially its attitude to German national-interests, by L[eopold] Fr[iedrich] Ise, full professor of political sciences [relating to the state] at the University of Marburg. Vol. I); (Marburg; 1861)
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8. Notes	Researcher The above law contains 16 paragraphs and is several pages long. It has been abbreviated to the fit the allocated space and can be found in its entirely in the cited source.

1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 24, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“On Order of His Majesty the King” publicized by the Royal State Ministry of the Interior
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Bavaria; Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	[…] The judges (‘Landrichter’) and Patrimonial-Courts are ordered/instructed only to take on/employ scribes belonging to the Jewish faith/religion after first reporting them to [and receiving permission from] the government. […]
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)
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1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 15, 1824
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Ordinance, issued by the Interior Ministry of Prussia
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	The recent ordinances issued in the Kingdom of Poland, prohibiting the Jews there from bartending and butchering, give rise to the concern that several of them might attempt to sneak into Prussian territory, in order to withdraw themselves from such a bothersome order to which they are not accustomed. The [Prussian] royal government offices are therefore ordered to take all necessary measures to prevent the surreptitious entry of Polish Jews into our states; wherever such entries should be encountered in spite of this, the deportation and removal of the contravening Jews is to be facilitated with appropriate force.
5. Source	Kletke, M.G. (ed.). Organisation des Judenwesens im Großherzogthum Posen (Organization of Jewish Affairs in the Grand Duchy of Posen). Heymann: Berlin, 1843. Page 290.
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1. Full Date of Act	1825
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Decree issued by Nicholas I
3. Geography of Act	Russia
4. Text of Act	Commentary from other sources: 1) “In 1825, Tsar Nicholas I issued a decree stating that all Jewish men were now subject to a military draft when they reached the age of 18 and that they would be required to serve for 25 years. According to a memo the tsar sent his generals, 'The chief benefit to be derived from the drafting of Jews is the certainty that it will move them most effectively to change their religion.' When Nicholas discovered that very few Jewish soldiers were converting to Christianity, he issued a new order.” “A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism.” Phyllis Goldstein. p. 216
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1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 7, 1825
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Highest/Supreme Decision” (’Allerhöchste Entschließung’) issued by Emperor Francis I
3. Geography of Act	Austrian Empire; Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	[…] Jews who are not permitted to reside (be present) in Vienna, are not to be allowed to remain [t]here. […]
5. Source	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, von Chrysostomus Fauller, k. k. Polizei-Beamten. Vierter Band. (Wien; 1828); (Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations for the Police-Administration in the Austrian Empire. Published between the years 1740 – 1825 and Arranged in alphabetical-chronological order with special consideration to Lower Austria by Chrysostomus Fauller, r[oyal] i[mperial] Police Officials/Authorities/Officers. Fourth Volume.); (Vienna; 1828)
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1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 17, 1825
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Rescript” issued by the His Majesty Maximilian I
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Bavaria; Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	[Confirms that Jews, who have the necessary education, disposition, and ‘legal mind/character’, cannot be excluded from becoming advocates/lawyers …] however, with one limitation […] that they (Jews) be excluded from all judicial functions […]
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)
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8. Notes	Researcher The fact that Jews could be legally admitted to the profession of a lawyer was confirmed as per the "Highest Order" on May 23, 1834.

1. Full Date of Act	Feb. 15, 1825
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Ordinance, issued by the Interior and Police Ministry of Prussia
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	Since the dissemination of counterfeit coins is usually facilitated by Jewish merchants, all police agencies are hereby ordered to issue passports for domestic travel to such Jewish travelers only after clear evidence of their integrity and good moral character has been produced; even any alteration of travel route requested by the passport bearer shall only be granted in urgent cases, and only to those applicants completely free from suspicion. Under no circumstances shall the destination of travel, as indicated in the passport, be changed.
5. Source	Kletke, M.G. (ed.). Organisation des Judenwesens im Großherzogthum Posen (Organization of Jewish Affairs in the Grand Duchy of Posen). Heymann: Berlin, 1843. Page 292.
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1. Full Date of Act	Feb. 27, 1825
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Decree #9651, issued by the government of Austria
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	It shall be mandatory for those Israelites who attend the schools, that they identify themselves either by way of the tolerance decree of their parents, or with a certificate issued by police headquarters; foreign Israelites, however, have to report to the school superintendent with a temporary stay permit issued by police headquarters.
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 in the Austrian Empire: 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 321.
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