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1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 15, 1747
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Edict, issued by Frederick II, King of Prussia
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	As We have come to know, with great disdain, that more often than not, stolen goods are readily and cheaply purchased by Jews, who are frequently eager to resell this loot, thus further encouraging the thieves, it has become necessary to put an end to this mischief. If in the future, one Jew or another should dare to buy stolen goods for himself or for resale, the same shall, upon discovery of the act, lose not only his own privileges given by his letter of protection; rather, his whole family, covered under the letter, shall lose their privileges, the letter itself shall be revoked and confiscated, and the contravening Jew shall be removed from the country, along with his family. In addition, the Jewish offender shall be made to pay full restitution to the lawful owner of the stolen goods. Should he be unable to pay these damages, then the officials of the town in which the Jew resides shall compel the other local Jews to pay the value of the stolen items in the offender’s stead.
5. Source	Mylius, Christian Otto (ed.). Corporis Constitutionum Marchicarum Continuatio III. Derer in der Chur und Marck Brandenburg, auch incorporirten Landen, ergangenen Edicten, Mandaten, Rescripten &c. von 1745 bis 1747, inclusive. Mit Königl. Preußischen Privilegio (Third Continuation of the Body of Edicts, Mandates, Rescripts etc. Issued in the Electorate and March of Brandenburg, as well as Incorporated Lands, from 1745 through 1747. With Royal-Prussian Privileges). Buchladen des Waysenhauses: Berlin, 1748. Cols. 137ff.
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1. Full Date of Act	Feb. 9, 1747
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Ordinance” issued by the City Council of Frankfurt
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt
4. Text of Act	[…] in the future, no more than 3 Jewish-doctors (‘Juden-Medicos’) shall be permitted here […] and that one is to order Jewish heads of community (‘Baumeister’) not to exceed this number or to hire more of them without the permission of the noble council […] Furthermore, the consensus/counting and estimation office (‘Recheney- und Schatzungsamt’) shall see to it that no new person may be added [to the registry without proper research and permission of the authorities […]
5. Source	Versuch einer Einleitung in die Staatsverfassung er Reichsstadt Frankfurt. Zweyter Theil. (Abschnitt 4); von Johann Anton von Moritz. (Introductory attempt of the State Constitution of the Imperial City of Frankfurt. Part two. By Johann Anton von Moritz. (Section 4)); (Frankfurt a. Main; 1786);
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1. Full Date of Act	May 26, 1747
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Ordinance, passed by the City Council of Helmstedt
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	For the duration of all annual markets and fairs, Jews shall not be allowed to enter the city; should they wish to travel through the city during such time, as opposed to going around, they shall be escorted by the gate-keepers from one city gate to the other. Any Jews who dare to circumvent this prohibition shall not only have their wares confiscated, but shall also be subjected to firm punishment.
5. Source	“Wir Fürstlicher Braunschweig-Lüneburgische Gerichts-Schuldheiß, und Bürgermeistere und Rath der Stadt Helmstädt, fügen hiemit zu wissen... [We, the Royal Court Clerk of Brunswick-Luneburg, and the Mayor and Council of the City of Helmstädt, herewith make known…],” 5/26/1747; Decrees Collection; AR 379; Box 1; Folder 60; Leo Baeck Institute.
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1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 20, 1747
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Order” issued by the government of the Prince-Bishopric
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
4. Text of Act	Jews are prohibited to do business on Sundays and holy-days or to stay overnight in the city of Würzburg.
5. Source	Wirzburgische Chronik derer lezteren Zeiten von P. Ignacio Gropp. (Wirzburg; 1750); (Chronicle of Würzburg’s past by P. Ignacio Gropp.); (Würzburg; 1750);
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1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 5, 1747
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Order” issued Frederick Augustus, King of Poland, Elector of Saxony, Duke of Lithuania and addressed to all Commissions (‘Commißarien’)
3. Geography of Act	Europe (multi-countries)
4. Text of Act	Dear faithful. Since we have noticed that various Jews, who stay a few days in the cities of Our Electorate of Saxony, are not submitting the capitation-tax […] which is why we wish to order you herewith that the Accis*-administrators (‘Accis-Thorschreiber’) in the cities entrusted to you examine closely whether the Jews, who stay a few days [in such cities] pay the head-tax, and not to permit such Jews to pass through (enter these cities) if they cannot produce a receipt […] until they have paid the capitation-tax […].
5. Source	Codex Augusteus, Oder Neuvermehrtes Corpus Juris Saxonici, Worinnen die in dem Churfürstenthum Sachsen und dazu gehörigen Landen, auch denen Marggrafthümern Ober- und Nieder-Lausitz, publicirte und ergangene Constitutiones, Decisiones, Mandata und Verordnungen erhaltenen, nebst einem Elencho, dienlichen Summarien und vollkommenen Registern, mit Ihrer königlichen Majestät in Polen, als Churfürstens zu Sachsen, allergnädigster Bewilligung ans Licht getreten. Lejpzeig, Verlegtes Johann Samuel Heinsius. (Lejpzig; 1772); (Codex Augustus, or newly augmented legal body/laws of Saxony, and those of the Electorate of Saxony and its associated territories, as well as the Margraviates of Upper and Lower Lusatia - and constitutions, decisions, mandates, and received ordinances, along with an elenchus, useful summaries and complete indexes which have appeared, with the most gracious permission of His Royal Majesty in Poland as Elector of Saxony. Published in Leipzig by Johnn Samuel Heinsius; (Leipzig; 1772)
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8. Notes	Editor Present-day Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary Researcher *Accis (Latin) was an indirect form of taxation.

1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 8, 1747
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	General Rescript on the additions to the craft regulations for coppersmiths.
3. Geography of Act	Duchy of Württemberg
4. Text of Act	Dispensation does not allow any new master craftsman, or the others who have only trained young men, to take on a young man as an apprentice before the expiration of three years, nor does it allow this master coppersmith to sell new copper goods to coopers or Jews.
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 14, Tübingen, 1843, p. 325, 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	Aug. 8, 1747
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	General-Rescript on additions to the craft regulations concerning coppersmiths
3. Geography of Act	Duchy of Württemberg
4. Text of Act	No coppersmith master may sell new copper goods to coppersmiths or Jews.
5. Source	“Sammlung der Württembergischen Regierungs-Gesetze, [Collection of Württemberg Government Laws],” Part 3, Tübingen, 1843, p. 325, available from books.google.com.
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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	Aug. 30, 1747
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Order” of Bishop Philipp Johann Anton von Frankensteil
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg
4. Text of Act	[…] no Jew shall be granted [a] protection [permit] if he is not able to prove to possess 4000 fl Rh [Gulden Reichsthaler] in [the city of] Bamberg and 1000 [Reichsthaler] on the countryside […].
5. Source	Geschichte der Juden im ehemaligen Fürstbistum Bamberg, bearbeitet auf Grund von Archivalien, nebst urkundlichen Beilagen, von Dr. A. Eckenstein. Districktsrabbiner. (History of the Jews in the Former Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg, edited by A[dolf] Eckenstein, PhD, District-Rabbi); (Bamberg);
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1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 26, 1747
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Ordinance" issued by King Fredrick II of Prussia
3. Geography of Act	Prussia
4. Text of Act	Even though, His Royal Majesty ... have signed the Admittance [Papers] for the Jew Abraham zu Fürstenwalde and his Son in response to the General Director's suggestion that one time ... ; however, it goes too far, to ask that two children be placed on the Privilege ['Schutbrief' = protection papers] as this would defeat the whole purpose of our attempt to reduce the number of Jewish families [in Our territories]... ; this is why His Royal Majesty orders that from now on, no more than one child is to be placed on the father's 'Privilege' (Schutz- Brief) which is already more than enough.
5. Source	Stern, Selma: Der Preussische Staat und die Juden, Dritter Teil, 2. Akten, 1. Halbband (The Prussian State and the Jews) (1971) Page 195 ff.
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1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 25, 1747
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Jewish Ordinance” issued by King Friedrich Wilhelm I
3. Geography of Act	Prussia
4. Text of Act	[…] that in the future, 'protected Jews' (Schutzjuden) who go bankrupt and are unable to repay their debts to their creditors are to lose their protection and that their 'letter of protection' (Schutz-Brief) is to be annulled […]
5. Source	Kreutzberger, Mark: Leo Baeck Institute New York Bibliothek und Archiv. Katalog, Vol. 1); (Tübingen; 1970)
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1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 24, 1748
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Swedish Parliamentary Resolution on the Restriction of Movement of Jewish Persons
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Sweden
4. Text of Act	That Vagrants in general, as well as Jews,… are hereby strictly forbidden to travel around the country, under whatever pretext, when they do not have proper passports to show; And if such persons, whether native or foreign, are found here in the kingdom and should be discovered, they should be immediately arrested, and taken to prison, and held for common labor, or in the absence thereof, the Commanding Officer must immediately make the criminal undergo caning or flogging.
5. Source	Hugo Valentin, “Urkunder Till Judarnas Historia i Sverige [Records for the History of the Jews in Sweden],” Albert Bonniers, Stockholm, 1924, p. 14-15, available from runeberg.org.
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8. Notes	Researcher The text of this Act is available in Swedish in the source above. Translator It was translated into English by Rodi Adelsson.

1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 27, 1748
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Tribunal Decree” issued by the Courts and addressed to the Local Authorities (“Kreishauptleute”)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Czech Republic, Germany
4. Text of Act	[…] the [Jewish] eldest (heads of communities) are to be taken by the head and [remain] arrested ('arrestlich aufbewahren') [until they have submitted the required payment. …]
5. Source	Scari, von Hieronymus: Systematische Darstellung der in Betreff der Juden in Mähren und in k. k. Antheile Schlesiens Erlassene Gesetze und Verordnungen; (Brünn; 1835); (“Systematic Representation in Regards to the Jews of Moravia and the Laws and Ordinances Issued in the Imperial and Royal[ly Owned] Parts of Silesia”);
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8. Notes	Researcher This order was issued after the Jewish community had fallen behind with their payment of the required tax for the import and sale of the “paradise-apple.”

1. Full Date of Act	May 11, 1748
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Decree, issued by Countess Palatine Francisca Christina of Sulzbach, for the City of Essen
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	Henceforth, none of our protected Jews may charge more than six out of a hundred for any advance given by him to one or another of our subjects, regardless whether said advance is large or small, nor whether the debt is based on borrowed meat or other merchandise, and each contravention shall carry a mandatory fine of 10 guilders in gold.
5. Source	Samuel, Salomon. Geschichte der Juden in Stadt und Stift Essen bis zur Säkularisation des Stifts von 1291 - 1802 (History of the Jews in City and Abbey Essen until the Secularization of the Abbey, from 1291 - 1802). Fredebeul & Koenen: Essen, 1905. Page 111.
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1. Full Date of Act	May 25, 1748
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Taxation [of Jews] based on the usage of wine” decree issued on behalf of Maria Theresa via the Lower-Austrian government addressing the Magistrate of Vienna
3. Geography of Act	Lower-Austria; Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	[…] a special tax isn’t only to be taken from every ball, gathering, […] wedding, if it was used like cash or as a way of payment; though [it is] not [to be charged], if it (the wine) was given in friendship […] but also from all Jews who sell or distribute or give away wine as cash.
5. Source	Braumüller, Wilhelm: Urkunden und Akten zur Geschichte der Juden in Wien. Erste Abteilung. Allgemeiner Teil 1526-1847. Erster Band. (Wien) 1918; p. 330.
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1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 6, 1748
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Order of Sovereign Margrave Frederick of Bayreuth on contracts between Christians and Jews.
3. Geography of Act	Principality of Bayreuth
4. Text of Act	It is already sufficiently known what is stipulated in the first title of Our Land Constitution and its 8th article, concerning transactions between Christians and Jews, such as buying, selling, exchanging, pawning, and other contracts, due to the frequent occurrence of serious and excessive losses, which may arise when the value of such contracts exceeds twenty guilders. These must always be reported to Our officials with the proper procedures, recorded in the protocol; otherwise, they shall be invalid and will have no binding effect on the Christian party. Since We have now, in response to the humble petitions and requests from the entire Jewish community in Our land, and upon the favorable report from Our government, most graciously resolved to raise the amount specified in the aforementioned article of Our Land Constitution from twenty to thirty guilders, but with the provision that in future, any surplus in competitions, which otherwise would benefit the common creditors, shall fall to the fiscus [treasury].
5. Source	“Verträge zwischen Christen und Juden [Contracts between Christians and Jews],” in Friedrich Christian Arnold, “Beiträge Zum Teutschen Privat-Rechte [Contributions to German Private Rights],” Volume 2, Ansbach, 1842, p. 226-227, available from dlc.mpg.de.
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8. Notes	Researcher The Land Constitution mentioned above is available on OAJA.org under: Sep. 16, 1722 - §8 of Title I of the Landescostitution [Land Constitution] of Bayreuth. Translator The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using chatgpt.com.

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 28, 1748
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Rescript to all Governments" issued by King Fredrick II of Prussia
3. Geography of Act	Prussia
4. Text of Act	In order not to be mistaken as thieves, Jews are not to shave their beards completely.
5. Source	Stern, Selma: Der Preussische Staat und die Juden, Dritter Teil, 2. Akten, 1. Halbband (The Prussian State and the Jews) (1971) Page 206 ff.
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1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 22, 1748
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Decree on the trade in fruits and wine.
3. Geography of Act	Prince-Bishopric of Speyer
4. Text of Act	All and every subject of our princely diocese should be forbidden to sell any fruit on the stalk or wine on the vine to a Jew, whether domestic or foreign.
5. Source	“Sammlung der Hochfürstlich-Speierischen Gesetze und Landesverordnungen vom Jahr 1743 bis 1770 [Collection of the High Princely Speyer Laws and State Ordinances from 1770 to 1787],” Part 3, Bevern, 1788, p. 54, available 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. 4, 1748
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Ordinance” issued by the Prince-Bishopric
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg
4. Text of Act	[…] Jews are prohibited from trading with fat cattle (‘Fettvieh’). […]
5. Source	Eckstein, Adolf (District Rabbi): Geschichte der Juden im ehemaligen Fürstbistum Bamberg, bearbeitet auf Grund von Archivalien, nebst urkundlichen Beilagen, (History of the Jews in the Former Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg, edited on the basis of archiving, together with documented supplements); (Bamberg; 1898)
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8. Notes	Researcher This prohibition was issued and revoked several times throughout history in the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg. It was initially issued on May 8, 1700, then repeated on October 11 and 31, 1712. The cattle trade was permitted on June 8, 1713; prohibited on September 15, 1771; permitted on October 10, 1771; prohibited on May 19, 1795, and March 15, 1796.

1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 29, 1748
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	General Rescript, issued by Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	On various occasions, we have learned, begrudgingly, that the 1551 regulation, regarding Jews who make demands for payment against Christians, has mostly been ignored in Our duchy and Our lands. Whereas We wish that the regulation – making it illegal to cede to Jews any payment that is demanded by the Jew from a Christian, be it in or out of court – shall be strictly obeyed, We hereby command all officials and officers of the state to ensure that it is followed punctiliously, by way of confiscating any such payments and transferring them to Our Ducal Accounting Office.
5. Source	Riecke, Christian H. Sammlung der württembergischen Gesetze [Collection of the Laws of Württemberg]. L.F. Fues: Tübingen, 1835. Vol. 6. Page 490.
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1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 10, 1748
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Silesian Ordinance” issued by the Silesian Government
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Duchy of Silesia
4. Text of Act	[…] domestic Jews are not permitted to purchase wool except on annual wool markets […however,] in such a way that factory owners and Christians are to be given preference [and] that Jews are only to be able to purchase that which was not sold and was left over, […] to that end, they are not to be permitted in any way to enter into the markets in the morning, but only in the afternoons – during the summer wool markets after 4 p.m. and during the winter wool markets after 2 p.m. – or face a fine. […] Jews are only to be permitted to sell their purchased wool to factory owners in the land, or they will have their wool confiscated or face a substantial fine. […]
5. Source	Policey- und Cameral-Magazin in welchem nach alphabetischer Ordnung die vornehmsten und wichtigsten bey dem Policey- und Cameralwesen vorkommende Materien nah richtigen und vernünftigen Grundsätzen praktisch abgehandelt und durch landesherrliche Gesetze und hin und wieder wirklich gemachte Einrichtungen erläutert werden. Fünfter Band welcher J und R enthält herausgegeben von Johann Heinrich Ludwig Bergius; (Frankfurt am Mayn; 1770); (Police and State-Economy Repository/Journal in which principal and most important materials of Police and State Economy have been dealt with [and listed] in alphabetical order and in proper and rational manner and explained through territorial laws and occasionally made real by establishments. Fifth Volume which contains J to R and published by Johann Heinrich Ludwig Bergius); (Frankfurt am/near Main; 1770);
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1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 13, 1748
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Rescript, issued by Frederick V, King of Denmark and Norway, to the Magistrate of Copenhagen
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Denmark
4. Text of Act	... 3. Every Jew must reside in the place given in his Letter of Protection, where he has his citizenship, and he shall not be allowed to settle down or live in any other town without a new Letter of Protection.
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 29.
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8. Notes	Researcher Zealand is the largest island in Denmark proper; its most prominent city is Copenhagen, the Danish capital.

1. Full Date of Act	1749
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Jewish [Entry]Toll/Tax” issued by the Royal[ly appointed] Deputation
3. Geography of Act	Moravia [Provisional]
4. Text of Act	“[…] 5) […Jews are permitted to enter the city after paying the required entrance-fee …], however, hereto, it is strictly prohibited […] for any Jew to dare to enter the city on a Sunday or holy-day. […]”
5. Source	Juden in Mähren - Judengemeinden in Südmähren. Zusammengetragen und verfasst von Gerhard Hanak (“Jews in Moravia - Jewish Communities in Southern Moravia. Compiled and written/drawn up by Gerhard Hanak”); Europas-mitte.de; Accessed online 2/4/2018
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8. Notes	Researcher Even if Jews were required by the authorities (subpoenaed) to come to the city, they were not permitted to enter the city until the afternoon on a Sunday or holy-day. This very long document also discusses the terms according to which these toll-taxes are to be leased out for three years – via the “highest permission” (the king himself) to Conrad Leopold Donatius and Simon Hirschl in the amount of 7500 Gulden to be submitted monthly to the Royal Treasury (“k. k. Cameralcasse”) of Brünn.

1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 8, 1749
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Jewish Body-tax/toll” (“CCCLXXXIX") issued by Count A. F. G. von Seinsheim*
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Prince-Electorate of Mainz
4. Text of Act	The body-tax/toll against the Jews of Churmayz/Chur-Mainz (‘Churmaynzische Juden’) is to remain intact/valid […] A Jew who enters any of the jurisdiction of the prince-electorate of Würzburg, shall pay 10 [Rhenish guilder] (‘rhein. kr.’) for each 24 hours (that is to say each day) [he’s present] if he’s a grown man […], a youth, however, is to only pay 5 [Rhenish guilder] (‘rhein. kr.’) or if they are simply a servant or maid […].
5. Source	[…] Sammlung theils gedruckter theils ungedruckter Abhandlungen, Dissertationen, Programmen, Gutachten, Gesetze, Urkunden […] welche das Fränkische und besonders hochfürstlich-Wirzburgische Gestliche, Weltliche, Bürgerliche, Peinliche, Leben Polizey und Kameralrecht erläutern […] Des zweyten Abschnittes zwölftes Heft. (Wirzburg; 1789); (Collection of partly printed and partly unprinted treatise, dissertations, programs, appraisals, laws, [official] documents/writs which explain clerical, secular, common, penal, police laws of the Franconian, and especially the highly [regarded] prince-electorate of Würzburg. Second division, 12th booklet.) (Würzburg; 1789);
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8. Notes	Researcher Adam Friedrich Graf von Seinsheim was the Prince-Elector of Würzburg, and later Bamberg as well.

1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 21, 1749
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Jew Ordinance,” decreed by Frederick V, King of Sweden and Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, for the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	I. No Jew-person shall be tolerated in Our lands, unless they have obtained the appropriate Letter of Protection. II. No Jew shall be admitted to any township where no Jew has lived previously. III. Any new Letter of Protection shall only be issued to a Jew who is the eldest son of a protected Jew already living here, brings at least 500 thalers into the country, is vouched for by at least 4 Head-Jews, and pays the appropriate fee to His Lordship. IV. City Jews may have two male servants, but country Jews only one; there is no limit on female employees. V. Every May 1, all mayors, city councils etc. shall send a Jew-roster to Our chancelleries and Our Chamber of Pensions. VI. Neither Our Christian subjects nor the protected Jews shall give shelter to any beggar-Jews. VII. All protected Jews must pay their protection tax timely; once their payment is four weeks late, the amount owed is automatically doubled. VIII. No Jew under 25 years of age may marry, and no Jewess under 20 years. They must leave the country within four weeks after their wedding, unless they can obtain and produce a Letter of Protection. IX. No Jew under Our protection shall live in a Christian house, nor have any Christian servants. X. Jews shall not demean Our Christian religion, neither in public nor in private, and not build any synagogues without Our permission. XI. Jews are to conduct their religious services quietly and in private. XII. All Jewish persons shall remain quiet and indoors during Sundays, feast, prayer and fasting days.
5. Source	"Neu-eingerichtete Juden-Ordnung [Newly established Jew Ordinance],” 1/21/1749; Decrees Collection; AR 379; Box 1; Folder 21; Leo Baeck Institute.
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1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 22, 1749
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Mandate issued due to contagious disease found in the neighbourhood cattle.
3. Geography of Act	Free Imperial City of Hamburg
4. Text of Act	All pill sellers, scissor grinders, kettle menders and rag collectors at the gates and barriers of this city, as well as in the country at the border crossings, are obliged to prove with official certificates that they have neither come from nor through a place where in the last three months there has been the slightest trace of an infectious disease; all wandering rabble, however, as well as begging Jews,… even if they already have health certificates, are to be turned away everywhere, and if necessary driven back by force.
5. Source	“Sammlung der von Einem Hochedlen Rathe der Stadt Hamburg so wol zur Handhabung der Gesetze und Verfassungen als bey besonderen Eräugnissen ... welcher die Verfugungen von 1731 bis 1750 [Collection of the Regulations issued by a High Noble Council of the City of Hamburg for the Administration of Laws and Constitutions as well as for Special Events ... which contain the Regulations from 1731 to 1750,]” Volume 3, J. C. Piscator, Hamburg, 1764, p. 1697, available 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.