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Article THE HOLY INQUISITION. ← Page 2 of 3 →
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The Holy Inquisition.
" It being deemed necessary to revive the full observance of the disciplinary laws relative to the Israelites residing within our jurisdiction , anil having hitherto , without effect , employed prayers and exhortations to obtain obedience to those laws in the Ghetti ( Jewries ) of Ancona and Sinigaglia authorised by the despatch of the Sacred and Supreme Inquisition of Rome , dated June 10 , 1843 , expressly enjoining and commanding the observance of the decrees and pontifical constitutions
, especially in respect to Christian nurses and domestic servants , or to the sale of property eilher in towns or country districts , purchased and possessed previously to 1827 , as well as subsequently to that period , we decree as follows : —• " 1 . From the interval of two months after the date of this day , all gipsy and Christian domestics , male and female , whether employed by day or by night , must be dismissed from service in the said two Ghetti ;
and all Jews residing within our jurisdiction are expressly prohibited from employing any Christian nurse , or availing themselves of the service of any Christian in any domestic occupation whatever , under pain of being immediately punished according to the pontifical decrees and constitutions . " 2 . That all Jews who may possess property , either in town or country , permanent or moveable , or rents or interest , or any right
involving shares in funded property , or leased landed property , must , within the term of three months from this day , dispose of it by a positive and real , and not by any pretended or fictitious contract . Should this not be done within the time specified , the Holy Office is to sell the same by public auction , on proof of the annual harvest being got in . " 3 . That no Hebrew nurses , and still less any Hebrew family , shall inherit the cityor reside inor remove their property into any town or
, , district where there is no Ghetto ( place of residence for Jews ); and that such as may actually be there in contumacy to the laws , must return to their respective Ghetto within the peremptory period of six months , otherwise they will be proceeded against according to the tenor of the law .
4 . That , especially in any city where there is a Ghetto , no Hebrew must presume to associate at table with Christians , either in public houses or ordinaries , out of the Ghetto . ' ¦ ' 5 . That in a city which has a Ghetto , no Hebrew shall sleep out of the Israelite quarter , nor make free to enter into familiar conversation in a Christian house . " 6 . That no Hebrew shall take the liberty , under any pretext whateverto induce male Christiansand still less female Christiansto sleep
, , , within the boundaries of the Ghetto . " 7 . That no Hebrew shall hire Christians , even only by the day , to work in their houses in the Ghetto . " 8 . That no Hebrew , either male or female , shall frequent the houses of Christians , or maintain friendly relations with Christian men or
women . " 9 . That the laws shall remain in force respecting the decorum to be observed by the Hebrews who may absent themselves from their Ghetto , to travel in other parts of the state . " 10 . That all Hebrews are expressly prohibited from trafficking in sacred ornaments , or books of any kind , and from purchasing , reading , or keeping possession of prohibited books of any sort , under the penalty of 100 scudi and seven years imprisonment ; and they who have sucli VOL . i . ' ! K
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Holy Inquisition.
" It being deemed necessary to revive the full observance of the disciplinary laws relative to the Israelites residing within our jurisdiction , anil having hitherto , without effect , employed prayers and exhortations to obtain obedience to those laws in the Ghetti ( Jewries ) of Ancona and Sinigaglia authorised by the despatch of the Sacred and Supreme Inquisition of Rome , dated June 10 , 1843 , expressly enjoining and commanding the observance of the decrees and pontifical constitutions
, especially in respect to Christian nurses and domestic servants , or to the sale of property eilher in towns or country districts , purchased and possessed previously to 1827 , as well as subsequently to that period , we decree as follows : —• " 1 . From the interval of two months after the date of this day , all gipsy and Christian domestics , male and female , whether employed by day or by night , must be dismissed from service in the said two Ghetti ;
and all Jews residing within our jurisdiction are expressly prohibited from employing any Christian nurse , or availing themselves of the service of any Christian in any domestic occupation whatever , under pain of being immediately punished according to the pontifical decrees and constitutions . " 2 . That all Jews who may possess property , either in town or country , permanent or moveable , or rents or interest , or any right
involving shares in funded property , or leased landed property , must , within the term of three months from this day , dispose of it by a positive and real , and not by any pretended or fictitious contract . Should this not be done within the time specified , the Holy Office is to sell the same by public auction , on proof of the annual harvest being got in . " 3 . That no Hebrew nurses , and still less any Hebrew family , shall inherit the cityor reside inor remove their property into any town or
, , district where there is no Ghetto ( place of residence for Jews ); and that such as may actually be there in contumacy to the laws , must return to their respective Ghetto within the peremptory period of six months , otherwise they will be proceeded against according to the tenor of the law .
4 . That , especially in any city where there is a Ghetto , no Hebrew must presume to associate at table with Christians , either in public houses or ordinaries , out of the Ghetto . ' ¦ ' 5 . That in a city which has a Ghetto , no Hebrew shall sleep out of the Israelite quarter , nor make free to enter into familiar conversation in a Christian house . " 6 . That no Hebrew shall take the liberty , under any pretext whateverto induce male Christiansand still less female Christiansto sleep
, , , within the boundaries of the Ghetto . " 7 . That no Hebrew shall hire Christians , even only by the day , to work in their houses in the Ghetto . " 8 . That no Hebrew , either male or female , shall frequent the houses of Christians , or maintain friendly relations with Christian men or
women . " 9 . That the laws shall remain in force respecting the decorum to be observed by the Hebrews who may absent themselves from their Ghetto , to travel in other parts of the state . " 10 . That all Hebrews are expressly prohibited from trafficking in sacred ornaments , or books of any kind , and from purchasing , reading , or keeping possession of prohibited books of any sort , under the penalty of 100 scudi and seven years imprisonment ; and they who have sucli VOL . i . ' ! K