With the kind permission of State Archive Hamburg.
XVII.
Provisional Decree,
of the German people with regard to the Israelites.
Passed by
a resolution made by the on February 21, 1849.
Published on the order of
E.H.
of the free and Hanseatic city of
The provisional decree passed
by a resolution made by the
on the
of the basic rights of the German people with
regard to the Israelites is hereby
made public.
Given in the meeting of our council.
Art. 1.
Jews who prove to the authorities [
that they belong to the local
of a
member of one of these congregations by
an affidavit from the
the right of
citizenship in the city
if they are suitable for it, the rights of
protected citizens [
As far as the granting of
citizenship
considered as having the right of
domicile, and they have to fulfill the
obligations
stipulated by the decree on
citizenship
law
prove that they
have already gained the right to hold their own bank
account and to declare
temporary budget items [
may acquire
the status of grand burgher [
without
additional cost to them
by paying the stamp duty for the
citizenship
certificate plus fees (a total amount of
8
mk
8 ß
are to be considered sons of grand burghers
[
Art. 2
Those Jews who seek to acquire citizenship in the city
the state,
must take permanent first and family
names
or must declare their willingness to retain the ones used up until
now.
These must not be changed and
the family name is passed
on
unaltered to the descendants.
For the task of accepting such declarations of intent,
a commission consisting
of two
[
will be appointed;
the
must also be
consulted while the
local administration’s
Name changes are generally
to be prevented; in case they are
permitted,
the name used previously must also be published
when the name is made public as stipulated in article 7 of the decree on
Before citizenship
it has to be shown by means of an affidavit by this commission
article has been observed.
Art. 3
Until a general decree is passed,
Jews will take the citizenship oath
in accordance with article 19 of the basic rights
before the head of the local
administration [
customary for oaths sworn by Jews.
Art. 4
By acquiring citizenship in the city
or the state,
all
rights enjoyed by Christian, non-
Lutheran citizens of the city or state at
the
time.
The rule stipulated in article 17 of the brokerage
law of
Christian brokers in auctions as well
as the
rule passed by the council and city assembly
on
limitation of the
number of Jewish notaries is
cancelled.
Art. 5.
With regard to the trade guilds
the following is ordered:
1) sons of resident Jews can be
registered as apprentices with an administrative
official.
Instead of the baptism and confirmation certificates mentioned
in
article 39 of the general regulation
for administrations and
fraternities,
Jewish apprentices must submit their birth
certificate and
prove that
they belong to one of the
Sabbath and other Jewish
holidays
is at the discretion of the parties involved,
but it must be
determined at the time of registration
how this is to be handled. If this did
not take place, the
apprentice must observe his
2) Jewish
if they fulfil the
requirements of
article 62 of the general regulation;
however, when they
first
start work with a Christian
requirements expected of Christian
have worked outside of this jurisdiction
according to article 64 of the
general regulation.
Yet no Christian
forced to employ a Jewish
and no Jewish
either.
The decision regarding work
on Jewish holidays is left up to
mutual
agreement.
With regard to all other questions, the rules
laid down in the general regulation
of administrations
and fraternities are to be applied also to Jewish
guild
members.
Art. 6
Just as in all other matters regarding
the legal situation of resident
Jews,
the existing rules continue
to apply until further notice;
of the status of a
protected citizen
not change anything in
the relationship of
the person concerned with his
community,
and
he continues to be subject to
taxation by the Jewish community.