Copies of 2 resolutions issued by the imperial government in Vienna in 1721 at the time that Charles VI would have been Holy Roman Emperor, both signed by Nicolaus Punz (or possibly: Prinz) under the attestation: Per imperatorem. The resolutions, which appear to be unrelated, are written on the recto and verso of the same leaf, each headed with a summarizing rubric. The first resolution, dated 31 March 1721 (recto), concerns the case of 12 beggar Jews (Bettl-Juden) who were found to be residing in Vienna without permission, at the residence of Marx Hirschel, a Jew who evidently had permission to reside in the city (Hirschel was the business representative in Vienna of Behrend Lehmann, a court Jew of Saxony). The resolution indicates that the beggar Jews would be held for 8 days in prison; that any other beggar Jews in the city would be sought in the meantime; and that they would all then be expelled, at the expense of Hirschel and anyone else who had given them refuge, with further prosecution threatened if they ever re-entered the city. It is mentioned that Hirschel's responsibility in the matter would be dealt with separately. The second resolution, dated 5 September 1721 (verso), concerns a jurisdiction dispute (Strittigkeit) between the imperial court of the city and district of Vienna (kaijserlichen Statt- und Landgericht), and the Klosterneuburg monastery (Stifft). It seems to be setting out a general principle to be followed in matters involving property or effects claimed by the monastery that are required to be turned over to the court in the prosecution of a case, with particular respect to a current case involving the effects of a resigned cleric of the monastery (deren resignirten ... Farrern Verlassenschafften betrf.).
