[Beit Yosef in the name of Responsum of Ashkenazim]. And if the work was outside the t'chum and also no other city is within the t'chum of the place where work is being done, it is permissible. And a heathen that herded sheep belonging to a Jew into a pen of his field – (see below Chapter 537, Section 14).
2 To cut the stones and to fix the roofs, even in the house of the heathen, is forbidden, since it is for the need of something connected to the ground. And if they did so, he should not set them into the building. Gloss: And some say that if the Jew's ownership isn't publicized, it's permissible [Kol Bo].
3 If heathens built a house on Shabbat for a Jew in a forbidden manner, it is proper to be stringent by not entering it.
Gloss: However, if a Jew stipulated with a heathen to not do work for him on Shabbat, and the heathen did it against his will, to finish his work faster, there is nothing to be concerned about [Mordecai, beginning of Chapter "One who Turned"; and Rabbi Yerucham; and Beit Yosef. And see below, Chapter 543].
4 Public work, even to movable objects, such as a boat that is known to be a Jew's, is treated as work to objects connected to the ground.
5 If one hired a heathen for a year or two that he should write for him or that he should sew him clothing, behold he writes and sews on Shabbat as if he arranged with him that he will write him a book or that he will sew him clothing, in which case he works any time he will desire. And that is if he will not count for him day-by-day, and he should not do the work in the Jew’s house. And some forbid when hiring a heathen for a period of time. Gloss: And this is specifically regarding when he was hired to work for a specific task, such as clothing to sew or a book to write. But if he hired him for all work that he will need within the timeframe of the hiring, it is forbidden according to all (Beit Yosef) and as it will be explained, end of Chapter 247.
6 A Jew who buys the right to collect tax and he hires for himself a heathen to collect tax
