The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-30
1-~,.~~,>~-o''F9r1c1-Az1.'

l. UNITED STATES.
'c' Session Of the F0rtietA
Congress-
FVHIlc ACTS.
Articles,
Retween the Pet HH o,D Upon.
Kasson, Esq, spe S FrFrcsrrtcd by john A.
! nostal admini>tnf"r' commissioner, and the
represented 10y Csr " VI the Kingdom of Italy,
Battista Tante>io DirrrII1vr AYvoecato George
fcoti0n of the CYTafy powers for the Modi-
the two CountTies n"t n executed between
w. 1863 and as lrOyidr5i ;tI OF the eighth Ju
OF said ConyentOn al NE AAlFth article
AR1lclg
The single rate O. postao. s,~
respondence estabfcd as faI Tc Inc direct cor
Eor letters from , rh II" States Is cents.
For all other coFrvsIo,,t,neSlnii.
the second paragral Of the FIRST ortiaI =; IN
be that which the dsspachin. a admin; IL snail
siiail aunpI iU II dispatches adapted
shall inform the Other Of tn, r,, ~
OF any change OF IT, fS' Oh"
The postage upon any correspondence, howev-
err may be, By common accord modi'iodd n N''
ever the sender shall avail himself OF w mne.i-
which requires higher rate than tI,t "y iIuIe
ed by this article, ane The envvWre shall i"G;rs,te
the route prs,etrge n rrsS IN writing by the
Article VI.
The prepayment of postage on ordinary, 1o,,or,
between the United States aud Italy shall he on
tional.
The prepayment of postage on,all other cor
respondence, including registered letters, shall
be obligatory.
The Correspondence of all kinds which shall
not be prepaid shall be charged by the receiving
| =. In ffr,a,,
in the United States, and not exceeding 80 cen
tesimi in Italy.
The correspondence of any kind, insufficientlv
prepaid shall be despatched but Shall be chnr,r-
ed by the receiving administration 18th the deli
cient postage, as well Us the fine aforesaid
Fractions of one cent in the United States and
of centesimi in Italy, shall be counted for the
full amount.
ARTICLE VII.
Any correspondence may he registered, as we'll
that directly exchanged between the two coun-
tries, as that originating in either of them and
destined to other foreign countries to which they
may respectively serve as Intermediates for reg
istered correspondence, and Ctce
The international correspondence registered
must always be prepaid, both the postage and the
register fee.
United States, and so centesimi in Italy.
ARTICLE VIII.
Accounts between the two administrations
shall be regulated as follows:
From the total amount of the postage collect
ed upon letters, added to the amount of rcgis-
TER fees, and of prepaid hostages upon other ar
ticlcs than letters collected by each admins
tratiOu, il shall deduct the cost at the establish
ed rates of the intermediate transit OF the mails
it dcspatchrs TO the other, and the balance shall
be equally divided brtweeA the two adminstra
tons.
There shall be excluded from the account all
fines upon unpaid or insuilicicntly paid cores
pondcnec, and the deficient hostages upon an
ticie$ mentioned i'll the second paragraph of
ticle first, all OF which shall be retained to the
use OF the administration which collects them.
ARTICLE X.
The correspondence mentioned in the second
paragraph of article first shall be despatched i'll
conformity with the interior system of the de-
spatching administration, but always including
(d.) The correspondence must be under
bands, so that the contests can be readily exam
ined.
o. There must be no written communica-
ton except the date the name OF the sender, the
| address, and the price, and manufactures marks
upon samples Of merchandise.
(c) No pattern or packet may exceed sixty
ccntimeters in length and thirty ccntimeters in
any other dimension.
(d) There shall be admitted no liquid nor
other article which might I'M urc the other cor
Sas. may be aE9sisit ed y a - oi reg,xs s
ddfis OF Inc -eounTy OF desti1 st1s'
ARTICLE x.
1t is expressly agreed that all international
correspondence exchanged shall be exempt in
the country of destination from any charge
whatever not expressly provided by this convcIl-
ton Provided nevertheless, That any duty which
may be due to the customs upon any article, I'M
der the laws of the country OF destination NAV
be collected.
ARTICLE III
The two administrations shall establish by
common accord, and in conformity with the ar
engagements III force at the time the conditions
which hp W. off
Change in open mails the correspondence 0ripi-
mating in or destined 10 foreign countries TO
which they may reciprocalIy serve as intcrmc-
diaries 1t Is always understood, however that
such correspondence Shall only be charged with
the international postage established by this con-
Ventlon, augmented by the postage due to for
eign countries, or for other exterior service
ARTICLE XII.
The post departments of the United States
and OF Italy reciprocally engage to transport
gratultouSly across their respective territories
all correspondence which shall be EXCHANGED in
closed mails with any countries to which they
may respectively serve as Intermediates P,WM-
ell dtwdyS, That such conveyance shall be effected
by the ordinary means of mail CONVEYANCE in
use; and that the countries taking the benefits
OF such gratuitous service shall rcciprocalIy ac-
cord the like privilege of free Il anst across irir
respective territories.
For the transport of closed mails by either ad-
minlStl alton for the other by sea- the following
rates are fixed to be charged and received by the
administration rendering tile service. viz.
(d.) For transport across the waters of the
Atlantic ocean, cents per single letter rate and
IL cents pen klogram net of other CORRESPOND
encc.
(b.) For transport across the waters of the
Pacific ocean, 10 cents per single letter rate and
20 cents peg kilogram net of other correspond
cnce.
(c.) For transport across the Mediterranean
sea, so centesimi per 30 grams of letters net and
60 centcsimi per kilogram net Of other cores
pondence
(d.) For intermediate territorial transnort
each administration shall charge and receive the
amo unit which it shall have actually paid for the
account of the other
ARTICLE Kill
The accounts between the two administrations
shall be stated quarterly, and transmitted and
verified as speedily as practicable and the
debtor office shall pay the balance found due to
tie creditor Office, either by exchange on London
or at the debtor office, the creditor office may
desire.
The rate for the conversion of the money Of
the two countries shall be fixed by common
agreement between the two Offices.
ARTICLE XIV
When, in any port OF either country, closed
mail is transferred from one vessel to another
without any expense to the Office of the country
where the transfer is made. such transfer shall
not bs subject to any postal charge by one office
against the other.
ARTICLE XIV.
Correspondence exclusively relating to the
postal service shall be transmitted on both sides
free of all charge.