New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-12
Q F. FIT CT "A L.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Paased Mt the Second Session OF the
FoFtieth Congress.
ARTICLES

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RGfEsE AV2VoJA1Ttot, eEoKGE BATTHisATSA
lives SIC led B WIfa TAG NECESSARY Pow
ERs FOR TaE M0DiFIGATI9M on THE
TWO COUNTRIES. UNDER DATE OF THE
EIGHTH july 1868, AND AS PROVIDED
IN THE AXIVTH ARTICLE OF SAID CON.
There shah he rs15sT s9c5angs Of eorrespopd
ence, in closed mails between the post department
Of the United States Of America and The postal ad-
respondence originating either Of said countries
and destined for the other, for that originating in
S SsIes ana italy may respectively serve as nterme
This correspondence shall embrace the following |
!. Letters, ordinary and registered
2 Newspapers. prints Of all kinds, books maps, /
graphs sheets Of music printed o wEis and 1s3
terms or samples of merchandise, including grains
and seeds.
The offices for the exchange Of the mails shall be
on the part Of the United States, New York.
On the part OF Italy
!. Susa-traveling office.
2 CRmerlatA-traveng Office.
g. ArOna-trayeng Office.
The two Administrations may, By common accord |
establish additional offices OF exchange whenever 1t
shall be found necessary or suspend existing
ONCE OF exchange.
Each administration shall make its own arrange
ments for the dispatch Of its mails to the other and
shall transport them at It's own expense to the from
tier Of he country Of destination.
II il also agreed that the OF the territorial and
maritime transit of the mails dispatched by one ad.
ministration to the other shall be first betrayed by
that Of the two administrations which shall have
obtained from the Intermediates the most favorable
pecuniary terms for such transit; and any amount
so advanced by one for the other shall be promptly
reimbursed.
ARTICLE ".
The standard weight for the single rate OF post
age, and the rule of progression shall be-
For all other correspondence mentioned in the
second paragraph Of the first article. it shall be
adopt for the mails which It dispatches to the other
adapted to the convenience its interior service
other Of the dard weight it shall adopt, and OF
any, subsequent change thereof
Inc rule Of progression shall always be and add.
ton9i single rate for each additional standard
The weight stated BY the dispatching Office shall
take.
The SINCE rate, Of postage for the direct cores
For letters from the United States, fifteen cents.
For letters from Italy, eighty centesimi $500
second paragraph of the first article it shall be that
shich the dspat ching administration snail adopt
venience, but each administration shall inform the
other of the rate it adopts and OF any change Of it,
nS ppsvaae Ipoh any Sofres52{naehGe, noweyer,
sender shall avail himself Of any route which re-
quires higher rate than that established by this
article, and the envelope shall indicate the route
preferred either in writing or by the amount Of post
age prepaid.
me Prepayment OF postage on ordinary letters
Dbthedu AllN CA4ltu Oldlbs AtalJ SNAIL Dc Op-
tional
The prepayment Of postage on all other cor
respondence, including registered letters, shan be
The frespondence Of all kinds which shall not
istration with fine not exceeding five cen in the
United States and not exceeding thirty centesimil
The correspondence Of any kind insuffeiently PIG
paid, snail be dispatched, but shall be charged by
age, well as the fine aforesaid.
Fractions Of one cent in the United States and Of
five centesimi in Italy shall be counted for the full
amount.
Any correspondence may be registered, as well
that directly exchanged between the two countries,
that originating in either of them end destined
to other foreign countries to which they may re-
specvely serve as Intermediates for registered cor
Tie international correspondence registered must
always be prepaid, both the postage and tile regis
The fee shall be, not exceeding ten cents in the
United States, and ftty eentesimi in Itay.
Accounts between the two administrations shall
be regulated as follows:
From the total amount Of the postage collected
upon letters added to tn amount OF register fees and
Of prepaid hostages upon other articles than ters
collected by each administration, it shall deduct
the cost the established OF the intermediate
transit of the mails 1t dispatches to the other, and
the balance shall be equally divided between the
There shall be excluded from the account all fines
upon unpaid or insufio.ently paid correspondence
and the deficient postages upon articles mentioned
in the second paragraph Of article IL st, all OF which
shall be retained to the use Of the administration
which collects them
ARTICLE IXs
The correspondence mentioned in the second para
graph Of article first shall be dispatched in conform
ty with the interior system OF the QlspatchtnR ad
ministratiUn, but always including the following
IA The correspondence must be under bands, 60
that the contents can be readily examined.
d. There must be no written communication
cept the date the name Of the sender, the address
and the price, and manufacturers marks upon sam
tc) No pattern or packet may exceed sixty CEN
timeters in length and thirty centimeters in any
al There shah be admitted no liquid nor other
ence nor any article the importation of which may
be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the coEn
| try OF destination.
It is expressly agreed thai all international
try Of destination from any charge whatever mot
pressy provided by this convention: Provided,
~ e1ttoms upon iona any cs der the laws Of the
country of destination may be collected.
| ARTICLE H
The two administrations shall establish by com
| mon accord, and in conformity with the arrange
ments in force at the time, the conc itions upon
which the two onees may respectively eAchange IN
open mails the correspondence originating IN OF des
prooaly serve as intermediates 1t is always under
stood however, that such correspondence shall only
/ ed by this convention, augmented by the postage
| due to foreign countries, or Tor other exterior
| service. - .,
The post departments Of the United States and q
scross i6eir Tespeetys territories al
| which shall be exchanged in closed mails with any
iermediaries: Provided always, That such convey:
ance shall be effected BY the Ordinary means On na
benz ITS Of such gratutous service shall reoiprOcRlly
accord the like privilege OF free transit across then
FeT the TRANSPORT Of closed mails by either ad
mnstratop for tue other BY sea the following rates
fixed to be charged and received by the admins
traitor rendering the service, VIZ; 80.
a. For transport across tho waters Of the Atlantic
ocean, cents single letter raie and Il cents pei
| lyilOlrAm OF other correspondence
(b) For transport across the waters Of the P4elhs
kllogram net of-other correspondence
tc) For transport across the Mediterranean sea
so csntesimi per 30 grains OF letters net aud 4
centesimi per hlogram net OF other correspond
1dJ Fer intermediate territorial transport eact
admits traton shall charge AMI receive the amount
which it shall ha actually paid for account Of The
other. - .-8.
The accounts between the two administration
snail be stated quarterly, and transmlttsd ana Esg
shall pay The balance found due to the creditor Of
nee either by exchange on ondon. OF az the ueDtor
NE rare for the conversion Of the money OF the
| two countries shall be fixed by common AsieeAAeH'
between the two ofa ss@,ctv Wv s
When in any port OF either country eoseu nss
y ss 10 the ONCE 81 the country where the
transport Is made such transfer sha hot ps suplee'
TO any postal charge By one once @s@"s' ''o
CORRESPONDENCE exclusively relating to the postal
service shan be transmitted on both sides Tree OF 81
charge. ,p77rrp WV
Letters wrongly sent, Or wrongly addreSaed o. no
dsfivpr .be for whatever cause, and all registered
eorrespondence not deliverable for any cause shall
be returned promptly as praciioahls 70 the orig
AnS hostage on returned CORES odsnoe which may
have been ehsTsed against the Eenrning otiee shAl
All other correspondenee which can mot Do deliE
cred shall remain at the disposition Of the rseeivin'
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