The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-06

a"S Postnt pctWeeh
United States OF America and the
Swiss Confederation.
The Post Department Of the United State,
by his special Commissioner, John A. kasson,
ESQ, and the Federal Council Of the Swiss
by DR.. Jacques Dubs, Vice
President OF the Federal Council and Chief Of
the Federal Post Department have agreed
upon the following articles, subject to ratih.
cation by the respective authorities Of the
two countries.
There shall be. an exchange Of correspond.
enoe between the United States Of America
and the Swiss Confederation by means OF their
respective Post Departments and this CORE.
spondence shall embrace:
1. Letters ordinary and registered.
2. Newspapers, book.packsts, prints Of all
kinds comprising maps, plans, sngravings,
drawings, photographs, lithographs, and all
other like productions Of mechanics al processes
sheets Of music, &s.,) and patterns or sam
pies of merchandise, including grains and
seeds.
Such correspondence may DO exchanged,
whether originating in either Of said countries
and destined for the other or originating in or
destined for foreign countries to which these
may respectively serve as Intermediates.
Arr 2.
The offices for exchange Of mails shall be on
the part of tho United States,
New York;
on the part of the Swiss Confederation,
(a) Basic,
(b) Geneva, when the Swiss Confederation
shall End it cxpedient)
The two Offices, by agreement, may at any
time establish additional Offices of exchange.
Arr. g.
The principle is agreed, that each Office
hal mi n - ~ N g.. L.
patch Of its mails to the other Office by regu.
lar lines Of Communication, and shall at its
own cost pay the expense Of such interme.
diate transportation. 1t Is also agreed that
the cost Of international ocean and territorial
transit Of tho closed mails between the from
tiers of the two countries, shall be FIRST de.
frayed by that one Of the two Departments
which shall have obtained from the inferno.
diaries tho mos. favorable pecuuiary terms
for such conveyance, and which shall effect such
transport in that case, In both directions; and
any amount so advanced by one for account
ofthe other shall be promptly reimbursed.
Arr 4.
The standard weight for the single rate of
International postage, AID rulo Of progression
shall be-
!. For letters 10 grammes
2. For all other correspondence, mentioned
in the second paragraph of tho first article,
that winch the dispatching othce shall adopt
Tor the mail, which 1t dispatches to the Other,
adapted to the convenience and habits of the
interior administration. But each Off CO sh all
give notice to the other of the standard weight
1t adopts. and of any subsequent change
thereof. The rule oil progression shall always
DO an additional single rnte for each adj.
tional standard weight, or fraction thereof.
The weight stated by the dispatching Office
shall always be accepted except in case o.
manifest mistake.
ART. b.
The single rate Of postage on the direct cor
respondence exchanged between tho two ad
TONED In art l. shall be as follows:
l. on letters from the United States Is
cents
an =. "a letters from the swi" Confederation
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inte'ioi DEMONSTRATION bat eaen once shail
gNe notice 10 the other OF the rate II adopti
Ahu Vi my subsequent chanSe thereoL
ART. 8,
The prepayment Of postage on ordinary
letters shall be optional, subject to the condi
tions In article mentioned, but on registered
letters and on all other correspondence men
TONED in paragraph second of tho FIRST articl e
1t shall be obligatory.
Arr. 7.
II, however, the postage Of any correspond
ence shall be prepaid sufficiently, It shall
nevertheless DO forwarded to its destination,
charged with the deficient postage, adding
full amounts, instead OF fractions, OF cent
or . centimes.
upon the delivery OF any unpaid or insuh
ciently paid letter, or Of any other insufi
GENTLY paid correspondence, there shall be
levied q fine, in the United States, not exceed
ing i've cents, and in Switzerland not ex
oeejing 70 centimes. This fine and also the
deficient postage on all other correspondence
than letters, shall not enter into account,
between tho two Offices, but shall be retained
to the use of tho collecting Office
ART. g.
Registered correspondence shall, in addi
ton to the postage, be subject to a register
fee not exceeding ten cents in the United
States, and not exceeding so ceptimes il
Switzerland, and this fee shall ALWAYS he pre
paid.
ARr,0.
Any correspondence may be registered. a
well international correspondence as that orig
mating in or destined for other countries /
which these two administrations may respect
lively serve as Intermediates in either direc
tion for tho transmission of such registers
articles. Each Department shall notify tn
other of the countries to which It may thu
serve as Intermediary.
Arr. 10.
Accounts between the two Offices shall b
regulated on the following basis: From III
total amount Of postages and register fees col
lected by zach Office on Letters added to tn