The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-12-09

| have ADJUSTED INC amount
ARrIctE Xl The international rates,
comb,oed Of the elements above men'
lioaed. and applicable to each STANDARD
Of progression for the several classes oil
Of mailable articles, are established as
follows 10 Wit (l) For ordinory letters
20 cents IN the Unued States and |
fraoo 10 Ialy; (2l For registered let
tsr. in addition to the ordinary pre-
paid rate az extra charge Of 10 cents in
the U6hed States md OF so ,enline' ia
Italy; (3} For documentary manuscripts
corrected proofs and samples of msrchsu
disc % cents in the Uoiled States and
one franc in Italy; az for journals and
ali OH prints embracing articles not
otherwiss eunmera'ed, the standard sim
Clio rate shalt ho fixed by The despolch-
ing department, limited nevertheless. by
the msSimun rate OF eents IN the Uni.
ted Staes anil of 10 confines 10 LAZY.
ARrioLr XII. 0n the combined rate
Of international letter postage hereby cs'
tablished three cent srepresans the in
terror single r,tc Of the United States,
and fifteen cenlimes tho interior single
rae Of Italy, The remainder of the com
blned rave isassigned to the payment Of
the cos of sea conveyance and Of inter.
mediate transit, by whatever route tho
mails may be conveyed
ARTICLE NH. ArlicleS uOder band
described 10 the third and fourth psra'
graphs of Article w, of this convention
may be regulated in either country for do.
spalch to the other, upOo payment Of the
registration fec Of ten cents 10 the Uni ed
States and OF fifty cenIimes in Italy, 10
addition 10 the prepayment o! the regu-
lar postage.
ARTICLE XIV. In order to simplify
postal accouati between the Departments
as much as possible, and 10 prepare the
way for their Ultimate abolition, each
Post department shall retain to i's owe
use all tho postal r''es and charges
which it shall collect, whether by virtue
Of prepayment or post payment and
each department shall pAy the cost of
conveyance Of the mails whi'h y dss
patches as fat os the frontier Of the 'couu
Try of destination. Il is also espesfaIIy
provided that the cost Of intermediate
ocean and land conveyance OF the closed
mails shall be first betrayed By tLal one
Of the two departments which shall have
obtained from the Intermediates the
most favorable pqcanhrg condiuona q
sulas.s4 gagsaGG cpea hnEs .al'iegs
paid by. ono. ds6stimanl for arcouni Of
the other shall be rein bursrd,
ARTICLE Ky, L Is distinctly agreed
that all maihble arii.les addressed from
ongeouutry to ihe o,hershtlr be exempt
in the c6uutry Of destin1tiou from any
rate or Tee whatever beyond the char
ges established by this conventions. =.
ARrIcLs XVI. Correspondents ex-
cluively relating to The postal service
shall be transmitted on both sides with
out any posts charge therefor.
ARTICLE XVII Correspondence OF
all kinds enormously transmitted, or
wrongly addressed. shall BE- promptly re-
turned to the patching otile Afic'
les which shsll have been addressed 10
persons who have departed from the
place of destination, leaving their address
shall be forwarded or returned, as the
case may require. charged with thu
postag e which the addressed would have
been required to ply on delivery
ARTICLE XVIII. Letters, all register.
ed articles, and all Documentary manu-
scripts. which shall not he delivered to
their address, shall be restored 10 the
despa,chng department. Any OF these
articles which may have been forward.
ed BY one department to the other on &C.
count shall be restored. and cre'fi taken
for the amour, originally charged By the
d-apalcbing Office. samples of met-
ohan1ise, newspapers, p iun of all kinds.
and ali mailabIo articles not excepted
which cannot be delivered TO their adj
dress. shall remain a, the disposal Of the
receiving dep trimont, provided thsy
shall not ba reclaimed By the sender or
ADDRESSED within six months from the
date Of their despatch.
ARTICLE XIX. Neither Post Depart
ment is required to make Distribution
within its jurisdiction ofany articles The
circulation Of which shall be prohibited
by the laws in force in the country OF
destination.
ARrrcLE Xxx. The Post Departments
OF the United States and Of Italy reciPro'
cally engage to grant each to the other
the crltu,tou, conveyance across their
respective territories Of all correspond,
ence which shall be exchanged in closed
mails with any countries to which they
may respectively serve as Intermediates
provided always, that such conveyance
shall be effected by the ordinary means
of mail conveyanoe in use: AMI that the
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