The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-11-18
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

Agreed upon bsirsta tbs Post OBice he"
por,ment Of t6e United States and the
Post 06fcc Department. Of The Haase.
oGc RepHtlic Of Hom5Wg proridiRg
for he Rsgisb ration ofralaaLic letters,
10 be coapcysd6y hs URitd S'aies and
Bremen Lines Of S,cnmqS, direct. be-.
hceea Neto Fo,k and Rin'Jag,
ARTICLE |. Letters alleged to be val
liable, posted StanJ post Office jO thu
United States. and addressed 10 any part
OF lhs German Austrian Postal Union,
or posted in the German AustriSu Post
Al Union. and addressed 10 the United
States. and deliverable at the respective
exchange Offices Of NV Yotk or Ham
burg. 10 be thence conveyed by the Uni
ted States and Hamburg lines Of steam
ors, shall, from aod after the first day
OF December, 1868 be registered at tho
office Of mailing, on the sppicSt,on Of
the peFAon posting tho same: Provided,
That the (uIl postage charge,blc thereon
TO destination, together with regis,tE-
Ton fee OF five cents on each letter, be
prepaid at such mailing Office, And
provided also, That such registration
shall not be compulsory. and shall not
rendsr,the respective Post Office Depart
mems of the UoilSd States ur Hamburg
or their revenue, liable Tor the loss Of
such letters or packets, or be contents
thereof
ARTICLE II. All snch letters or pack
elS mailed in be Uniled States, or Of The
German Austrian Postal Union, respects
lively. shall be received reSiSIered. aud
recciptOd for. as directed in the general
regulations isaued ia each country in 10
gard to the registration Of valuable let
ters, and shall be sent to the exchange
Offices of New York or Hamburg. ros
pectiVely, for The purpose Of being Ior
warded thence by the next direct seam-
er.
ARTICLE III The respective exchange
Offices OF New York and Hamburg shall
make sepGralo letter bill f5r asch reg
islercd leuer, or parcel Of registered lel
t'r., originally mSiled at said exchange
ofIices, OF sent 10 them 10 be IOT warled,
aS prescribed by the regulations refer-
rod tom afliclB IL aud shall euteS
therein The name Of the person address
ed, the post Office TO which il is to be
mailed for delivery, and Tue rsIe of pos
t'ge for each letter. The postmaster
Of said exchange Office will then mail
each Iuch letter, or parcel Of lettcrs, in
a separate package from the un"g's'er-
ed letters. and seal each package otter
lying il 10 tho usual manner. The let.
ter bills of.ucb registered letters shall
not be enclosed IN lbS packages contain
log them. but shall be endorsed in
separate wrapper euvelope, sealed and
addressed to the postmaster Of The coucs-
ponding exchange Of Hamburg or New
Yolk.
ARTICLE w On the receipt of The
registered letter for delivery or disrib-
Ution al either Of the respective exchange
offices Of Hamburg or New York. The
postmaster Of suOh receiving office will
compare the letters with the bill, and
endorse it "corrscl, if found SO, OF will
note tho error, il lherO DO one, in the
mapner prescribed with regard TO regis
isrAd letter. received from 40 inland poSi
office. He will then Gil up the CORES.
pondiDg return bill, uOting upon III
whether correct or otherwise, end will
see that il is returned by tht frat mail
thereafter to the Office OF mailing New
YoIk or Hamburg, as the case may be
ARTICLE V, Registered Ialtcrs rseeiv-
ed New York IRON Hamburg, or re.
ceiyed at Hamburg fior New York, and
destned for au inland post Office. snail
be forwarded 10 the same manner as 9th,
er registered letters originally mailed Al
either office.
ARTICLE VI. The United States and
Hamburg Post Offices shall reciprOcally
account to each other upon sncn regis
tered letters Ss shall be exchanged be.
tween them in The Geme manner 90 pre-
scrlbed 10 the postal convention signed
at w oSh'ng,on on the 3OIh day oil June
1867; but the registration Zee Of 6ys
cents shall accrue to the United States
10 Hamburg. aud to the Hlmburg Post
Office Department upon all registered
letters sent from Hamburg 10 tue Uni'
ted States
In witness whereof, We have hereto sci
our names and affixed the seas ol our
respective offices, this eleventh day Of
November. one thousand eight hundred
and siIty.lhres, nj The city of Washing
ton.
[sEALl NJ. BLAIR
Postmaster General U 5.
TsEAL1 r. SCHLElDEN,
MIuislst Resident Of he
llanseslic Republics.
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