The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-04

and Algeria for We United States, they are
/. AZ ihs sum Of shrse ceu.s psr American
quarter-ounce, OF fraction OF American
quartsr-oupcs, for each latter transported
between the American frontier and the
only at one intermediate English port with
out passing through England, ct the ex-
pense Of the United States. ~.
.. Al the sum OF slx cents per American
quartcr-ounce, or fraction Of American
quarter-ounce, for each letter transported
between the American frontier and the Brit
ish frontier, for or from France, at the ex-
pcnse Of the United States Post once.
8. And 81 tho sum Of twelve cents per
American quartsr-ounce, or fraction Of
American qusrter.olnnsce, ioT eacn ie.. ~
the American frontier, at tho expense or on
account Of tho French PostOfilce.
ARTICLE WI. Ordinary letters sent BY
way of France either from the United States
aud their territories for the countries men,
toned 10 Table b, annexed to the present
articles, or from these same countries for
the United States and their territories, shall
DO exchanged between the French Post Office
and the United States Post Office on the con-
ditlons stated In the said table.
Ordinary letters sent by way Of the United
btAtte, CltHtE IIOh IhuCt huu hlKtIlhs IOT
the countries mentioned In Table @, an
nexed to the present articles, or from those
same countries for France and Algeria, shall
be exchanged between the French Post 0Hlce
and the United States Post Office on the con.
dltions stated In said Table G.
II IL understood that, In case the couven-
lions which regulate the relations Of France
with the foreign countries designated In
Table B should be modified In such manner
as to affect the conditions Of exchange stated
in that table; and reciprocally, that, in case
the conventions which regulate the relations
Of the United States with the foreign couu-
tries designated In Table Q should In like
manner be modified 90 as TO affect the con-
ditions Of transmission stated In that table,
these notifications shall be admitted on the
one part and on the other, according to the
Information and evidence which the two Post
Offices OF France and the United States shall
reciprocally furnish one TO the other.
ARTICLE TX. Letters badly addressed or
badly directed shall without delay DO reclp-
rocally returned BY means Of the respective
exchange offices, for the sum which the office
sending shall have allowed the other office
on these letters.
Letters which shall have been addressed to
persons who have changed their residence
shall DO respectively delivered or returned,
charged with the postage which should have
boon paid by the persons addressed.
ARTICLE x. Tho rates which the two
post-offices of Franco and the United States
shall mutually have TO carry each others
account, shall be marked on the letters at
tho exchange ofiico frsh which they are
sent, In ordinary figures, plainly and uul-
formly, on the right hand Of the upper part
Of tho address.
The rates Of letters unpaid to be carried to
"A dahtt nf thu rnrreapnpdiuO pfTiae hv TIM
sending office shall be marked In black Ink;
those OF prepaid letters to be carried TO the
credit Of the corresponding Office shall be
marked In red ink.
ARTICLE XII. The United States Post
Once shall cause to be placed on the ad-
dress fthe prepaid letters which the United
States offices Of exchange shall deliver TO
tho French office Of exchange. this i'm
preston (PAID,) stamped In red Ink.
On Its side, the French Post-0flcc shall
cause the impression (P ID stamped In
Ink, to DO placed on the letters prepaid to
destination, which shall DO delivered by the
French offices Of exchange to the United
States Offices Of exchange.
ARTICLE XII. The respective Offices Of
exchange shall place upon the superscrip-
ton of tho correspondence Of every kind con-
tained In the mails which they shall receive
from the corresponding Offices Of exchange,
q stamp, with the date, showing the way 10
which such malls shall have been forwarded.
The stamp 10 be placed upon the corre-
spondence transported between the French
expense Of or on account OF the Post Office
Of France, shall bear, Independently OF
tho name Of the exchange office Of desti-
nation, the characters Serv. Fr. or Br.
(French or British Servlce.) This stamp
shall be placed In blue ink on the correspon-
dence transmitted directly, and In red ink
on the correspondence transmitted by way
OF England.
The stamp to DO placed on the correspond
once transported between the American from
tier and the French frontier, or the British
frontier, at the expense Of the United States
post office, shall bear, Independently Of the
name of the exchange office Of destination,
the characters Serv. Am., (American Ser
vice.) This stamp shall be placed In blue
Ink, both on the correspondence transmitted
direct and on that comprised In the malls Of
or for the office OF Havre, which shall have
been transported by the packets Of the New
York line to Bremen, and by the packets
plying between Havre apd Southampton,
without touching the British territory. II
shall be placed In red Ink on the correspond
eucc comprised Ia tho mails which shall have
been transported by tho aid Of the British
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