The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-30


original amount charged for transit upon :
declaration Of ne amoint b The once claim
ink thA Fsduction.. No, chAreo will BE- mads
by tlfAsr. sdt1hlstra tiou f6f ths ltrs1e O
correspondents returned a. not deliverable.
ARTICLE XIV. All correspondence wrongly
addressed Or pissent shall BE- rsturnsd With
s o.: delay y s as,s .sss's'
The resolving S once rs soffsc. accord.
ingly, In the coluna ~ seti l1cAiion, the origi.
nal entries Or The lSEter bun relating to such
correspondence, The Ariefes Of . like nature
Addressed 70 persona who have changed their
residbhcs shsll be mutually forwarded or 70.
tutnA&s Charged with tho rate that would
have bsen psld 1t the nrst destination.
ARTnola XVI. The dhpatching exchange
ofiice shall stats on thst letter bill for the
British ofioe the, exast number Of single
rates Of letter. Cor weight, II requlrcd) and
the total weight Of ths other Correspondence
which shall 30 dispatched In closed mails BY
the British transit. an'n hninsn
| ARrrcLn XVII. Il IL understood that the
accounts between the two ofices shall DO e.
tabllshed on the respective letter bills, In the
proper money Of the dispatching once. For
the International charges the reduction OF
thsss moneys shall he effected In the general
accounts, at the rate OF Ave francs and ar.
Ten eentimss Of Belgium for one dollar Of
In entering the foreign charges on the let
ter bill, In the money Of the sending ONCE,
the cent shall be considered As the equivalent
| Of I've confines.
II 10 also understood that the quarterly &C.
counts shall DO paid respectively In gold and
In the denominations Of the money OF the
creditor office.
mentioned In Art. XIV. Of the convention
shall DO prepared BY the respective despatch
upon the Acknowledgements Of receipt, and
shall respectively DO prepared according 10
the models hereto annered, and marked
Z 10 and Z go. A recapltulation of these
accounts showing tho definite result, alike
for the debit and the credit, shall DO prepared
BY tho United States ONCE, according to the
form here annexed, and marked +;
and shall then be transmitted with the quar-
terly accounts on which Il Ia based, for the
examination Of the other Office. r.,r.-.
ARTICLE *. This arrangement, which
supercedes the temporary arrangement Of 9th
July, 1898, 10 to 20 Into effect on the 18th Of
August, 1853, and Il 10 TO b continued In
force until annullcd by mutual consent, or
by either post department aftor the expirA-
tion Of three months previous notice 10 the
other, and 1t may also ccase whenever the
Bremen steamers cease running.
In witness Whereof, We have hereto ses
our names and amxed the ssan OF our re-
specuve omces, TINS 4th DAY OF august, one
Thousand eignt hundred ana nHy-'nree' ~
JAMES CAMPBELL,
C. .'r.. 0 Posfnastsr-6 ensraf.
RUDOLPH sCHLsIDkN.
Aintsfsr RsHdtM Of M hsptot6 Or Brsnss.
-
Additional Arfietss agreed upon betceen hs
Post 0ftee Department Of tie United States
and M Post. O6tes department 9l M Hon
ssdtie Republic Of fireman, PROVIDING for TIE
Rsg'strafion g vdluaof Lsftsrs, 70 90 con.
Steamers, direct bst,sssn Ep York and
BrsmcrAaesn.
ARTICLE /. Letters, alleged to be valuable,
posted at any post-ofice in the United States,
and addressed TO any part of the German
Austrian Postal Union, or posted In the
German Austrian Postal Union, and ad-
dressed to the United States, and deliverable
at the respective exchange Iofices or New
the United States and Bremen lines Of steam
ers, shall, from and after the hrst day OF
August, one thousand eight hundred ana
Hfty-dye. be registered M the ofiicc Of mali
ing, on the Application Of the person postinr
the same; Providsd, That the full postage
chargeable thereon TO destination, together
with q registrstiou fee Of ave osuts on each
letter, be- prepaid at such mailing once:
And proviisd ai.o. That such registration
shall not BE- compulsory. and shall not rem.
der the respective Post. Once DEPARTMENT.
of the United States or Bremen. or their
revenues, liable for the loss Of such letters
or packets, or the coutents there
ARTIcLs II, Ali such iettsrs or p.ckets
mailed 10 the interior Of the United ststes.
or Of the German Austrian Postal Union,
respectively, shall be received, registored
and receiptsd for, as directed in the general
regulation issued In each country In regard
shall be sent 70 the exchange offices Of Nav
York or Bremen, respectively, for the pur.
pose Of being forwarded thence by the next
direct steamer.
ARTICLE III. The respective exchange Of
fees Of New York and Bremen shall make
a separate letter bill for each registered let
ter, or parcel or registered letters, originally
mailed at said exchange Offices, or sent to
them to DO forwarded rs prescribed BY the
shall enter therein the name Of the person
addressed, the post-office to which II is to be
mailed for delivery, and the rate OF postage
for each letter. The postmaster OF said ex-
change office will then mail each such letter,
or parcel OF letters, In separate package
from tho unregistered letters, and seal each
package, aftsr tying IL In the usual man
ner. The letter bills Of such registered
letters shall not DO enclosed In tho packages
containing them, but shall DO enclosed il Q
separate wrapper or envelope, sealed, and
addressed to the postmaster OF the CORE
spending exchange Office Of Bremen or New
York.
ARTICLE ". On the receipt OF registered
letters for delivery or distribution, at either
Of the respective exchange ofiices Of Bremen
or New York, tho postmaster Of such receIv-
Ing office will compare the letters with tho
bill, and endorse Ii "cofrect," II It ID found
90, or will note the error, II there DO one, In
the manner prescribed With regard TO regis
tered letters received from an inland post
ofiice. He will then all up the correspond
Ing return bill, noting upon 1t whethsr cor
returned BY the nrst mall thereafter to tho
ONCE OF mailing, (New York or Bremen, as
tho case may b..
ARTICLE v. Registered letters received at
New York from Bremen. or received at Bro
men from New York, and destined for an In
land post-ofiice, shail bo forwarded In the