The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-12-09
OFFlOIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES;
PASSED AT TUE
FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY
FIRST CONGRESS,
o Z f lOI A L .
DETAILED REGULATIONS

Arranged between the Post Office Department
of the United States of America and the
Postal Administration of Italy, for the Exc.
cuton of the Postal Convention signed at
Florence the 9Th day of November, A. D,
1867,
ARTICLE The exchange office Of New
York shall make up closed mails for the cx
change office of Italy, Susa. Turin travelling
office, and this Italian exchange office shall
make up closed mails for New York
ARhlCLE II Each mail exchanged between
the two administrations shall be accompanied
by aletler bill showing the hostages, the char.
geG of transit, the fees ETC., accruing to each
Office upon the different kinds of correspond.
ence.
The form Of this letter bi bSsshull follow the
models A and B hereto annexed. and shall
consecutively be numbered by the despatch
ing Office during each calendar year.
The receiving Office shall acknowledge its
receipt by the next despatch.
ARTICLE III The exchange offices shall
divide the correspondence which they despatch
into a suitable number of separate packages,
according to the letter bill
Each Of these packages shall bear the proper
etiquette aud number corresponding to the let
| ter bill
| ARTICLE ~ When more than a single
| rate is chargeabe upon any letter or other ar
| ticle. the number Of rates to which it is subject
shall be indicated by the despatching Office,
by figure in the upper left corner of the adj
| dress
ARTICLE V Registered correspondence
shall be described in a register list, following
the model G, hereto annexed.
| ALI registered letters shall be pnveloped to-
gether in strong paper securely fastened, and
| the packet inscribed with the words HRegist.
cred" or "Raccomandato," aud placed in the
mail
The blank in The letter bill for expressing
the number of registered articles shall be filled
by letters expressin the number.
In case no registered articles are sent, the
proper blank of the letter bill snall be filled by
the word Mill orNl
ARTICLE VI The registered letters des
patched shall be acknowledged Immediately
by the receiving Office.
If the veriication by the receiving office
shall disclose an error Of any kind in the regis.
ter list, it shall be also by the first mail Motif
ed to the despatchng flee.
ARTICLE VII The two administrations
mutually engage to take needful measures for
the careful transmission of registered cores
pondence, aud for pursuing it When lost but it
is understood that neither assumes to the other
any pecuniary responsibility in case of loss.
ARTICLE VIII. All letters exchanged be.
tween the two offices shalt indicate, by stamps
or writing thereon, the Office OF origin.
Correspondence fully paid to destination
shall be stamped paid All' in the United
States aud p. lin Italy.
Registered articles shall be stamped Greg
istered" in the United States, and "Raccom.
ardao" in Italy. Correspondence insufficient.
ly prepaid shall be stamped "lnsutIciently
Paid" IL the United States, and "Francobolo
InsulTiciente" in Italy, and The amount Of the
deficient postage expressed in figures on the
face,
Whenever different lines of communication
| shall be employed between the two offices, the
| letters unpaid and insulliciently paid shall be
stamped TO indicate the route by which they
are sent.
ARTICLE TX. The countries with which,
aud the conditions on which, letters, ordinary
and registered, and also other correspondence,
may be exchanged in the open mails between
Italy aud the United Sletes, are indicated ia
the tables marked D and b, hereto annexed.
| ARTICLE X, The respective exchange oil
ces shall mark in red ink in the upper corner
Of the address Of prepaid letters sent for transit
in the open mail, the amount Of the postage
due to the foreign office Of destination, and in
the same manner, but In black ink, shall mark
the amount of the postage due to the foreign Of.
fee of origin upon the unpaid letters so sent in
transit,
ARTICLE Xl. Correspondence under baud
which does not conform 10 the conditions men
| toned in Article x, Of the convention, or
which is in no part prepaid, shall be retained
by the administration OF origin, or, II sent
shall not hh subject 10 Gccounl,
ARTICLE XII. Letters originating in or
destined for foreign countries, sent In tho open
mails through the Uuilcd States or through II
ally, and which are insulicicnily prepaid, shall
be transmitted %wholly unpaid, and no &C.
count taken between tho two administrations
Of the amount prepaid
ARTICLE XIII Letters, and all registered
articles not deliverable, shall be respectively