The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-12-16
REGULATIONS


| Agreed upon between lhc Post Office Depart
| mcni OF the United States of America aud
| the Postal Administration of Switzerland fol
the Execution Of the Convention for The Tx
change Of Postal Correspondence, signed thC
III IN of October, 1867, and in Accordance
with lhhe Provisions Of Article XVIII oI
said Convention
ARTICLE The exchange oli'c Of New
York shall make up mails for the Swiss cX
chnnge office Of Bisle.
The latter shall make up mails for the tx
| change office of New York.
| ANfiOLEII Ench mail exchanged between
the respective Offices shall be accompanied by
\ a better bill showing the poStNges mud chRrrc.
/ Of tfansit, the fees ete hcrruins Ia each 6f
| fee upon the dilfirHnt kinds Of cmrosp sppRdcnce
Tie flrm of this letter bill shall ioilow tho
models A aud B hereto annexed, mud they
shall he consGcutiVtly numbered by the dcs.
patching office during each cnendar wear
The receiving Office shall acknowledge ils
receipt by return despatch
ARTtOLEIlT The exchange Offices shall
divide the correspondence which they doapptch
into suitable number of separate packages,
according lot the letter bill
Each Of these packages shall bear Tho prop
er etiquette and number corresponding to the
letter hill
ARTICLE ~ when more than a single
rate is chmgeabla upon any letter or other ar.
ticle, the number of ratc7 TO which II is subject
shall 30 indicated. by tle despatChing Office,
bya flure in the upper LEFT corner Of the ad.
drass.
ARTICLE V Registered correspondence
shall be entered upon The register list This
list shall conform to the model hereto annexed.
marked O.
Registered letters shall he rnye'apcd ogch
cr IN strong paper and well secured. The
package shal be inscribed will the words
"Regisiered" or "Ohlcts Charges and placed
in the mail.
ARTICLE VI The receiving exchange Of.
fre shall acknowcige 10 The de'palching Of.
fee the receipt Of the registered articles numer.
ically. Whenever the vcriicaion Of the list
shall disclose an error or any differences The
fact shall be notified TO The dcspatchig Office
by the next mail
ARTICLE VII The two administrations
mutually engage TO take uecdfUl measures for
the careful transmission Of registered cores.
pondence aud fnr pursuing II when lost; hut 1t
thunderstorm that neither ASSUMES towards The
her any pecuuiary responsibility in case Of
'og.
ARTICLE VII The lrlcrs exchanged ba.
tween The two Offices shall Indicate, By stamp
or writing thereon. the office NJ origin.
Correspondence fully paii to destination
shall be slammed in the United States PAID
ALL, aud in Sw 'lzml7ud pp,
Registered articles shalt bestampcd "Rog
islerd" in the United States, aud "Ch1rge' In
switzerland Correspondence j ma uni,icntly
prepaid shall be stlmped in the United States
"lnsulic emily PAID" and in Switzerland
Acknowledgement lnsunisant. and The amount
OF deficient postage expressed ia figures oil the
face.
Letters unpaid or lnsuliicpntly paid shall he
also stamped to indicate the route by which
they are sent, II different routes arc employed.
ARTICLE TX The two postal adm nistra
tionS may exchange in the open mails letters
aud other correspondence with foreign coun.
tries, aud upon conditions as indicated In the
tables d and r hereto annexed.
ARTICLE X Tho tables d and hereto
annexed ahOindicaDe the foreign countries with
which registered correspondence may be cx.
changed in the open mails between the two Of.
fees, and the conditions Thereof.
ARTICLE Xl The respective exchange Of.
fees 'hall mark in red in The upper right cor.
uer Of he address Of prepaid letters sent for
"'"Hlb W VIZ oVtu Wll lnN NnuuntoI tht pos
tagc due to the foreign Office Of destination; and
in the same manner, but in black ink shall
mark the amount lposta % due TO the foreign
oii'e olorigin upon The unpaid letters so sent
in trans
ARTICLE XII Articles under band which
do not conform to the conditions mentioned IN
Article MI Of the Convention, or which are IN
no part prepaid, shall he retained At the dis
position Of the administration Of origin, or, II
sent, shall not he subject TO account.
ARTICLE XIII Letters originating in OF dc.
slined for for foreign counllo' sont IN the opcg
mail Tor transit through tho United States or
through switzerland, and which are insuiIi.
cigntly prepaid, shall be Transmitted as wholly