The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-11-25


ZION Of valuable Lelters, to bO convey.
ell in lhs closed Mails bstWssa the
United States and Prussia,
ARTICLE |, Letters, alleged to be val.
uAbls. posted al ano post Office 10 the
United States, or its territories, snd sda
dressed to Prussia, or any part Of the
Gsrmm Austrian Postal Uoion, and
posted in Ptu's, or the German Aus.
tri,n Postal Uuion, aud addressed to tho
Uuied States and deliverable at the ro.
spective exchange Offices OF Nv York,
Boston, and AAchen. (Aix.la ChApalle)
to be thence conveyed by mcAns OF tho
American and ENGLISH and Belgian mail
lines, shall be registered al The Office of
mating. on the application OF the person
posting the same: Provld ID, ThRl tho
Irl) postage chargeOble thereon TO doS.
linanon, together with a registration fee
Of five cents m each letter, bo ptspail
at such mailing o(Iise. And provided.
also, That such registration shill not be
compulsory, aud shall not render tho 70.
spective Post 0Giee D apartments Of the
United SAFES % Prussia. or their reven.
urs, liable Tor the loss Of such sters OF
packets, or the contents thereof
Article II. All such lotlerS or p,ckA
cts mailed in the inferior Of tho United
s ales or Prussia, AMI the German Aus.
titan Postal Union. respectively, shall he
received registered and rcceiptcd for. az
directed in the GenernlreguIations istusd
in each county in rcgOrd to the regis.
lratlon Of valuable lolters. unl shall hN
sent TO the exchange Offices of New York
and Boston or Aachen. respectively br
the purposs being forwarded the nee
by the first ou'goiog mil.
ARrloLE Ill, The respective exchange
Offices ul New York, Boston and AAchen
,hall make separate bill OF registered
letters originally mailed al said exchange
Offices, or sent to them TO be forwcrded,
IS prescribed by the regulations refer.
red to in ahlc'e L aud shall enter thsm-
in the n'mc Of the person addressed, tho
post office 10 who it Is to be mailed for
delivery, and the ra'o Of postage for
eoch lotet The postmaster Of said ex.
change uIlice will then mail each such
letter or parcel of letters. in sspSA's
package from tho unregistered letters.
and seal each package, sfler tying it in
the usual manner, The rgislered bill.
OF such letters shall not be enclosed Ia
the packages containing them but shall
be enclosed IN q separate wrapper en-.
vslope sealed. aud addressed 10 the post
master of tho spending exchange
Office Of AAChpn. BOslo IN or New Yoft.
Article ". oa the receipt OF regis,
tered lsherS ljr delivery or diSlFibu,ion
al either of the rx,hang~ Offices Of IA.
chen. Boston. or New York, tho pos
m ,Iler Of such receiving Office viii COM
pare he letters with the bill, aud en-
doWs it correct" "iIiIi is found go, or
will note the error, II thero bS one, in
the IN ,nuer prdScribe with sgGd to
registered leusr4 r-ceiVed from an in.
land post office. Hs will then gil up ths
corresponding return bill, noting upon
|! whalher correc; or otherwise, 40 will
see thai it is reruroed by the first mail
thereafter to The Office of N ,iIing, (NeN
York, Boston. rr Aichen. as tho case
may be.)
ARTICLE V R.glsierod letters rscsiv-
ed al New York OF Boston from Aaohsn.
or received At Alohcn from New York or
Boston, and destnrd for an blend Post
Office. shall b. for NArdod in tho same
manner as other registered lttSrs origi.
uslly mailed at either office.
ARTICLE VI The United S;StSS and
Prurian Post Offices ShGll rsciprocAlIy
account 10 each other upon such register.
ell letters as shall BE- exchanged b-lWesn
them 10 the sime manner az praIeribed
10 the Postal Convention signed at
Wa hingtoo on the 17Ih day Of July,
and at Berlin on the 26th day Of AuguT,
1857; but the registration fee Of fvO
cents shNll accrue to the United slSleS
Post Office Department upon oil regis
tered leueD sent from the United 10
Prussia, and to The Prussian PoH Office
Department upon all registered lst.n
sem from Prus,i. to tho United States.
In witness whereof tho hsadi OF The
Departments hsve affixed their name
aud seals Of Office to these presents. At
the dates Sc, opposite to each, respective
Iy.
[sEALl JAMES CAMPBELL,
PosimaLer-(irnerAL
WA'H,SSros. Autpst 20. 1855.
sgAL Won DER HEYDr.
His Pfos.an NJ jsTy's Minister Of
State for Commerce and Public Work.,
BEeLtS, October II, 1855.
ADnITINN APTINIEc