The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-25
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rILAws or The UNITED STATE
Passed It tie First Session. fARs Fovty,ess
ii C6.gvsss.
Articles agreed upon between the Post Depart
, ment Of the United states Of America reprs
sented BY John A. Ks@ n. Enquire, Specis
the Kingdom Of Italy, represented by Cavalier
AvvocatO George Batti-tA Tantosio, director
&C., &C., both inve ted with the necessar
| Powers for the Modification Of the COnventioa
Of eighth July, 1868, and IS provided in tn
ri XXIVth Article Of said Convention.
ARTICLE l. There shall be . regular exchane
I of correspondence, in closed mails between tn,
post depar, ment of the United states of Americ
and the postal administrator of the kingdom o
ally, Is we'll for correspondence originating il
or destined for foreign countries to which the
United States and Italy may respectively serve a,
This Correspondence shall embrace the following
| articles:
1. Letters, ordinary and registered.
2 Newspapers, prints of all kinds, books. maps
| plans engravings, drawings, photographs, htho-
graphs. sheets of music printed or written. and
| patterns or samples Of merchandise, including
grains and seeds.
ARTICLE III The Offices for the exchange of the
ma Is shall be, the part of the United States,
New York.
| On the part Of Italy,
1. SusA-travell ng Office.
misunderstanding Office.
3. Mountaineering Office.
The two administrations NAV, by common &C.
cord establish additional Offices Of exchange
whenever it shall be found necessary or suspend
an existing Off ce of exchange.
ARTICLE III. Each administration shall make its
A.. st. la .,
the other and shall transport them at its own ex-
pense to the frontier o. the country of destination
1t is also agreed that the cost of the territorial
and marine transit Of the mails despatched by one
admin stration to the other shall be hrst def aged
BY tina. one of the two Administrations which shall
have obtained from the Intermediates the most
favorable pecunary terms for such transit; and
any amount 80 advanced by one for the other shall
be promptly reimbursed
AKTIcLE ". The standard weight for the sin
gle rate Of postage and the rule Of progression
shall be-
For letters, fifteen grams.
For all other correspondence mentioned IN the
second paragraph VI the first article, it shall be
that which the despatching administration shall
adopt for the mails which it dispatches to the
other, adapted to the convenience Of its interior
service.
Each administration, however, shall notify the
other of the standard weight it shall adopt, and of
any subsequent change thereof
The rule Of progression shall always be an addi-
tional single rate for each additional standard
weight or fraction thereof.
The weight stated BY the despatching office
shall always be accepted, except in Csc Of mani.
fest mistake.
ARTICLE " The single rate Of postage for the
direct correspondence is established as follows:
For letters from the United States fifteen cents
For letters from Italy. eighty centisimi.
For all other correspondence mentioned in the
second paragraph Of the first article it shall be
that which the despatching administration shall
adopt for the mails it dispatches, adapted to its
own convenience, but each administration shall |
i,form the other Of the rate it adopts and of any
change of it. |
The postage upon any correspondence, however, |
may be, by common accord, ms ified whenever |
the sender shall avail himself Of any route which
requires q higher rate than that established by |
this article and the envelope shall indicate the |
route preferred either in writing or by the amount
Of postage prepaid.
ARTICLE VI The prepayment Of postage on |
Italy shall be optional.
The prepayment of postage on all other corre-
Ipondence, including registered letters, shall be
The correspondence of all kinds which shall not
DO prepaid shall be charged by the receiving ad-
with fine not exceeding cents in
he United States, and not exceeding 80 centisini
n Italy,
repaid, shall be dispatched, but shall be charged
" the receiving administration with the deficient
,ostage, As well - the fine aforesaid.
Fractions of one cent in the United States and
f centisimi in Italy, shall be counted tor the
ell amount
ARTICLE VII. Any correspondence may be reg
slered as well that directly exchan. ed between
he two countries, that originating in either
f them and destined co other foreign countries to
which they may respectively serve as intermedi-
ries registered correspondence, and vice versa
The international correspondence registered
must always be prepaid, both the postage and
he register fee.
The fee shall be, not exceeding 10 cents in the
United afes. and 50 centisimi in Italy.
ARTICLE VIII. Accounts between the two ad-
shall be regulated as follows:
Prom the total amount Of postage collected upon
etters, added to the amount Of register fees, and
f prepaid hostages upon other articles than let
ers As collected by each administration, il shall
educt the cost at tine established rates Of the in
ermediate transit Of the mails it dispatches to
be other and the balance sha be equally divided
etweeu the two admnl trations.
There shall be excluded from the account all
mes upon unpaid or insuficiently paid correspond
nee, and the deficient hostages upon articles
.entioned in the second paragraph Of ticle first
IL OF which shall be retained u the use of the
dmn stration which collects them.
Article TX. The correspondence mentioned in
ne second paragraph Of article first SHALL be de-
patched in conformity with the interior system of
ne despatching administration, but always in
uding the following rules:
IN ~ The correspondence must be under bands, | :
, that the contents can be readily examined. II
o. There must be written communication :
kept the date, the name Of the sender, the ad-
ress, and the price, and manufacturers marks
pom sample Of merchandise. >
(c) No pattern or packet may exceed sixty GEN.
metres in length and thirty centimeters in any !,
her dimension.
jd.) There shall be admitted NO liquid nor other
.tice which might injure the other correspond !,
zee. nor any article the importation of which =
ay be prohibited by the laws or regulations of .