The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-02

prepaid or insuficiently prepaid, shall, be charge
Z in the county Of de tination with an extra rate
2 c. nts in the United States and of 80 confines
Italy The prepayment Of postage upon all othe
articles including registered letters shall be COM
Is pulsory; and when they shall be in no part pre-
| paid they shall not he dispatched; but in sue
, they shall be, If practicable, restored to tn
o sender
: ARTICLE TX The articles under band, whicl
shall be in part prepaid shall be forwarded to thei
destination; but they shall be charged there will
[ twice the amount of the difference between III,
rate due and the sum actually prepaid.
ARTICLE y. The international rate Of postage
0 upon the correspondence exchanged between thu
] two countries based upon the following ee
nients, wit: C) The interior rate of the United
states; ~ The interior rate of Italy; g The
mar time rate; a. The intermediate transit rate;
ami any reduction which either country may OBJ
tain from the existing maritime and transit charges
shall Inure TO the benefit of the people If the two
Countries by a corresponding reduction of the in
ternationai of postage established in the fol-
lowing article as the two departments shall
have adjusted the amount.
ARTICLE NJ. The international rates. combined
of the elements abrve mentioned. and applicable
10 each standard o. progression for the several
classes of mailabe articles are established a. fol
lows t. Wit: % For ordinary letters 20 cents in
the United States and l franc in Italy; e. For
registered letters. in addition, to the ordinary
paid rate an charge of 10 ces;s in the United
-tares and of SO centimes in Italy: t3) For docu-
| mentary manuscripts. corrected 90 $, ana sam
piles mel chsndise. 20 cents in the Uni ed States
and franc in Italy; a. For journals and all other
| prints embracing articles not otherwise enumer
ated. the standard sing lie rate shall be fixed by the
| despatching department limited neyertheless, by
| the maximum rae of cents IN the United states
and OF Is centimes in Italy.
ARTICLE XII of the combined rate of inter-
national letter postage hereby established, three
cents represents the interi-r single rate Of the
| United States. and fifteen centmes the interior
single rate of Italy. The remainder of the COM
hined rate is assigned 10 the payment of the cost
of sea conveyance and Of intermediate transit, by
whatever route the mails may be conveyed.
ARTICLE NIL Articles under band described
in the third and fourth paragraphs of Article ".
Of this convention may be registered in either
country for despatch to the other. upon payment
of the registration fee Of ten cents in the United
States and of fifty centimes in Italy, in addition
to the prepayment of the regular postage.
ARTICLE XIV. In order to simplify postal ac-
counts between the departments much as pos
stble, and To prepare the way for their ultimate
abolition, each Post Department shall retain To Its
own all the postal rates and charges which il
shall collect whether by virtue Of prepayment OF
post payment. and each department shall pay the
cost Of Of the mails which II dispatches
tar the frontier Of the country of destination
1t is also especially provided that the cost OF inter
mediate ocean and land conveyance Of the closed
mails shall be first betrayed by that one of the |
two departments which shall have obtained from |
the Intermediates the most favorable pecuniary |
conditions Of such conveyance; and any amount |
shall b. reimbursed.
ARTICLE Nv. 1t is distinctly agreed that all
mailabe articles addressed from country TO the
other shall be exempt in the country Of destiua-
ton from any rate f.e whatever beyond the
charges established by the convention
AKTI LIE XVI. Correspondence exclusively re-
lating TO the postal service shall be transmitted
on both sides without any postal charge therefor.
ARTICLE XVII. Correspondence of al kinds
roneously transmitted, or wrongly addressed shall
be promptly returned to the despatching Office.
articles which shall have been addressed to per
sons who have departed from the place af destins-
ton leaving their address. shall be forwarded,
as the case may require, charged with
the postage which the addressee would have been
required to pay delivery.
ARTICLE XVIII. Letters, all registered articles.
and all documentary manuscripts. which shall not
be delivered to their address, shall be restored to
the despatching department. Any of these articles
which may ave been forwarded by one department
to the other act. unit shall be restored. and
,redit taken for the amount originally charged by
The despatching office. Bat samples Of merchan-
lise, newspapers prints Of all kinds, and all mall
able icles not excepted which cannot be deliv-
red to their address, shall remain at the disposal
# the receiving department, provided they shall
not be reclaimed By the sender addressee within
TX months from the date of their despatch. lc
ARTICLE NIX Neither Post Department is
equ:red to make distribution within its iurisdc {
ion of any articles the circulation Of which shall
prohibited by the laws in force in the country
# destination. q
ARTICLE y. Inc POST departments OF the !
United States and Of Italy reciprocaily engage To
grant each 70 the other the gratuitous conveyance
theirrespective territories of all correspond
,nce which shall be exchanged in closed mails with
my countries to which they may respe lively serve
Is Intermediates: provided always that such con-
7eyanee shall be effected by the ordinary means f
# mali conveyance in use: and that the countries
aking the benefit of such gratutcus service shall
ecipT ocally accord the like privilege Of free tran
it across their respective territories. The privi-
Is a Sp dp1 q each HIsfF u :
ending agent, at its own expense. in charge of
he mails in transit. The further privilege is =
ccorded of free transfer of closed mails in the "
orts and harbors of the respective countries from
ne vessel another, in continuance of their con-
eyance TO final destination
ARTICLE XXII. Small Sums Of money may be =
mutually transmitted between the two countries =
Y means of postal money orders, and the rates
nd conditions may be arranged by an agreement .
etween the two departments after the sy stem of
ostal money orders shall have been adopted by .
he United States. 70
ARTICLE XIII. Until the same scale Of weights .
hall have been adopted by the two departments, :
is agreed that for the purposes OF this conven- u
on fifteen grammss shall be taken the equiv
ent of half ounce, forty granmes as the equiv c.
ent of one ounce and ha and so with their re- OF
ectve multples in progression as applied b. the ol
spective Offices. 1t is alsn understood that the
upon correspondence shall be applied accord II
g to the weight stated by the despatching de- &C
.rtment except in case of manifest error. de
ARTICLE XIV The two departments shall
tile by agreement between them all measures bi
detail and arrangement required to carry into &c
feet this convention which may be modified 1t
ON time to time by special arrangements to be
reed upon directly between the two Post De- sh
nc
In witness whereof. the respective plenipoten-
aries have signed the present convention and he
we affixed thereto their seals of
Done in duplicate at Turin, the eighth day of kr
lily. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight be