The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-25

not responsible pecunisrily for the los Of any SUI
correspondents.
ARTICLE X. Registered correspondents shal
in addition to the postage be subject to a re Ii
tration fee, MT exceeding ten cents in the Unite
s ates, and not exceeding two silver groschen
the North German Union, aud this fee shall
Away, prepaid
ARTICLE XI Accounts between the two on ::
shall be regulated on the following basis Fro
the total amount 81 hostages and register fees co
lected by each Office on letters, added to the tot
amount Of prepaid postage and register fees y
other correspo d. nee which it dispatches, TIL de
Il spatching Office shsll deduct the amount required
the agreed rate, for the cost Of the intermedat
transit thereof between the two frontiers, and tn
\ amount Of the two net sums shall be equally
| vided between the two offices.
ARTICLE XII. The two post departments shal
| establish by agreement, a d in conformity wit
the ar, angements in force At the time, the con
ditions upon which the tw" offices may respective
exchange in open mails rhe correspondence orig
| mating in destined to other foreign countrie
| to which they may reciprucally serve as inter
mediaries.
1t is Away underst cd, however, that such cor
respondeDce shall only be charged with the rat,
applicable to direct international correspondence
augmented by the postage due to foreign countries
and by any other tax for exterior Sc vice
But the North German office reserves the righi
to fix time, if necessary, when this rule shall
only apply to correspond. nee despa ched from tbs
United States for -uch other cnuntries unless the
latter shall have accepted the same rule in behalf
of the correspon ience despatched through them
by the North Herman Office
Article KILL Each Office grants to the other
the privilege otransit of the closed mails eachang-
ed in either direction between the latter and any
country to which the other ma, serve as inter
medary by its usual means of mail transp rtation,
whether on sea or land, and the terms of transit
shall be agreed upon when the exercise Of the
privilege is required.
Ia.,-
the two offices shall be stated quarterly, and
transmitted and verified "a speedily a. practica
BILE; add the balance found due shall be paid 10
the creditrr Office, either by exchange on Lon
don at the debtors Office, AS tie creditor of
flee may desire.
The rate for the conversion of the money of the
two countries shall be fxed by common agree
ment between the two Offices
ARTICLE Nv. When in any port Of either
country a closed mail is transferred from
vessel TO another without any expense to the OF
fee of the country where the transfer is made:
such transfer shall net be subject TO any post i
charge by one Office against the 'ther-
ARTICLE XVI Official communications al
dressed from Office To the other shall nor be
the occasion of any accounts between the two
offices
article XVII Letters wrongly sent. or
wrongly addressed, not deliverable for what
.Aer cause shall be returned the originating If
ice at its expense. if any expense is incurred
iyerable for any caU.e shall al,o be re urned in
ike manner. All other correspondence which
annot be delivered shall remain at the diopei
ion OF the receiving office Any postage upon
returned which shall have been
harged against the office OF destination. shall be
lie ciargeI t ON the account
ARTICLE XVIII In view of the possible desire
f other German States to avail themselves of
he advantages of postal association with the
'tates now embraced in the North German Union, |
is further agreed that the provisions If this
enrion shall be EXTENDED TO and shall comprise |
hem, whenever such other States shall declare |
heir desire to join for this purpose, and notice
hereof shall have been given to the United |
tates Post Department.
ARTICLE XIX The two Offices shall, by mutual |
onsent establish detailed regulations for carry |
ng these articles into execution, and they may |
Modify such regulations. in ike manner, from |
ime t. time, as the eX1gencies OF the service |
nay require.
ARTICLE Xxx From the time this convention
hall take effect. all former conventions between |
he two offices and between the United States Of
&c on the one part. and, on the other part. o.
'remen and also of Hamburg, shall cease TO be
4 force, except for the sett ement of accounts
hich shall have previously accrued Hereunder.
This convention, being first approved, shall
Ike effect not later than the LIST day ofJanuary
ext, ard shall continue in force until cancelled
' mutual agreement, otherwise, until one
~ fem the date when one office shall have
ven notice to the other Of its desire to terminate
Executed in duplicate at Berlin the twenty
[sEAL JHON A. KASSON.
Special Commissioner, &c, &c.
lsEAL.i RICHARDv PHlLIPSBORN,
Di-ector-General of the Post Department.
Posr-OFFIcE DEPARTMENT, /
Washington, November1 II, 1867 ! |
Having examined and Considered the afore-
,irg articles of a convention for the amelorafion
the postal service between the United States
AueIi lea and the North German Union. agreed
ron and executed in duplicate at Berlin, the
IN first dag Of October, one thousand eight
lltei and "ixty-seSen, by Hon John A. Mas
n, Special Commissioner, &c, &c, on behalf
m Dmecror-General Of the Post Department of ,
e North German Union. on behalf of his De-
Irtment, the same are by me hereby ratified ,
I'd approved by and with the advice and consent
the President of the United states. l.
In witness whereof Ia q caused the seal of
e POET Office Department to be affixed hereto.
it'll my signature, the day and year first above
ritten. /;
fsEALl ALEX. " RANDALL.
Postmaster-General
hereby approve the foregoing convention. and c
testimony there.fI have caused the seal Of {
SEAL. ANDKkw JOHNSON. Il
tie President: II
WILLIAM Ii. SEWAHp, secretary cI STATE
WASHINGTON, November II, 1861. s
Ia
REGULATIONS. &c
IT the execution of the Postal Convention agreed
upon between the Post De, nts # the Unircd
States and of the North German Union, on the
2lst of October, 1SG1. ;
In accordance with Article XIX, Of the colven
IN, concluded between the United States IF
and the MOI IA VTytilr the 1lSy I
0ctoi er. 1St1, the post offices of the two Gun 2
L.. . IL.