The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-18

Each department. shall - III best sxertioas 1
the safe delivery, or, when niseaTrisd, for the .
covery Of any registered coErespo0dence, but Il
not responsible Pecunarily for the loss Of any %
lcorrespoDdence.
ARTICLE X. Registered correspondence shal
in addition to the postage be subject to q re ii
tration fee, mt exceeding ten cents in the Unite
s ates, and not exceeding two silver groschen
| the North German Union, and this fee shall
Away. prepaid.
ARrT LIE XI Accounts between the two ON :,
| shall be regulated on the following basis: Frol
the total amount # hostages and register fees CO
Iected by each office letters, added to the tots
| amount Of prepaid postage and register fees .
other corre>po., d-nce which it DISPATCHES tn. de
spaiching office shall deduct the amount required
at the agreed rate. for the cost Of the intermeiat
transit thereof between the two frontiers. and tn
am unit Of the two net sums shall he equally di
videi between the two Offices.
ARTICLE XII. The two post departments shall
est ,blish by agreement, Aud in conformity witt
the ar, ansements in force at the time. the con
ditions upon which the two offices may respectively
exchange in open mails the correspondence orig
mating in or destined 10 other foreign Countrie
to which they may reciprocally serve as inter
mechanics.
1t - always underst cd. however, that snch
res;lpndeuce shall only be charged With the rate
applicable t. direct international correspondence,
augmented BY TIL Postage due To foreign countries
isut the North German office reserves the right
u fX a time. if necessary, when this rule shall
only appsy TO correspondence despa' ched from the
United STATES FIR nch other countries unless the
latter shall have accepted the same rule in behalf
of The currespun ence despatched through them
by the North Herman office,
Article NIL Each office grants to the other
the pr vece oftranst If the closed mails exchange
ed in either direction, between the latter and any
country to which the other ma, serve as inter
Wheeler on sea or land, and the terms Of transit
shall be agreed upon when the exercise of the
privilege is required.
Article XIV. The postal accounts between
the Two Offices shall be stated quarterly. and
and verified As speedily as practical
BILE; add the balance found due shall be paid 10
the credit,r office, either by exchange on Lon
don OF at the debtors Office, as the creditor Of
nee may desire.
The rate for the conversion of the money of the
two countries shall he fixed by common agree
nent between the two Offices
ARTICLE XIV. When in any port Of either
country a closed mail is transferred from
Tessel to another without any expense to the OF
ice of the country where the transfer is made
uch transfer shall net be subject to any postal
,harge by one Office against the ether
ARTICLE XVI official communications ad-
ifessed from one office To the other shall not be
the occasion Of any accounts between the two
,fhces.
ARTI ANlI Letters WTDFEly sent. UT
wrongly addressed, not deliverable for what
.aer cause shall be returned the originating Of
ice, at its expense, if any expense is incurred.
Registered correspondence Of all kinds. not de-
iverable for any cauee, shall also be returned in
ike manner. All other correspondence which
annot be delivered shall remain at the DISPOSE 1
ion of the receiving office ANY postage upon |
returned which shall have been |
harged against the office of destination. shall be
ischarge,i ON the account |
Ap,v Val vic of fha 10 dastr
f other German States to avail themselves of |
he advantages of postal association with the |
tates now embraced in the North German Union, |
il further agreed that the provisions of this CON
enrion shall be EXTENDED 10 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, ty mutual |
onsent establish detailed regulations for carry |
~ these articles into execution. and they may
,cdify such regulations in like manner, from
inc to time, as the e1igencies of the service
Iay require.
Article Xxx. From the time this convention
nall take effect, all former conventions between
be two offices and between the United States Of
CO on the one part, and. on the other part. OF
remen and also of Hamburg, shall cease to be
force, except for the settlement Of accounts
hich shall have previously accrued Hereunder.
This convention, being first approved, shall
Ike effect not later than the 1st day of January
ext, and shall continue in force until cancelled
: mutual agreement, or otherwise, until one
EAR from the date when one Office shall have
ven notice to the other of its desire to terminate
Executed in duplicate at Berlin the twenty
rst day of October, one thousand eight hundred
I'd siXty-seven.
IsEAL. JHON A. KASSON.
Special Commissioner. &c. &c.
lsE.L.I RICHARD PHILIPsRORN,
Director-General of the Post Department.
PosT-0FrIcy DEPARTMENT, ! |,
Washington, November II, 1867. T.
Having examined and Considered the afore-
ling articles of a convention for the ameoration
the postal service between the United States
America and the North German Union. agreed