The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-09


in the county Of de-tination with an extra rate
cents in the United States and Of 80 centimes
Italy. The prepayment Of postage upon all otht
articles, including registered letters, shal be con
pulsory; and when they shall be in no part pr,
paid they shall not be dispatched; but in sue
case the, shall be- if practicable, restored to Ii
, sender
ARTICLE IX The articles under band, whic
shall be in part prepaid shall be forwarded to the
destination; but they shall be charged there wit
twice the amount Of the difference between tn
rate due and the sum actually prepaid.
ARTICLE X. The international rate of postag
upon the correspondence exchanged between til
two countries is based upon the following ele
ments to wit: 0) The interior rate Of the Unite
states; (2) The interior rate Of Italy; e Tn
mar time rate; a. The intermediate transit rate
| and any reduction which either country may oh
tain from the existing maritime and transit charge
shall inure TO the benefit of the people Of the tw
countries by corresponding reduction Of the in
terna;ional of postage established in the fol
lowing article so on as the two departments shall
have adjusted the amount.
Article Nj The international rates. combined
| of the elements ab've mentioned, and applicable
To each standard % progression for the several
classes of maiIable articles. established fol
lows t. Wit: ~ For ordinary letters 20 cents in
the Untei States and / franc in Italy; (2l For
registered letters in addition to the ordinary pre-
paid nate extra charge of 10 cea:s in the United
>tares and Of 90 centimes in Italy; 81 For docu-
men.ary manu- .cripts. curi ected oos, and sam
pies OF CHI snfl-e. cents IN tfie Z III
and franc in Italy; a. For Journals and ali other
prints. embracing articles not otherwise enumer-
ated the standard sin l- rate shall be fixed by the
despatc'ing department. limited. nevertheless, by
The maximum of cents in the United States
and o. Is cent mes IN Italy.
ARTICLE l. If the combined rate of inter-
n.tion | letter postage hereby established, three
cents represents the in-erisr single rate Of the
Unitei States. ard fifteen confines the interior
single rate o. Italy. The remainder of the COM
j. al In he IF rha
of sea conveyance and Of intermediate transit by
whatever nte the mails may be conveyed
AETrci E XIII. Articles under band described
in the third and fourth paragraphs of Article ".
Of this convention may be registered in either
country FIR despatch to the other, upon payment
of the registration fee Of ten cents in the United
States ard of fifty confines in Italy, in addition
to the prepayment of the regular postage.
ARTICLE XIV. In order to simplify postal &C
counts between the departments as much as pos
slble, and to prepare the way for their ultimate
abolition each Post Department shall retain to its
own use al the postal rates and charges which il
shall collect whether by virtue Of prepayment or
post payment; and each department shall pay the
cost of conveyance of the mails which it dispatches
the frontier Of the country Of destination
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 int ermediaries the most favorable pecuniAry
conditions Of such conveyance; and any amount
so pAl1 DIV one department ACCOUNT Oh Inc OtQeF
shall b. reimbursed.
ARTICLE XIV. 1t is distinctly agreed that all
maable articles addressed from one country to the
other shall be exempt in the country Of destina-
ton from any rate or fee whatever beyond the
charges established by the convention.
ART 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 all kinds err
roneou>ly transmitted wrongly al lressed shall
be promptly returned to the despatching Office.
Articles which shall have been addressed to per
IONS VINO have departed from the place az destina
tion leaving their address, ehal be forwarded, or
as the case may require, charged with |
he postage which the addressee would have been |
required to pay on delivery.
ARTICLE XVIII. Letters, all Unregistered articles,
md all documentary manuscripts, which shall not
De delivered to their address, shall be restored to
he despatchiny department. Any Ut these articles |
which may ave been forwarded by one department |
% the other on acc unit shall be restored, and |
redit taken for the amount originally charged by |
he despatching office. But samples of merchan-
Use, newspapers, prints of all kinds, and all mail
bile ar icles not excepted which cannot be deliv-
red to their address, shall remain at the disposal
the receiving department, provided they shall
ot be reclaimed by the sender or addressed within
* months from the date of their despatch.
ARTICLE XIX Neither Post Department is
equred to make distribution within its jurisdic-
ion of any articles the circulation Of which shall
e prohibited by the laws in force in the country
destination.
ARTICLE XIX. The Post Departments of the
-nited States and of Italy reciprocally engage to
rant each to the other the gratuitous conveyance
their respective territories of all correspond
nee which shall be exchanged in Closed mails with
ny countries to which they may respectively serve
8 Intermediates: provided always, that such con-
eyance shall be effected by the ordinary means
mail conveyance in use; and that the countries
king the benefit of such gratutous service shall
scp ocalIy accord the like privilege of free tran
t across their respective territories The privi-
ge is also accorded to each administration of
ndng agent at its own expense, in charge Of ,
lie mails in transit. The further privilege is
corded of free transfer of closed mails in the
,rts and harbors of the respective countries from
vessel to another, in continuance Of their con-
,yance to final destination II
ARTICLE XIII Small Sums Of money may be !
utually transmitted between the two countries =
means of postal money orders, and the rates :
ID Conditions may be arranged by an agreement
tween the two departments after the system Of
sfal money orders shall have been adopted by ,
e United States
ARTICLE XIII. Until the same scale Of weights
all have been adopted by the two departments,
is agreed that, FIR the purposes OF this conven-
N, fifteen grammes shall be taken as the equiv
emit of half ounce, forty grammes as the equiv c
snt Of one ounce and ha T. and go with their re- o
ectve multiples in progression - applied By the
spective Offices. 1t is also understood that the
ties upon correspondence shall be applied accord Il
3 to the weight stated by the despatching de- G
rtment, except in case Of manifest error. d
ARTICLE XIV The two departments shall
tile by agreement between them all measures b
detail and arrangement required to carry into q
ect this convention, which may be modified II
IN time to time by special arrangements to be
reed upon directly between the two Post De- 81
rtments. D.
In witness whereof, the respective plenipoten-
ries have Gigned the present convention and b
" afixed thereto their seals. Of
Done in duplicate, at Turin, the eighth day Of h
y, in the year Of our Lord one thousand eight b.
ndred and sixty three. n