The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-17

pIes Of merchandise shall not exceed 500 tramme
The weight Of any packet Of maiable article
shall not exceed coo grammes: and the form
y the packet shall be regulated by the practice
il the despatching department.
d ARTICLE vi All mailabfe articles, except lei
tiers, shall be sent under band, enclosed tina
postal agents in both countries may readily verif
{ the contents of the packet
ARTICLE VII. The standard weight and pro
gression for the single rate Of postage upon all Ar
fcles enumerated in Article " OF this convention
e are established as follows: ID For letters. i
| gramnres; (2) For documentary manuscripts nt'
having the character OF direct personal CORE
spondence fer corrected proofs and for samples o
merchandise 40 gramm 8: t3) For newspapers ant
prints of all kinds embracing all mailable articles
not otherwise assigned. the standard shall not be
less than 40 grammes in Italy, or one ounce and a
half in the United states; but each post depart
ment NAV establish n higher standard weight OF
progression adopted to its interi'r requirements
for articles of this class which ii dispatches.
ARTICLE VIII The prepayment ofp age upon
ordinary letters eXchang. between the United
States and Italy shall be opt onal: bur letters not
prepaid, insufciently prepaid, shall be charged
in the county of de tination with extra rate Of
s nts il the United states and of 50 confines in
Italy The prepayment Of postage upon all other
articles including registered letters, shall be COM
pulsnry; and vhen they III III be in part pre-
| paid they shall not he dispatched; but in such
case the, shall be, if practicable, restored to the
sender.
ARTICLE TX The articles under band, which
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destination; but they shall be charged there with
twice the amount Of the difference between the
| rate due and the sum actually prepaid.
ARTICLE Y The international rate of postage
upon the correspondence exchanged between the
two countries is based upon the following ee
ments, to wit: a. The interior rate Of the United
states; (21 The interior rate Of Italy; q The
mar time rate; a. The intermediate transit rate;
and any reduction which either country may OBJ
tain from the existing maritime and transit charges
shall Inure to the benefit of the people Of the two
countries by corresponding reduction OF the IN
ternational of postage established in the fol-
lowing article the two departments shall
have adjusted the amount.
ARTICLE Nj. The international rates. combined
of the elements abuve mentioned. and applicable
TO each standard % progression for the several
classes of malta BILE articles established fol-
lows to Wit: % For ordinary letters 20 cents in
the United States and l franc in Italy; e. For
registered letters, in addition to the ordinary pre-
paid rate extra charge of 10 ces;s in the United
>ta, es and Of 50 centines in Italy; (3) For docu
mentary manuscripts. corrected p COS, and sam |
pe- OF chsndise. 20 cents in the Uni ed States
and franc in Italy; ~ For Journals and all other
prints, embracing articles not otherwise enuner- |
ated the standard sing lie rate shall he fixed by the
department. limited. nevertheless, by
the maximum rae of cents in the United states
and OF Is eentimes 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 confines the interior
single rate of Italy. The remainder Of TIE COM
line rate is assigned to the payment Of the cost
Of sea conveyance and # intermediate transit, by
whatever r. ute the mails may he conveyed.
Article XIII Articles under band described
in the third and fourth paragraphs of Article ~.
# 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 and If fry centmes in Italy, in addition
to the prepayment Of the regular postage.
ARTICLE XIV. In order TO simplify postal &C
,hunts between the departments as much As pos
BILE, and TO prepare the way for their u innate
,b iiion each Post Department shall retain to lis
,wn Use | the postal rates and charges which il
,hal collect, whether by virtue # prepayment or
IA, meni; and each department shall pay the
Of conveyance of the mail VIII CHI tiespache-
the frontier Of the country of destination.
Il is also especially provided that the cost OF utter
Mediate ocean and land conveyance of the closed
nails hall be first betrayed by that one Of the
wo departments which shall have obtained from
he int ermediaries the most favorable pecuniary
conditions of such conveyance; and any amount
% paid by one department for account of the other
hall b. reimbursed.
ARTICLE XIV 1t Ia distinctly agreed that all
nailab articles addressed from one c'u'trr 70 the
ther shall be exempt in the comfy : t.5-ttt's- !
ion from a1y rate or f'e whatever by 4l,1 the
barces established by the conyeHr!ou.
AhTI LIE XVI Correspondence exclusively re-
sting to the postal service shall b. tf'a.54itiej
n both sides without any postal char 5-fE.E-
ARTICLE XVII. Correspondence o. al Sir H. .I-
oneou-ly transmitted. wrongly nj II s-a+t -,l
e promptly returned TO the de-patchlIE ihrv
ricles which shall have been address &. ter
pms VINO have departed from the place at dHs'Ilt-
ion leaving their address. shall b. forwarded ~
eturned as the may require. charget '-.ta
be postage which the addressee would have bceu
equired to pay on delivery.
ARTICLE XVIII. Letters, all registered ar'lc =, I,
nd all documentary manuscripts which -hali IA.
e delivered their address, shall be restro5 q =
ne despatching department. Any uf these article
hch m " we been forwarded by one depari mrut
. fharp nj sha
-edit taken for the amount originally faiseG ~ n
he despatching office. But samples Of mercian-
se, 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
1t be recla med BIZ the sender addressee within
Z months fr..m Tie date Of their despatch
ARTICLE XIX Neither Post Department Is =
OUR. d to make distribution within It's Jurlsdlc-
on Of any articles the circulation Of which shall
, probii tied b. the laws in force in the country
destination ali
ARTICLE Xxx. The Post Departments of the tn
nited State. and Of Italy reciprocaily engage to
ant each 10 the other the gratuitous conveyance Il
rs their rese ctiv~ tei ritories Of all correspond
zee which shall be exchanged in closed mails with
y countries to which they may respe. lively serve
inter mediaries: provided always, that such con-
vance shall be effected by the ordinary means
mail CONVEYANCE i, use; and that the countries
king the benefit Of such gratuitous service shall -
Zip ocaly accord the like privilege Of free tran
across their respective territOri-s- Tine priv
:e is also accorded to each administration Of
1ding agent, at its own expense. IN charge q
Q mails in tran-it. The further privilege Is A
corded Of free transfer Of closed mails in the a.
rts and barbors Of the respective countries from
vessel to another, in continuance OF their con-
yance to final destination
ARTICLE XIII small sans Of money may be
,tually transmit ed between the two countries en-
means Of postal money orders, and the rates mt
c nhituns may be arranged BY an agreement Co,
A. AffAr he ST nj