The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-19
A.uu. VIII. The prepayment Of postage upon

a ordinary letters exchanged between the Unite,
ID States and Italy shall be optional; but letters
in prepaid insuficiently prepaid, shall be charget
in the county of de tination with an extra rate o
c. nts In the United States and of 80 confines il
% Italy The prepayment of postage upon all Other
articles including registered letters shall be
e pusory; and when they shall be in part pre-
paid they shall not be dispatched; but in such
the, shall be- if practicable, restored to the
d sender.
V ARTICLE IX. The articles under band, which
shall be in part prepaid shall be forwarded to their
E destination; but they shall be charged there with
twice the amount of the difference between the
S rate due and the sum actually prepaid
e ARTICLE Y The international rate of postage
9 upon the correspondence exchanged between the
two countries is based upon the following ele-
ments, to wit: az The interior rate of the United
states; (2) The interior rate Of Italy; q The
mar time rate; az The intermediate transit rate;
and any reduction which either country may OBJ
tain from the existing maritime and transit charges
| shall nure to the benefit of the people II the two
counties by corresponding reduction OF the in
ternational rates of stage estab shed in the fol.
lowing article as the two departments shall
have adjusted the amount.
ARTICLE XI, The International rates. combined
of the elements ab,.ve mentioned, and applicable
TO each standard oe progression for the several
Classes of masble articles. established IA fol
lows tnWit: ~ For ordinary letters 20 certs ill
| tie United States and l franc in Italy; q FIR
registered letters, in addition to the ordinary pre-
paid exr, charge of 10 ces:s in the United
| -ta and of 80 centimes in Italy; 49, For docu-
mentary manuscripts corrected p 90 :. and sam
pie, OF me, chandise 20 cents in the Uni ed States
and franc Italy; a. For journals and all oti er
prints, embracing articles not otherwise enumer-
ated the standard single rate shall be fixed by the
despatching department limited, nevertheless, by
| the maximum ra of cents in the United states
and OF Is rentimes IN Italy
ARTICLE Y l. If the combined rat Of inter- |
national letter postage hereby established, three
| cents represents the nreri-r single rate # the
unirei Srates and hf cen centimes the interior |
single rate Of italy. The remainder of the com !
hine rate is assigned to the payment Of the cost
of convey and f intermediate transit, by |
whatever nte th- mails may be conveyed.
ARrIci NH Articles under band described |
in the third and fourth paragraphs of Article ".
If this convention may be registered in either
country f II despatch 10 the other, upon payment
Of the registration fee Of ten cents in the United
States and # fry centime- in Italy, in addition
to the prepayment of the regular postage
ARTICLE NV. In order to simplify postal &C
counts between the departments As much As pos
Bile, and to prepare the way for their u innate
abolition each Post Department sh ii retain to It's
own Use a l the postal rates and charges which il
shall collect whether by virtue # prepayment or
psf pa, nent; and each department shall pay th-
cost Of Convey of the mail VIII oh tlespatche-
the frontier If the country of d'stinati"n.
1t is also especi lily provided thar the ost of ter
mediate ocean and land conveyance of the closed
ma Is h al be first betrayed b, that Of the
two dep .rtments which shall have obtained fir m
the in ermedlares the + favorable Iecuni, v
Conditions of such conveyance; and any amount
paid by department fnr account OF the other
shall b eei-nbursed.
ARTICLE XIV. It is distinctly agreed that all {
mailtb icles addressed from one cnntrv 10 the
other shall b. exempt in the country If de-tins-
tion from apy rate or fe VII beyond the
charges established by the convention
AtTr LIE XVI Correspondence exclusively re-
latiBg 10 the postal servle shall be tran united
on both sides with ut any postal charge 'herefpr
ARTIcLe XVII. Correspondence o. all kinds r.
r"neu |, transmitted. OF wrongly AL irrssed -hsil
BE- pr mrtl, returned TO the de-patchlng Office. |
rricl-s viii b shall have been addressed to per
sons W.T." have departed from tie place AT destnt-
tin. leaving their ad :re,s shall be forwarded, or
returned. as the case may require, charge with
The p stage which the aaidressee would have been
required to pay on delivery.
Article XVIII. lie tiers, all registered article
and all d 'cumrntsry maBu-cripts which sha mt
lie delivered to their address, shall he restore {"
The iespatching department. Any # these articles
VIII oh IN Y h We been forwarded one department
TO the other unit shall be restored and
credit taken fi 4 e amount originally ciargSl ly
The despatching Office But samples # m~Eahan- ,
iise, newspapers prints of all knl>. ird al IGtEi =
able icles not led which ctI,u,t ue dsliv-
cred TO their address, shall remain Al she t'-e-ti
,t the receiving department. PROV e. flies -t,sll
not be recla med By he sender IT addrrs-ee rithiu
,ix nths fir m the date of their &C.. .i-rA
ARTICLE XIX Neither Post Department Is
-equ:r.d 10 make distribution within ~ u'i-iic =
ion Of articles the circulation f wA'uh sitS3i
he prohI tied b.. the laws force in tie c'siitrt
If destin alton. =
Article XX. The Post Departments IF til =
United States and Of Italy reciprocity engage to =
.rant each TO the other the gatultou- cone y"t Il
their respective te rituries OF al CORE Sip uH .
nee which >hal be exchanged in closed mails tie :
my countries to which they may rtse, tivety serve
IS int, meiares: provided always, that such cet- -
eyance shall be effected by the ordinary means -
i mail conveyance il use; and thar the countries
aking the benefit If such gratuitOus serve shall
ecip ocalIy accord the like privilege If free tram ~
it across their respective territori TIE p'iv'- m
-ge is also accorded to each administration of ~
ending agent, at its own expense in oh rye Of u;
he mails in tran it, The further privilege is :,
ccorded of free transfer of closed mails i'll the 'e
orts and harbors Of the respective countries from in
ne vessel to another, in continuance Of their con AZ
G, ance to final destination -;
Article XIII >mall Sums of money may be col
utualiy transmit: ell between the two countries -;
y means of postal None orders, and the rats 70,
nd n'iti' lis may be arranged by az agreems mt =,
tween the two departments after the system Of or
,sra money orders shall have been adopted by t,r
e United States. ~
ARTICLE XXIIT. Until the same scale Of weights
aIl have been adopted by the two depart ments. sa
is agreed that, the purposes OF this conven- 49,,
On, fifteen grammes stall be taken as the equiv r.;
ent Of half forty granmes as the equiv WA
ent # one ounce and ha I, and so with their re -
ecti' muItiples in progression applied the M,
spectve Offices. 1t H. ais understo that the -
te- upon correspondence hail he applied accord ~,
z TO the weight stated by the desp .t,hing de- 81,
rfment, except in case Of manif It error. L,,
ART Gle XIV The two departments shall f,
tile by agreement between them all measures -
detail and arrangement required to cary int" III
tct This convention, which may be n Odifed on.
''n .iiiio " .i"e " ~. IA " " sha
rrments 80,
In witness whereof the respective pienipoten- .
res have signed the present convention and A
We affixed thereto their seals