The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-15

-. - -.rrh.r,a,,, ,a.Il not exceed 500 erannss
n weight Of siy othsrpackst Of mailable articles
shall not exceed Z oo0, srannsss and the form o
The racket shall be regulated By the practice O
the dsspatching department..
Article vi All nailsole srt,cles, e1eept LEI e.
postal agents in both countries may readily verify
| the contents of the packet.
| ArrIcIE VII. The standard weight and pro
erosion for the single rate Of postage upon al ar
fcIes enumerated in Article w. Of this convention
are established as follows: % For letters, 10
grammes; (2 For documentary manuscripts not
having the character of direct personal corre-
spoudence fer corrected proofs and Tor samples OF
merchandise. 40 grammes; (o) for anu
not otherwise assigned the standard shall not be
less than 40 grammes in Italy, or one ounce ana
half in the United States; but each post aePart-
ment Tnay establish higher stanoaro we'eh' u
progression adapted to its interior requirements
Tor articles of this class which it dispatches.
ARTICLE Will The prepayment of pos age upon
ordinary letters exchanged between the united
States and Italy shall be optional; but letters not
prepaid, or insuiciently prepaid, snai DC ~
cents in the United States and Of 80 centlmes In
Italy. The prepayment of postage upon an otner
articles including registered letters, snail De coni
pulsory; and when they shall be In no part pre-
paid they shall not be dispatched; but in such
case the, shall be, if practicable, restored to the
ARTICLE IX. The articles under band, which
shall be in part prepaid shall be forwarded to Their
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 eie,
mepts. to wit: a. The interior rate OF the United
states; (2) The interior rate Of Italy; o. Inc
maritime rate; "a The intermediate transit rate;
and any reduction which either country may o.
tain from the existing maritime and transit charges
shall inure to the benefit of the people oil the Two
countries by a corresponding reduction OF the IN
ternational rates of postage established In the Io
lowing article so soon the two departments shall
have adjusted the amount. :,
Article XI The international rates. combined
of the elements above mentioned, and applicable
10 each standard OF progression for the several
classes of malable articles are established as Io
lows to Wit: % For ordinary letters ~ cents Ia
the United States and franc in 1faiy' ca For
letters, in addition to the ordinary pre-,
Maid rate an extra charge of 10 cents in the United
states and of so centimes in Italy; (3) For docu-
mentary manuscripts. corrected proofs ana sam
ples of chandise 20 cents in the Uni ed states
and franc in Italy; a. For journals and all other
prints, embracing articles not otherwise enunsr-
ated the standard single rate shall be fixed by the
department limited nevertheless, by
the maximum rate of cents in the United states
and of Is centimes in Italy.
ARTICLE XII. OF the combined rate OF inter-
national letter postage hereby established, three
CENTS represents the interisr single rate Of the
limited States and fifteen centimes the interior
single rate of Italy. The remainder Of the COM
bined rate is assigned to the payment OF the cost
of sea conveyance and Of intermediate transit ny
whatever ro ute the mails may be conveyed
ARTICLE KILL Articles under band described
in the third and fourth paragraphs Of Article ".
of this convention may be REGISTERED IN elIhe.
country for despatch to the other, upon payment
= 81 70 in hG
States and Of fifty centimes in Italy, In aoditon
to the prepayment of the regular postage
ARTICLE XIV. In order to simplify postal ac-
counts between the departments as much as pos
sible, and to prepare the way for their ultimate
abolition, each Post Department shall retain to lis
own use all the postal rates and charges which II
shall collect whether by virtue OF prepayme OF
post payment; and each department shall pay the
cost Of conveyance Of the mails which 1t
as far as the frontier Of the country OF
n Il 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 intermediates the most favorable PecohiAry
conditions Of such conveyance; ana any amount
70 Maid by one department for account OF the other
hall be reimbursed. -,
msilable articles addressed from one country 10 the
,ther shall be exempt ia the country OF destina-
lion from any rate or fee whatever oeyond tne
charges established by the convention.
Arr nXvI Correspondence exclusively re-
Iatine to the postal service shall be transmitted
IN both sides with any postal charge tne,eior
Article XVII. Correspondence OF all KINDS et.
transmitted or wrongly addressed snaii
be prouptly returned TO the despatchlng ONCE
Articles which shall have been addressed 10 per
IONS VINO have departed from the place Al des.nA-
zion leaving their ad ress shall be forwarded, or
as the case may require, charged win
the postage which the aldressee would nave peen
required to pay on delivery ..A;,.
ARTICLE XVIII. Letters, all registered arucies.
and ali documentary masuscripts, which shall not
=. delivered TO their address, shall be restored to
the despatchng department. Any of these articies
which may have been forwarded by one department.
TO the other on account shall be restored, ana
credit taken for the amount originally charged by
The despatchine ONCE But samples Of merchan- |
disc newspapers prints of all kinds. and all mail
able ar icles not excepted which cannot De deiS
cred to their address, shall remain AZ the oispsa
Of the receiving department, provlasd Ihey snan
not he reclaimed BY the sender or addressed wtnin
.ix months from the date Of their despatch.
Arr,cIR XIX Neither Post Department Is |
reou:red to make distribution within its 1orlsdic-
ton of any articles the circulation Of whicn snah
be prohibited by the laws in force In the country
Of destination. Al.
ARrIcIx Xxx. The Post Departments OF the |
united States and Of Italy recprocaily engage to
grant each to the other the grafulto1s conveyance
their respective territories OF all
.nce which shall be exchanged in closed mails win
INV countries to which they may respectively serve
n Intermediates: provided always, that such con-
revance shall be effected by the ordinary means |
# mail conveyance in use; and that the countries
taking the benefit Of such gratuitous service snai
reciDI ocay accord the like privilege Of free tran
III across their respective territories The prisi
soc Ia alan accorded to each administration OF
,ending an agent, at its own expense, In charge
he mails in transit. The further priNieee
accorded of free transfer of closed mails in the
,orts and harbors Of the respective countries from
me vessel 10 another in continuance Of their con-