The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-01


prepaid or insufnciently prepaid, shall be charged
in the county Of de -tnation with extra rate o
nts in the United States and OF 80 confines IL
Italy. The prepayment Of postage upon all otheI
articles including registered letters shall be
$ pulsory; and when they shall be in part pre-
paid they shall not be dispatched; but in such
case the, shall be- if practicable, restored to the
0 sender.
shall be in part prepaid shall be forwarded to their
destination; but they shall be charged there with
t twice the amount Of the difference between the
I rate due and the sum actually prepaid.
| ARTICLE X. The international rate Of postage
upon the correspondence exchanged between the
two countries is based upon the following ele-
ments, to wit: Q) The interior rate of the United
states; (2) The interior rate Of Italy; q The
maritime rate; "a The intermediate transit rate;
and any reduction which either country may oh.
tain from the existing maritime and transit charges
shall Inure to the benefit Of the people Of the two
countries by a corresponding reduction of the in
ternational rates Of postage established in the fol-
lowing article so the two departments shall
have adjusted the amount.
ARTICLE NJ. The international rates. combined
of the elements above mentioned, and applicable
| to each standard % progression for the several
classes Of mAable articles are established as fol-
tlows to wit: a. 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 an extra charge of 10 in the United
States and Of SO confines in Italy; (S) For docu-
mentary manuscripts. corrected p COS, and sam
pies OF mel chADdse. % cents in tho Uni ed States
and franc in Italy; ~ For journals and all other
| prints embracing articles not otherwise enumer-
ated the standard single rate shall be fixed by the
despatching 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 interior single rate Of the
United States and fifteen centimes the interior
single rate Of Italy. The remainder of the com
bined rate il assigned to the payment of the cost
of sea convey ance and of intermediate transit, by
whatever route the mails may be conveyed
ARTICLE XIII. Articles under band described
in the third and fourth paragraphs Of Article ".
of this convention may be registered in either
country for despatch to the other. upon payment
of the registration fee Of ten cents in the United
States and of fifty centimes 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
sble, and to prepare the way for their ultimate
abolition each Post Department shall retain TO its
own use all the postal rates and charges which il
shall collect whether by virtue Of prepayment or |
post payment; and each department shall! pay the
of conveyance of the mails which il dispatches
far the frontier Of the country of destination
1t is also especially provided that the cost OF inter-
mediate ocean and land conveyance of the closed
mails shall be first defrayed by that one OF the
two departments which shall have obtained from
the in ermediaries the most favorable pecuniary
conditions of such conveyance; and any amount
paid by depar ent for account OF the other
shall b. reimbursed.
ARTICLE XIV. 1t is distinctly agreed that all
mailabie articles addressed from 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.
AKTI 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 er /
roneously transmitted. wrongly ad dressed shall
be promptly returned to the despatching office.
Articles which shall have been addressed to per 7
sons VINO have departed from the place af destina-
rion, leaving their address, shal be forwarded, or
returned, as the case may require, charged with
the postage which the addressee would have been j
required to pay on delivery, |
ARrIcLE XVIII. Letters, ell registered articles,
Ind all documentary manuscripts which shall not I
delivered to their address, shall be restored to
he despatching department. Any Of these articles
which may h ave been forwarded by one department
% the other on acc unit shall be restored and ]
redt taken for the amount originally charged by \
he despatching office. But samples Of merchan-
lise, newspabers prints of all kinds. and all mail
red to their address, shall remain At the disposal
Il the receiving department. provided they shall
lot be reclaimed By the sender or addressee within
tx months from the date of their despatch =
ARTICLE XIX Neither Post Department is
equ:red to make distribution within its jurisdic
ion Of any articles the circulation of which shall
re prohibited by the laws in force in the country
f destination.
United States and of Italy reeiprocaily engage to
rant each to the other the gratutous conveyance
respective territories of all correspond
nee which shall be exchanged in closed mails with v
ny countries to which they may respe. lively serve
S Intermediates: provided always, that such con-
eyance shall be effected by the ordinary means n
mail conveyance in use; and that the countries 81
akng the benefit of such gratuitous service shall
ecip. Ocaly accord the like privilege Of free tran
it across their respective territories. The priv
.ge il also accorded to each administration of n
ending agent at its own expense, in charge OF
he mails in transit. The further privilege is ~
ccorded of free transfer of closed mails in the
Orts and harbors Of the respective countries from
vessel to another, in continuance Of their con-
eyance to final destination
ARTICLE XXI. Small sums Of money may be
mutually transmitted between the two countries
y means Of postal money orders, and the rates
nd conditions may be arranged by an agreement
etween the two departments after the system Of
ostal money orders shall have been adopted by A
10 United States.
ARTICLE XIII. Until the same scale Of weights
nall have been adopted by the two departments,
is agreed that, for the purposes OF this conven-
on, fifteen grammss shall be taken Is the equiv
lent Of = half ounce, forty grammes as the equiv
oective multpes in progression applied bj the Il
sspectve Offices. 1t is also understood that the n.
ates upon correspondence shall be applied accord
,g to the weight stated by the despatching de- II
except in case of manifest error d.
ARTICLE XIV The two departments shall n
title by agreement between them all measures el
detail and arrangement required to carry into A
feet this convention, which may be modified ei
ON time to time by special arrangements to be Of
greed upon directly between the two Post De- in
~
In witness whereof the respective plenipoten- a
aries have sigued the present convention and n,
ave affixed thereto their seals Al
Done in duplicate. at Turin, the eighth day OF SO
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