The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-12

AK1NIR VIII. Tho prepayment Of postage upo
u ordinary letters exchanged between the Unite
States and Italy shall be opt,onal but letters
prepaid or insufhciently prepaid. shall, be charge
in the county Of de tination with an extra rate
z c. nts IN the United states and Of 80 confines
Italy The prepayment of postage upon all othe
articles including registered letters shal be com
Is pulsory; and when they shah be in no part pre-
paid they shall not be dispatched; but in sue
the, shall be, if practicable, restored to tn
% sender.
i ARTICLE IN The articles under band, which
shall be in part prepaid stall be forwarded to thei
destination; but they shall be charged there will
t twice the amount of the difference between tn
u rate due and the sum actually prepaid.
ARTICLE Y The international rate of postag,
o upon the correspondence exchanged between the
d two coun ries is based UPON the following ee
ments to wit: Q) The interior rate Of the United
states: (2l The interior rate of Italy; e The
q mar time rate; ~ The intermediate transit rate;
ami any reduction which either country may OBJ
tain from the existing maritime and transit charges
shall to the benefit of the people # the two
COUNT les BY corresponding reduction of the in
ternationa rates of stage establ shed in the fol-
lowing article on the two departments shall
have adjusted the amount.
ARI1cLs NJ The international rates. combined
Of the elem nts alb We mentioned, and appiicdbie
to each standard OF progression for the several
classes of nlailabe articles are established a. fol
lows t, wit: "a For ordinary letters % cents in
tire Tn ted States and l franc in Italy; q Fer
registered letters, in addtio" to the ordinary
paid extr. charge Of 10 cea:s in the United
stare and Of 80 centimes in Italy; t3) For docu-
mentary manuscripts. Corrected 90 $, and sam
piles ch ,ndise. - cents in the Uni ed States
md franc Italy; a. For journals and alt otf er
| prihts embraci,g articles not otherwise enuner
ated the standard lin. l. rate shall be fixed by the
despatciing department. limited nevertheless, by
the maximum Of cents IN the United states
ard of Is cent mes m italy.
ARTICLE y l. IF the combined rate Of inter-
national letter postage hereby established, three
cents represents the in'eri-r single rate IF the
| unitei States ard fifteen confines the interior
single rate Of Italy. The remainder of the COM
hnei rate ia assigned to the payment Of the cost
of sea conveyance and If Intermediate transit by
whatever ute the mails may be conveyed.
AETIcIE XIII. Articles under band described
in the third and fourth paragraphs of Article Nv.
Of this convention may be registered in either
country FIR despatch TO the other, upon payment
of Ihe registration fee If ten cents in the United
States and If fifty centimes in Italy, in addition
to the prepayment Of the regular postage.
ARTICLE XIV. In order To simplify postal ac-
counts between the departments as much as pos |
BILE, and to prepare the way for their timate |
abolition each Post Department shall retain to its
own use a l the postal rates and charges when II
shall collect whether by virtue f prepayment or
post payment; and each department shall pay the |
Of conveyance of the mail which it'iespafches
the frontier Of the country of destination
1t is also especially provided that the Host Of inter
mediate ocean and land conveyance of the closed |
mails shall be fir.t betrayed by that one of the
two departments which shall have obtained from
the in ermedaries the most favorable pecuniary
conditions Of such conveyance; ard any amount
paid by departn ent for account OF the other
shall b. reimbursed.
ARTICLE XIV. 1t is distinctly agreed that all
nailabe articles addressed from one country to the
other shall be exempt in the country Of de.tina-
fion from any rate or f'e whatever beyond the
charges established by the convention
ANTI 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
transmitted. wrongly ad dressed. shall
be promptly returned to the despatching office.
articles which shall have been addressed to per
sons who have departed from the place af destina-
tion, leaving their address, shall be forwarded, or
as the case may require. charged with
the postage " hich the addressee would have been
required to pay on delivery.
ARTICLE XVIII. Letters unregistered articles,
md all documentary manuscripts. which shall not
De delivered to their address, shall be restored to
he despatchng department. Any Of these articles
which M h I'VE been forwarded by one department
to the other acc unit shall be restored. and
redit t,ker ff tie amount originally charged by
lie spatchinz Office. But samples Of merchan-
Use. newspapers prints of all kinds. and all mail
hle ioes not excepted which cannot be deliv- :
rel 70 their address, shall remain at the disposal
I the rec-iying department.. provided they shall
Jog - -eolaIlel lY1 the sender ar addressee within
K months fr, IN he date of their despatch. .
Article NiN Neither Post Department is
esursG To make distribution within lis Jurisdic- .
ion # nv articles the circulation Of which shall
q Irri' itei b. the laws in force in the country
I estimation
AE-1cr M The Post Departments Of the
United Siate- and Of Italy reciprocity engage to
r.slt each Ia the other the gratuitous conveyance
cr-S tn IN respective te rtories Of all correspond
nee which hal be exchanged in closed mails with =
MS countries which they may spe, lively serve =
lit elisrie-: provided always, that such con-
ey.,uce ,tai, b. effected by the ordinary means vi
mail conveyance il use; and that the countries
liking the benefit If such gratutous service shall
scp ocally accord the like privilege Of free tran
t across their respective territoriss- The priv- Ia
ges is also accorded to each administration OF
ndng an agent, at its own expense in chsrge of ~
ne mails in transit The further privilege is ~
corded of free transfer of closed mails in the o.
,rts and harbors of the respective countries from
re vessel to another, in continuance Of their con-
,yance to final destination
ARTICLE XXI Small Sums of money may be
utualIy transmitted between the two countries
means of postal money orders, and the rates
ID ndisi, ms may be arranged by an agreement
tween the two DEPARTMENTS after the system Of
,stai money orders shall have been adopted by
e United States.
ARTICLE XIII. Until the same scale Of weights A,
all have been adopted by the two departments,
is agreed that FIR the purposes OF this conven-
IN, fifteen grammes shall be taken as the equiv
ent of half onnce, forty grammes as the equiv
ent Of one ounce and q ha T. and 60 with their re-
ective multipes in progression ~ applied by the W
spective Offices 1t is also understood that the "
ties upon correspondence shall be applied accord ~
e 10 the weight stated by the desp~tching de- -
rtment, except in case Of maniftst error. m,
Arr GLE XIV The two departments shall an
tile BY agreement between them all measures 81;
detail and arrangement required to carry into he
ect this convention, which may be modified -
I'M time to time by sperial arrangements to be NJ.
reed upon directly between the two Post De- fc
rtments.
In witness whereof the respective plenipoten- n,
ries have sieDed the present convention and