The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-05

ARfIclB VIII. The prepayment Of prs age upc
ordinary letters exchange between the Unite
States and Italy shall be optional; but letters
prepaid, or insufYiciently prepaid shall, be charge
in the county Of dc tinaton with an extra rate
, c. nts IT, the United states and Of 30 confines
Italy The prepayment Of postage upon all oths
articles including registered letters ehali be IN
puls.ry; and when they shall be in NJ part pre-
paid they shall not be dispatched; but in cue
csse the, shall be, if practicable, restored to tn
sender
,RrIcLE TX The articles under band, whic
shall be in part prepaid shall be forwarded to thei
destinations; but they shall be charged there Will
vice the amount of the differe ce between III
| rate due and the sum actually prepaid.
| ARTICLE X The International raie Of postage
| upn the correspondence exchanged bstween III,
two coun ries is based upon the following Gle
ments, To wit: l) The interior rate ut the I'm tee
| states; (2l The interior rate Of Italy; % TIE
mar time rate; (4) The INTERN diate trat.sit tr
AMI any reduction which .ither country may nh
tain the existing maritime and transit CHI 'res
shall muir. to the benefit of the people f the ~.
count les by corresponding reduction Of the in
ternatonal rates of postage estab SHE'D in the fol
lowing article so on AS the two depart ents snail
have ,iJusted the amount
Article Nj The international rates. combined
If the elem .nts alb We mentioned, and apple 40 =
To eacn STANDARD o: progression for the several
classes of maiiabe articles are established a fol
iws Z Wit: ID For ordinary letters ~ ce"ts III
the Tn ted States and l franc IN Italy; q r
register ed letters. in addito' TO the ordinary pre-
paid ate extr, charge of 10 ces:s in the United
ia es and of so centimes in Italy: (S) For dncu-
m-ntaTy manuscripts. Corrected p 90 s, and sam
pie, oil chandse. 20 cents in the Uni ed States
and franc IN Italy; a. For journals and ali otl
prints. embracing articles not otherwise enumrr-
atei the standard single rate shall be fixed by the
desparciing department. limited, nevertheless, by
The maximum "a of cents in the United States
and OF Is rentimes IN italy.
ARTICLE XI IF the combined rate Of inter-
I a11 haJ 49,.
cents represents the interisr single rate If the
1 nire,i States. and fifteen confines the interior
single rate of Italy The remainder of the COM
hine rate is assigned to the payment of the cost
of sea conveyance and Of intermediate transit by
r. ute the mails may be conveyed
ARTICLE XIII. Articles under band described
in the third and fourth paragraphs Of Article ~.
If this convention may be registered IN either
country FIR despatch to the other, upon payment
VI the registration fee Of ten cents in the United
States and # fifty centimes in Italy in addition
to the prepayment of the regular postage.
ARTICLE XIV. In order TO simplify postal ac-
cunts between the departments As much As pos
bie and to prepare the WAY for their U innate |
.bulition each Post Department shall retain 10 its
'wn al the postal rates and charges which il |
hall collect whether by virtue Of prepayment or |
',st payment; and each department shall pay the |
ost of conveyance of the mails which it dispatches
tar As the frontier Of the country of destination.
L is also especially provided that the cost of inter
Mediate ocean and land conveyance of the closed
nails shall be first betrayed by that one of the
wo departments which shall have obtained from
he intermediates the most favorable pecunisry
nnditions of such conveyance; and any amount
o paid by one department for account of the other
ball b. reimbursed. II
ARTICLE XIV. 1t is distinctly agreed that all
lsilabe articles addressed from one country to the
Their shall be exempt in the country Of destiua-
on from any rate or fae whatever beyond the
larges established by the convention
ARrI LIE XVI Correspondence exclusively re-
ting to the postal service shall be transmitted
a both sides without any postal charge therefor.
ARTICLE XVII. Correspondence of all kinds er- =
neou,ly transmitted. or wrongly addressed shall
promptly returned to the despatching Office. |
rticles which shall have been addressed TO per | !.
ms who have departed from the place af destina-
on. leaving their address. shall be forwarded, or
turned, as the case may require, charged with +,
e postage which the addressee would have been
luired to pay on delivery.
ARTICLE XVIII. Letters, all registered articles d
Id all documentary manuscripts, which shall not 4
delivered to their address shall be restored to
e despatching department Any Of these articles {
hch may ave been forwarded by one department a
the other unit shall be restored. and
edit taken for the amount originally charged by Z
e despafchng office. But samples of merchAn- q
Sc, newspapers prints of all kinds, and all mail
lie ar icles not excepted which cannot be deliv- II
ed to their address, shall remain at the disposal
the receiving department, provided they shall p
t be reclaimed by the sender or addressee within
I
ARTICLE XIX Neither Post Department is II
CURED to make distribution within its jurisdic- el
u of any articles the circulation of which shall
prohibited by the laws in fl(ce in the country b
destination. o!
ARTICLE Xxx The Post Departments Of the
lifted States and Of Italy reciprocally engage RI
ant each to the other the gratuitous conveyance
their respective territories of all correspond
ce which shall be exchanged in closed mails with ii
countries to which they may respe, lively serve
provided always, that such con- b,
vance shall be effected by the ordinary means fo
mail conveyance il use; and that the countries Il
King the benefit of such gratutous service shall b,
lip ocally accord the like privilege Of free tran
across their respective territories The privi-
e is also accorded TO each administration of T.
lding an agent, at its own expense, in charge Of ~
, mails in transit. The further privilege is =!
orded of free transfer of closed mails in the us
is and harbors Of the respective countries from sc
vessel to another, in continuance Of their y.
vance to final destination %
ARTICLE XXI Small sums Of money may be "a vi
tually transmitted between the two countries =,
means Of postal money orders, and the rates :.
Conditions may be arranged by agreement -
weeD the two departments after the system Of i,
tai money orders shall have been adopted by 81
United States. q
II have been adopted by the two departments, "
agreed that, for the purposes Of this conven- o'
4, fifteen grammss shall be taken as the equiv
Mt of a half ounce, forty grammes as the equiv Co
ut Of one ounce and half, and 80 with their re- on
ctise multiples in applied b. the OF
pective offices. 1t is ais" understood that the
es upon correspondence shall be applied accord tn
to the weight stated by the despatching de- col
tment, except in case of manifest error. do
RI GLE XIV The two departments shall
lie by agreement between them all measures bill
detail and arr angement required to carry into CO,
ct this convention, which may be modified IT.
n time to time by special arrangements to be
eed upon directly between the two Post De- sh
tments. no
D witness whereof. the respective plenipoten-l