The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-10
A.nc1r VIM. The pr.p.ynen. Of postage upon


z ordinary letters exchanged between the Unite,
States and Italy shall be optional; but letters
prepaid, insuficiently prepaid. shall be charges
= in the county of de-tination with extra rate
cents in the United States and of 80 confines il
Italy. The prepayment of postage upon all othe
articles including registered letters, shall be com
S pulsory; and when they shall be in no part pre-
paid they shall not be dispatched; but in sucl
case the, shall be, if practicable, restored to tn,
0 sender.
ARTICLE TX The articles under band which
shall be in part prepaid shall be forwarded to thei
destination; but they shall be charged there with
twice the amount of the difference between the
rate due and the sum actually prepaid.
! ARTICLE " The international rate of postage
upon the correspondence exchanged between the
two countries is based upon the following ele-
ments to wit: ~ The interior rate of the United
states; {2) The interior rate Of Italy; Is The
maritime rate; a. The intermediate transit rate;
and any reduction which either country may OBJ
tain from the existing maritime and transit charges
shall inure to the benefit of the people Of the two
countries by corresponding reduction Of the in
ternational rates of postage established in the fol-
lowing article son as 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 maiable articles. established fol
lows to Wit: a. For ordinary letters 20 cents in
| the United States and ! franc in Italy; q For
registered letters in addition to the ordinary pre-
paid rate extra charge of 10 ces:s in the United
|
mentary manuscripts. corrected p 90 :, and sam
pies of c.andise % cents in the Uni ed States
and franc in Italy: ~ For Journals and all other
prints. embracing articles MT otherwise enumer-
ated the standard single shall he fixed by the
despatc,,ins department limited, nevertheless, by
the maximum of ceRts in the United states
and of 10 cent mes in Italy.
Asr.CLE XII Of the combined rate of inter-
nationl letter postage hereby established, three
cents represents the in'erisr single rate Of the
United States and fifteen centimes the interior
single rate Of Italy. The reminder Of the com
binei rate is assigned - the iayment Of the cost
Of sea conveyance and Ct intermediate transit, by
whatever rrute the mails may be conveyed
Article NH. Articles under band described
in the third and fourth paragraphs of Article ".
Of this convention may be registered in either
country fr despatch to the other. upon payment
of the registration fee Of ten cents in the United
States and Of fifty confines in Italy, in addition
to the prepayment Of the regular postage.
ARTICLE NV. In order TO simplify postal ac-
counts between the departments much as pos
bic and 10 prepare the way for their ultimate
abolition each Post Department shall retain to its
Use al the postal rates and charges which il
shall collect whether by virtue Of prepayment OF
post yaymer-; and each department shall pay the |
cost of conveyance Of the mall which it 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 betrayed by that one Of the |
two departments which shall have obtained froln /
the Intermediates the most favorable pecuniry |
conditions of such conveyance. and any amount |
paid by one department for account of the other
shall b. reimbursed.
ARTICLE XIV 1t il distinctly agreed that all |
mailab.e articles addressed from country TO the
other shall be exempt in the country Of destina-
ton from any rate or f'e whatever beyond the
charges established by the convention
AKTI LIE WI Correspondence exclusively re-
lating the postal service shall be transmitted
on both sides with ut any postal charge therefor.
ARTICLE XVII. Correspondence Of all kinds err
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be Promptly returned to the deSpatching Office.
articles which shall have been addressed to Per
sons who have departed from tie place af destina
ton, leaving their address. shall be forwarded, or
returned. as the case may require, charged with
the postage which the addressee would have been
required to pay delivery.
ARTICLE XVIII. Letters, all registered articles,
and all documentary manuscripts. which sial not
be delivered to their address, shall be restored to
the despatching department. Any II these articles
which may h ave been forwarded by one department
to the other on unit shall be restored, and
credit taken for the amount originally charged by
the despatching Office. But samples Of merchan-
1ise newspapers, prints of all kinds, and all mail
able icles not excepted which cannot be deliv-
cred their address, shall remain at the disposal
If the receiving department, provided they shall
not be reclaimed By the sender addressee within
'ix months from the date Of their despatch. c
ARTICLE XIX Neither Post Department is I
required to make distribution within its jurisdic {
ion of any articles the circulation Of which shall
Re prohibited by the laws in force in the countr,
f destination. IL
AK1IcIE XX The Post Departments of the
United States and Of Italy reciprocity engage to I
rant each to the other the gratuitous conveyance
their respective territories Of all correspond
nee which shall be exchanged in closed mails with t
nv countries which they may respey lively serve
s Intermediates: provided always, that such con-
eyance shall be effected by the ordinary means f
f mail conveyance in use; and that the countries I
akiDg the benefit of such gratuitous service shall
ecipio caly accord the like privilege Of free tran
it across their respective territories The rTivi
eye is also accorded TO each administration Of ,
ending an 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 harbo-s of the respective countries from
ne vessel to another, in continuance Of their con-
eyance to final destination II
ARTICLE XIII Small Sums of money may be y
mutually transmitted between the two countries =,
v means Of postal money orders, and the rats
nd millions NAV be arranged by an agreement
ctween the two departments after the system Of :,
ns'al money orders shall have been adopted by a.
se United Stats. :,
ARTICLE MIL. Until the same scale of weights y
AL have been adopted by the two departments, \,
is agreed that, f. r the purposes OF this conven- "
on fifteen grammes shall be taken as the equiv
ent Of half ounce, forty grammes as the equiv CO
ent Of ounce and La and so with their re- o!
ective mu'tpes in progression as applied By the ol
ties upon correspondence shall be applied accord II
x to the weight stated by the despatching de- &C
,rtment, except in case Of manift st error. d.
ART Gle XIV The two departments shall
title by agreement between them all measures bi
detail and arrangement required to carry into &C
Feet this convention. which may he modified IL
ON time to time by pefial arrangements TO be
freed upon directly between the two Post De- Sd
nc
In witness whereof the respective plenipoten-
aries have signed the present convention and be
I'VE affixed thereto their seals of
Done in duplicate. at Turin, the eighth day OF Ii