The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-26


IN the county of de tination with an Extra rate o
5 c nts the United states and OF 80 centmes il
Italy The prepayment uf postage upon All ethel
articles including registered letters shall be c"m
puIspty; and when they III II be in no part pre-
maid thew shall not he disp'tched; but IN sucf
the, shall be, if practicable, restored to the
sender
all be in part prepaid shall be forwarded to their
destinations: bur they shall be charged there with
tw ce the amount of the ditfere &c between the
rate due and the sum actually prepaid
| ARTICLE The international rate Of postage
upon the correspondence exchanged between the
two coun ries Is based upon the following ele-
nenls. to wit: o. The interior rate Of the United
| states; o. The interior rate of Italy; q The
mar time rate; - The intermediate transit rate;
.aI any reduction which either country may OBJ
tain rom the existing maritime al transit charges
shall muir To the benct of the people II the two
counties by corresponding reduction of the in
terDafional rates of D Stage esabl shed in the fol-
lowing artic the two delaTt'I ents shall
have adjusted The amount.
| Article NJ The in irrational rates. combined
| Of the elem nts alb We mentioned. and applicable
/ IN each standa 4 - progression Tor the several
cla>ses Of ai'ahle articles are established a. fo
| lows I, WIT: ~ ordinary letters ~ cents III
| the I'm ted states and l franc N italy; q For
regisre ed letters in aditio to the Urinary pre-
paid ate eXtr charge Of 10 ce.;s In the unlted
-ta.eS and of 30 ceutmes in Italy; t3} For docu-
rn.ntarv manu-. -CriptS. c r. eCttd 90 ana sam
ple- al me CHI ndi-e 20 cents in the Uni ed States
nj frame Italy: y For jon uals and ali ott er
prints. embracing aTte!e> Il o'herwIse enumer-
atci the standard -In=le rate shall be fixed by the
daspafcfirl.- department i'm ted. re9eTthteSs. by
fhe MAXIMUM ia Of cents IN the United states
and ~ IS ent mes 4 ly
ARTICLE y I # the combined rat" Of inter-
nation III letter postage hereby established, three
cents represents the iGferisr single rate # the
nire.i states aud fifteen crntmes the interior
SINGLE rate of iIaly. The remainder Of the com
iet rate Is assigned 10 the ,.aynent of the cost
Of sea conveyance and f intermediate transit, by
whatever r'nte thu mats may be c nvesed,
aRTIC, XIII. Articles under band described
in the third and fourth paragraphs of Article ".
If this CONVENTION may he re- I-tered IN either
country t II despatch to The other, upon payment
If The registration fee of ten cents in the United
States and IF fifry centime- in ltaly IN addition
TO the prepaynent IF the regular postage.
ARTICLE NV. In order 10 simplify post ac-
counts between the departments as much as pos
sbe and to prepare the way for their u tlmate
abolition. each Post Department shall retain TO Its
own use a i the postal rates and charges which II
shall collect whether by virtue # prepayment or
posi- payment; and each department shall pay the
cost Of conveyance of the mail VIII CHI 1t dispatches
the frontier Of the country OF destination
1t i, also especially provided thar the cost Of inter
mediate ocean aud land conveyance of the closed
mails shall be first betrayed BIZ that one of the
two departments which shall have obtained from
the Intermediates the most favorable pecunliry
conditions of such conveyance; and any amount
50 paid 10y department for account of the other
shall b. reimbursed.
ARTICLE Nv. 1t is distinctly agreed that all
ntiisb articles addressed from country TO the
other shall be exempt IN the country OF destlna-
tion from any rate or fe whatever beyond the
charges established by the convention.
AETI LIE XVI Correspondence exclusively re-
latng To the postal service shall be transmitted
on both sides without any postal charge therefor.
ARTICLE XVII. Correspondence OF all kinds er |
ronepuly transmitted. wrongly al lressed shall
be promptly returned TO the despatchlnG Office. |
,rticies which shall have been addressed to per
sons WI" have departed from the place af destina
ton leaving their address, shall be forwarded, or
returned, the may require. charged with |
the postage which the addressee would have been
required to pay on delivery.
Article XVIII. Letters, all registered articles. |
and all Documentary manuscripts. which shall MT
he delivered to their address, shall be restored to
the despatchng department. Any IT these articles
which N yh We been forwarded by one department |
to the other ace unit shall he restored and
credit t. ken for the amount originally charged by
The despatching Office. But samples Of merchan- |
disc, newspapers. prints of all kinds. and all mail
able icles not excepted which cannot be dely- |
cred to their address, shall remain at the disposal
OF the receiving department. provided they shall |
not be reclaimed b the sender or addressee within
six months fir M the date Of their despatch
ARTICLE XIX Neither Post Department is
required to make distribution within its jurisdic-
ton Of any articles the circulation # which shall
be proht tied by the laws III force in the country
of destination
ARr1cLE Xxx. The Post Departments Of the
United States and of Italy reciprocaily engage to
graft each the other the gratuitous conveyance
across thir respective territories OF all correspond
ence which sha be exchanged in closed mails with |
any countries which they may respe lively serve
s Intermediates: provided always. that such con-
veyance shall be effected by the ordinary means /
OF mail conveyance in Use; and that the countries
taking the benefit IF such gfatuitOus service shall
retp ,cally accord tie like privilege Of free tran
sit their respective territories. The priv
lege IL also accorded 10 each administration OF
sending an agent. at tie own expense, in charge OF
the mails in transit The further privilege is |
accorded of free transfer of closed mails IN the
ports and harbors OF the respective countries from
)ne vessel to another, in continuance Of their CON
Feyance to final destination
Ar ICLE XII Small Sums of money may be
mutually transmitted between the two countries
BY means of postal money orders, aud the rats
md C niitians may be arranged by an agreement
between the two departments after the system OF
,ostal money orders shall have been adopted by
he United States.
Article XIII. Until the same scale of weights
hail have been adopted by the two departments,
Z Is agreed that, for the purposes OF tins convtn-
ion fiiteen gramInes shall be taken as the equiv
.ient of half ounce forty grammes as the equiv
dent Of and ha f. and 50 with their re-
pectiVe multiples In progression As applied b the
respective offices. 1t Is ais understood that the
stes upon correspondence shall he applied accord
ne the weight stated by the despatching de-
larfment except in case Of manifest error.
ART Gle AAiv The two departments shall
ettle by agreement between them all measures
# detail and arrangement required TO carry into
fleet this convention, which may he II odifed
rom tine to time by special arrangements to be
greed upon directly between the two Post De-
In witness whereof. the respective p'enipoten-
isries have sigued the present convention and
AVE affixed thereto their seals
D,ne in duplicate at Turin, the eighth day of
IuIy, in the year Of orr Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty three.