The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-18

ell ARTICLE VIII. Tho prepayment OF Dos age upOl
! ordinary letters exchanged between the Unite,
States and Italy shall be optional but letters
prepaid insuficently prepaid. shall be charges
in the county of de .tination with extra rate o
cents in the United States and Of 30 confines il
8 Italy. The prepayment Of postage upon all ofhel
articles including registered letters, shall be com
. pulsory; and when they shall be in no part pre-
paid they shall not be dispatched; but in such
the, shall be, if practicable, restored to the
sender
ARTICLE *. The articles under band, which
SHALL be in part prepaid shall be forwarded to their
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 ee-
ments to wit: (1) The interior rate OF the United
states; (2) The interior rate Of Italy; Is The
mar time rate; az The intermediate transit rate;
| and any reduc ion which either country may OBJ
tain from the existing maritime and transit charges
shall 1nure 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 so on 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 oT progression for the several
classes of mailab!e articles established fol-
lows to Wit: C) For ordinary letters 20 cents i'll
the United States and l franc in Italy; e. For
registered letters in addition to the ordinary pre-
paid rate extra charge of 10 ces:s in the United
| mentary manuscripts. corrected p oos, and sam
piles chsndise. 20 cents in the Uni ed States
and franc in Italy; a. For journals and all other
prints, embracing articles not otherwise enumer-
ated the standard sinsle rate shall be fixed by the
despatching department. limited. nevertheless, by
the maximum of cents in the United States
and OF Is oentimes IN Italy.
ARTICLE X L. Of the combined rate Of inter-
national letter postage hereby established, three
cents representative interi-r single rate Of the
United States, and fifteen centimes the interior
single rate of Italy. The remainder of the COM |
hinei rate is assigned to the payment of the cost
of sea conveyanc and # intermediate transit, by |
whatever ute the mails may be conveyed.
Article XIII Articles under band described |
in the third and fourth paragraphs of Article Nv.
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 ac-
counts between the departments as much as pos
s BILE, and to prepare the way for their ultimate
abolition, each Post Department shall retain to its
own a l the postal rates and charges which it
shall collect. whether by virtue If prepayment or
post payment; and each department shall pay the
cost Of conveyance of the mail which it dispatches
tar the frontier Of the country of destination
is also especi lily provided that the cost of INTER
mediate ocean and land conveyance of the closed
mails shall be first defray ei Nv that of the
two departments which shall have obtained from
the ini ermedaries the m st favorable pecuniary {
conditions of such conyeyarce; and any amount !
90 paid by depaI for account of the other
shall b. reimbursed.
ARTICLE XIV. 1t is distinctly agreed that all c
nailab articles addressed from country to the
,ther shall be exempt in the country Of destina-
fion from any rate or e whatever beyond the c
charges established by the convention.
ARTI LIE XVI. Correspondence exclusively re- 9
ating to the postal service shall be transmitted
N both sides without any postal charge therefor
ARTICLE XVII. Correspondence of all kinds er
oneou-ly transmitted. wrongly ad dressed. shall
'e promptly returned to the despafching Office I
articles which shall have been addressed to per
ons who have departed from the place at destina-
ion, leaving their address, shal be forwarded, or
eturned, as the case may require, charged with
he postage which the addressee would have been
eqaired to pay on delivery.
ARTICLE XVIII. Letters allregistered articles,
nd all documentary manuscripts. which shall not
re delivered to their address, shall be restored to
he 'espafching department. Any Of these articles =
lhich II ty we been forwarded by one department
@ the other unit shall be restored. and
-edit taken f.r the amount originally charged by
b. Gespatchng once. But samples Of merchAn- a
Use, newspapers. prints Of all kinds. and all maI
bic icles not excepted which cannot be deliv-
red n their address, shall remain At the disposal
the receiving department, provided they shall
ut be reclaimed BY the sender or addressee within
Z months from the date Of their despatch.
article NIX Neither Post Department is n,
.quised make distribution within its jurisdic- 4.
on Of articles the circulation Of which shall ~
prohibited BY the laws in force in the country -
destination. HI
Article Xxx. The Post Departments Of the a.
nited Stsres and Of italy reciprocaly engage to ~
ant each to the other the gratuitous conveyance al
their respective territories Of all correspond "
Ice which shall be exchanged in closed mails with -;
y Countries TO which they may respe, lively serve
inter mediaries: psvided always. that such con- =;
vance shall be effected by the ordinary means ~
mail conveyance il use; and that the Countries ,
king the benefit Of suct gratuitous service shall
clip ocay accord the like privilege Of free tran II
across their respective territori~s. The privi- 80,
re is also accorded to each administration of "a
lding AGENT at its own expense. in oh rge Of 30
e mails in tran-it. The further privilege is ~.
corded of a free transfer Of closed mails in the "
rts and harbors Of the respective countries from r.;
vessel to another, in continuance Of their con- M
vance to final destination -;
ARTICLE XXI Small Sums OF money may be ca
tually transmitted between the two countries 10
means Of postal money orders, and the rates .aa
c. nditions may be arranged by an agreement 70
wesn the two departments after the 81 stem Of NJ
tni money orders shall have Deen ADOPTED Dy for,
LkrIcLE XIII. Until the same scale of weights 81
II have been adopted by the two departments, sa,
agreed that, FIR the purI oses OF this conven- n.r
!, fifteen grammss shall be taken the equiv -
Mt of half ounce, forty grammes as the equiv ~s
ut Of one ounce and ha 4, and so with their re- e.
rti,e multpes in progression applied b, the ,.r
,ectve Offices. 1t is ais understood that the wh;
upon correspondence shall be applied accord rate
to the weight stated by the despatching de- id
lment. except in case Of manifr It error. - : /:
le by agreement between them all measures mel
1etail and arrangement required to carry into left
ct this convention, which may be modified enel
time 70 time ~ speriai afIahsen'enas 70 oe shall
,ed upon oirectiy between 'he Two Fos' De velo
menus. of IL
les have signed the present convention and A,
. affixed thereto their seals g.
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