New Orleans Republican., 1872-11-10
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ARTICLE VIZ

Office, and shall follow the form u, h6r6-
unto annexed.
ARTICLE vIaA
letters originating in foreign countries
and addressed to the United States or
Ecuador, respectively, on which the foreign
and international postal charges are fully
prepaid, shall when forwarded in the mails
of either country to the other, be delivered
in the country Of destination free OF charge
ARTICLE WY.
The official correspondence between Che
two governments, that Of each government
with its legation near the other. and Of
each legation with its government shall be
conveyed to its destination free of postage
and with all the precautions which the two
governments may find necessary toE its in
violability and security.
ARTICLE TX.
When in one of the two countries there
is no legation of the other, the tranking
privilege of the vacant legation shall be
transferred, in the terms stipulated IN the
preceding article, to the respective consul
ate or vice consulate at New York 0S Quay
aguilo
ARTICLE n.
Neither Post Department ehaII be re
quired to deliver any article received in the
mails the circulation Of which shall be pro
hibited by the laws in force in the country
of destination; and any article subject by
the laws of either country to customs duty
or to contiscati0n shall, when received in
the mails from the other, be treated in aG
'cordance with the laws OF the yece!Ving
country
ARTICLE ~.
The two Post Departments may, BY mu.
tual agreement, provide for the transmits
sion Of registered articles in the mails eX-
pl rpd bat urpnu thp two c0up tries
The register fee of each article shall be
ten cents in the United States and one
real in Ecuador
ARTICLE XTHo
The two Post Departments shall SETTLE
by agreement between them, all measures
Of detail and arrangement required to carry
this convention into execution and may
modify the same iu like manner, from time
to time, as the eXlgencie8 OF the service may
require. Articles may ALSO by mutual CON
sent, be amended added, or suppressed,
according to the requirements Of the ser
vice, without resembling or otherwise alter
ing or ilnpairing any other Of the articles Of
this convention.
ARTICLE XIII.
This convention shall take effect from the
date of the exchange of notifications, and
shall continue in force until annulled by
mutual consent or until one year from the
date Of notice given by one Of the two de
partrnents to the other of its desire to ter
inmate the same.
ARTICLE XIV.
This convention shall be approved and
ratified in the manner and form prescribed
by the constitution and laws Of each Of the
high contracting parties, and the exchange
Of ratifcations shall be made at Wash
iugton six months after the last ratification,
OTr sooner if nnSEih1p
Done in duplicate, at the city Of Wash
ington, this ninth day Of May, in the year
Of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seVenty-0ne.
JOHN A. j. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General Of the United States.
ANTONIO FLORES
I hereby approve the aforegoing conven-
ton, and in testimony thereof l have
caused the seal Of the United States to be
Affixed
L. 5. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary Of State
WAsHINGTON. May 9, 1871.