The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-08-31

pressly provided shall be levied or collected in the
country or destination the letters other correspon
dence exchanged
Art. g. As to the correspondence originating in one
country and destined for the other, account shall
take place. and thus the postcc of the United States
shall retain the whole amount Of postage collected in
the United States upon International paid correspon
dence forwarded to Denmark, and upon International
unpaid or insufcienty paid correspondence received
from Denmark: and in like manner the Danish post.
office shall retain the whole amount OF postage collected
in Denmark upon international paid correspondence for
warded to the United States, and upon international
unpaid or insuficienty paid correspondence received
from tine United States However, each of the two de-
partments shall be at liberty to claim accounts to be set
tied when it appears that in country for year
there is levied 20 per cent moro than in the other II
account is claimed it shall be regulated the fol-
lowing basis From the total amount Of hostages and
register collected by each office letters added to
the total amount OF prepaid hostages and register fees
on other correspondence which 1T dispatches the dis
patching Office shall deduct the amount required for the
conveyance of the mails between the two countries and
the amount of the two net sums shall be equally divi
ded between the two Offices The deficient and add
tonal hostages mentioned in Article shall not be in
cluded in the account between the two Offices but
shared. shall belong to the Office by which they are
collected
ART TO- The two post department shall establish, by
agreement and in conformity with the arrangements in
force at the ime the conditions upon which the two Of
fees may respectively exchange in open mails the
respondence originating in destined to other foreign
countries to which they may recprocally serve as in
termediaries 1t is always understood however, that
such correspondence shall only be charged with the
American Danish rate augmented by the postage due
foreign countries for other exterior service 1t is
agreed that the account of this correspondence SHALL
to the International hostages chargeabe the be
regulated the basis mentioned in the preceding art
cle but that the amount of the extranaona postage
other tax for exterior service shall be recprocay
accounted for at full rates. Such charges for paid
respondence to- and for unpaid correspondence FROM for
eign countries shall therefore be summary entered
the respective etterbils to the credit of the country
through which the same is forwarded.
ART IL. The Post Office Of the United States shall be
granted the privilege of transit Of closed mails through
the Danish territory EXCHANGED in either direction to
and from Sweden and Norway, for payment of four
shilling rigsmont per thirty 1907 grammes net weight
ofeters and wothrds shilling rgsmont per forty 40
grammes weight of prints patterns, and samples Of
merchandise. Correspondence exempt from postage,
letters which cannot be delivered, as well as money
ORDERS shall not be charged with any transit rate Re-
ciprocay the United States Office grants to the Office Of
Denmark the privilege of transit of the closed mails
changed in either direction between the latter and any
country to which the former may serve as intermediary
by its usual means of mail transportation, whether on
sea land and the terms of transit shall be agreed upon
when the exercise of the privilege is requiEsd.
ART. H. The postal accounts betYcaery ansSo offices
shall be stated and balance found due shall
rs speedily as possible and country. The for
the conversion 81 the money of the two countries shall
be one dollar for rgsdaler, eghty-hve SKIING rigs
mont The two offices shall, however always % az ho
ertv to agree upon another rate for the conversim
ART. 10. Any ordinary correspondence Wrongly ao-
dressed wrongly SENT shall, without delay aiu reg
isered correspondence of all kinds, as we'll as onnary
letters not deliverable for any other cause thn the
aforesaid within the issue of every month"; De mutually
returned at the expense of the originating onre All
other correspondence which cannot be delivered shall
remain at the disposition Of the receiving office II any
returned correspondence shall be charged with postage
debited the office of destinations the said correspondence
shall be returned for the amount of postage Which was
| originally charged by the dispatching office
ART. IA When. in any port of either country closed
mail transferred from vessel to another, thout
any expense the office of the country where t trans
fer is made such transfer shall not be subectto any
| postal charge by Office against the other.
ART. Is. Official communications between tn;wo OF
fees shall not be the occasion Of any accounts nether
| side.
ART TO- The two offices shall, by mutual ansent
establish the detailed regulations which the Trying
into execution of the articles included in thsonven
| ton may require
ART II. The present convention shall be cared into
effect the day which the two offices sha agree,
and shall continue in force until of the two ntract
ing parties shall have announced to the othewithin
the issue of calendar year. its intention to ermate it,
ART 49, The present convention is to be ratid, and
the notifications are be exchanged as ssibe.
Done at Copenhagen in duplicate original.lis 9TH
day of November, 1871, and at Washington thst day
| of December, 1871.
| [sEAL JOHN A. J. CRESWH,
| Postmaster Geral.
| IsEAL.l DANNESKJ0LD SAN)E.
hel eby approve the foregoing convention ann tes
timony thereof have caused the seal of thented
| States to be affixed
| lsEAL.] U. S. GRNT.
| BY the President:
| HAMILTON FISH,
| Secretary of State.
| Washington, December !, 1871.