Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-08

a STATES TAT s AND NEW FoUNDLANb.
ARTICLE 3.
Newspapers and all other kinds Of printed
matter shall be subject to the laws and regula
tons of each country, respectively, in regard t.
when containing written matter, or for any othe
cause specified in said laws and regulations. a;
we'll as in regard to their liability to customs
duty under the revenue laws. "a r.-. r.,
ARTICLE 4.
the two Post Departments shall establish by
agreement, and in conformity with arrange
ments in force az the time, the conditions upor
which the two offices may reciprocaly exchange
in open mails the correspondence originating Oh
destined to other foreign countries to which they
may respectively serve as intermediates.
Either country forwarding or receiving such
correspondence through the open mails of the
other shall account to such other country fol
exterior service, by its laws and regulations, OF
the requirements Of its foreign postal arrange
ments.1 t9-," I1 .. bss 5d3 ea
.tfAgd ARTICLE s.. e8I W
The two Post Departments may, by mutual
agreement provide for the transmission of reg
istered letters in the mails exchanged between
the two countries, and may settle by. agreement
between them all measures of detail and ar
rangements required to carry this convention
into execution, and may modify the same IN like
manner. from time to time, as the exigencies OF
the service may require. Fl
go ARTICLE 6.
Dead lettor which cannot be delivered, fro m
whatever cause, shall be mutually returned
without charge mouthly, or more frequently, as
the regulations Of the respective offices will per-
NIT. f"s
ARTICLE. T.:
This convention shall come into operation the
first day of December, 1872, and shall be ter
minable at at any tiSe on notice, BY either
party, of six months. .al--
Done in duplicate and signed at Washington
the twentieth day of November, at Saint John 5
the thirteenth day of November, one thousand
gISeai.l j. w. MARSHALL,
Acting Postmaster General.
[Seal] JOHN DELANY
Postmaster General.
l hereby approve the foregoing convention,
seal of the United States to be affixed
- eIof iPugI U. s. GRANT
By the President: [Seal.]
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary ofState.
Washington, November 20, 1872
RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATURE
Mol 5fE~t.rer
Joint Resolution rendering the thanks of Con-
gress to Captain David Richie, commanding
the revenue steamer "Moccasin," and the offs
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repres
sentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the thanks of Cons
gress are due, and are hereby rendered, to Cap>
tain David Richie, commanding the revenue
steamer "Moccasin.h and to the officers and men
under his command for their heroic and humane
action in saving the lives of forty two human
beings and rescuing seventeen dead bodies from
the wreck of the steamer "Metis," on the waters
of Long Island sound, on the morning of the
thirty first of August, eighteen hundred and
seventy two. e sFsse1f
Approved January "a, 1873.
RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATURE
No. p
Joint Resolution to enable the people of the
United States to participate in the advantages
of the international exposition to be held at
Vienna in eighteen hundred and seventy
q three. 10
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiyes of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That in order to enable
the people of the United States to participate in
the advantages of the international exhibition
of the products of agriculture, manufactures,
and the fine arts, to be held at Vienna in the
year eighteen hundred and seventy three, threre
be, and hereby is appropriated out of any mon>
ey in the treasury not otherwise appropriated
the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary for the pur-
pose herein specified, which sum shall be ex>
pended under the direction of the Secretary of
State: Provided, That the President be author
lied to appoint a number of practical artisans,
not exceeding eight, and of scientific men not
exceeding seven, who shall attend said exhibi>
ton and report their doings and observations to
him, and whose actual and reasonable expenses
not to exceed one thousand dollars each, shall
be paid from such fund; and that the President
be further authorized to appoint number of hon.
orary commissioners, not to exceed one hunnred
II g
otherwise: And provided further, That no per-
son so appointed shall be interested, directly or
indirectly, in any article exhibited for competi-
ton: And provided, That not more than fifty
thousand dollars shall be expended for salaries
and expenses of all persons receiving appoints
and not more than five thousand dollars shall be
paid for salary and expenses to any one person.