Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-03
OFFICIAL
LAW 8 OF THR UNTTKD STATES

A@~A -
CONVENTION ~'l
FOR THE REGULATE N OF THE POSTAL, IN.
TERCoURsK
BETwKKN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND
THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK.
The Pest Department Of the United States of
America and the Danish Post Department have
agreed upon employing the steamers in regular ser
Vice between their territories, well as the 81 cam
ers engaged between Hambnrg and Bremen on the
Sas sds sa "a o Sn Ss 9he q n order
have, for tnAt purpose consented 70 the following
articles: ..-tr ~
There shall be an Immediate exchange Of corras-
pOndence between the United States of America
aud Denmark by means Of the said steamers, and
this correspondence shall embrace letters newepa-
pers book packets prints OF all Kinds, (c6mprlsng
maps, plans, engravings drawings, Photographic
Autographs, and all other like productions of me-
ehancai processes, sheets OF music, &C and pat
terms or samples OF merchandise, and such CORES
In either OF said countries originating IN countries
20 which these may respectively serve as interniedi
aries a|..I
ARTICLE ii. II"
The exchange OF correspondence shall take place
between the post-ofices 10 be hereafter des gnated
By the two post departments but either o. the two
ued and others established BY mutual consent
ARTICLE III.
The United States ONCE shall mako its own ar
rangement for the dispatch Of Its mails to Denmark
make Its own arrangements for the dispatch OF It's
malls to the United States. The malls shall be re-
municatlon herein before mentioned, and each Of
nee shall at It's own cost, pay the expense of the In
the mails which lt dispatches to the other. II ia
also agreed that the cost, either In whole or In
part, OF the International ocean and territorial
transit OF the closed mails exchanged In both direc
tiOns between the respective frontiers shall upon
application of either ONCE, be rst betrayed by that
one OF the two Uffices which shall have obtained
from the Intermediates the most favorabl le peeuni-
ary terms for such oonyeyance, and any amount SO
advanced by one for and en- account OF the other
shall be promptly reimbursed ,.73
ARTICLs ~ -t"
The postage on ordinary letters sen. from the
United states TO Denmark, or from Denmark TO the
United Slater, shah be respectively twelve 2) skill
ing rgsmont, or seven ~ cents for single letter
Ine weight. Of single letter shah not exceed
For every letter exceeding fifteen grammes there
shall be paid single rate OF postage for every add-
mes. The weight staLed by the tispatchIng ui1ce
shall always be accepted, except in cases OF mani
the maximum weight of letters shall b. two hun |
dren and hfty (469) grsmmes |
ARTICLE v |
The payment OF post3ge on ordilary letters shall |
be OPTIONAL IL they shall be forwarded uhDaid or /
insufcienuy paid, they shall, In the nrst case be
charged Desldes the usual postage, with an addi |
Ii Insl postage OF respectively Touf aS cent or six
(6) skhing rlgsmont aud In tho last case, besides
the deficient postage, with similar additional post
age
on all other correspondence in the first article
mentioned, the rates shall be- for the malls des-
patched, that which the dispatching ofiJer shall
adopt, adapted TO the convenience and habits OF
It's Interior administration. Bat each ONCE shall |
give notice to tue other of the rate adopts and OF
any subsequent change thereof These articles
shall be forwarded under regulations Of the des- |
patching post-ofnce, but always including the fol-
lowing;
l. The postage shall be prepaid. II however the
postage on the correspondence mentioned In this
article should not be wholly prepaid the said cor
IN
but It shall In that case beside the de-
nclenL postage an addtIJnal postage, not exceed
s1lling rlgsnont In Denmark
2. No packet shall contain anything which shall
be closed against Inspection, nor any written COM
wheteVer except to state from whom
and to whom the packet ID g. nt and the number
and price placed upon eacn pattern or sample Of
8. NO packet may exceed two feet in length, or
one foot in any other dimension
4. Neither ollce shall be bound to deliver any
tice the importation OF which may be prohibited
BY the laws or regulations OF the country OF destina
Z. The customs duties that may be chargeable in
zach of the tive countries may be levied for the use
ARTICLE VII
ANY correspondence mentioned in Article may
be registered, ana the postage chargeaole on such
ID correspondence SNAIL IN addition 10 the postage
be subject sO al International registration fee not
sight ~ skilLng .gsmont In Denim .rk, and this
lee shall always be prepaid. Each Otlce Is at hO-
3TU 70 lee IOT inc Hldllb IL uisphtCutb.
Each department shall Its best exertions for the
safe delivery OF registered correspondence, but Ii
not responsible pecnniary for the loss Of any such
,orrespOndence
ARTICLE VIII
1t is further agreed that charge OF any kind, or
OH any account, otherwise thaa ls herein expressly
provided, shall be levied collected In the cOun-
Try Of destination on the letters or other coTrespon-
denoe exchanged Arr,mRx
As to the correspondence originating in one c0un-
try anu destined for another, NO account shall take
place, and thus the pOst-olce OF the URlted states
shall retain the whole amount Of postage collected
In the United States upon International paid CORES
national unpaid or insuillcenty paid correspond
ence received from Denmark; and In like manner
the Danish post-ofice shall retain the Whole amount
Of postage cOlecGtd in Denmark upon International
paid correspondence forwarded to, the United |
States and upon International unpaid or insut1-
ciently paid correspondence received from the Uni
ted states |
However, each OF the two departments shall be at
liberty TO caim accounts, to be settled when II ap-
pears that in one country for one year there Is lev
led twenty per cent more than In the other. III al |
account Is clanedi shall be claimed on the follow
ing basis:
From the total amount OF postages and register
lees collected by each ONCE on letters, added TO the
sOtal amount of prepaid postaRes and register fees
spatching ofilce shall deduct the amount required
for the conveyance or the malls between the TIVE
countries, and the amount OF the two net sums small
be equally divided between the two ofilces
The deficient and additional postages mentioned
IN Article vi shall net be included in the account
between the Two Ofces, but unahared, shall belong
~ tha once by which they are collected