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Sec. 81. That this act shall be known as the
Coinage act of eighteen hundred and seventy
three and all other acts and parts Of acts per-
tanning 20 the minis, assay Offices and coinage OF
tho United States inconsistent with the provis'
That this act shall not be construed to affect any
act done, right accrued, or penalty incurred
under former acts, but every such right Is hereby
saved and all suits and prosecutions for acts
already done in violation of any former act or
acts Of Congress relating to the subjects embraced
in this act may be begun or proceeded with in
like manner as if this, act had not been passed !;
and all penal clauses and provisions in existing
laws relating to the subjects embraced in this
act shall be deemed applicable thereto: And
provided further, That so much of the arst sec
ton Of IAN act making appropriations for snn-
dry civil expenses of the government for the
year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and
seventy one, and for other purposes" approved
July fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, as
provides that until after the completion and &C.
cupation of the branch mint building in San
Francisco. it shall be lawful to exchange at any
mint or branch mint Of the United States unre-
fined or impaired bullion, whenever, in the
opinion Of the Secretary of the Treasury, it can
be done with advantages to the government, is
hereby repealed. isii fff;<-t 7eli1 zfffesE.fr.s
Approved February u, 1873. r..
SECOND ADDITIONAL CONVENTION
The convention relative to the Ameloration of
the postal intercourse, concluded between the
federation, signed at Berne October eleven
eighteen hundred and sixty seven. e oaf 50
The opportunity being offered to the postal
administrations of the United States Of America
and of Switzerland, to introduce an exchange of
closed mails via Bremen or Hamburg at lower
transit rates than those now in force by the
British Belgian route, the governments of the
United States of America and of Switzerland
have resolved to open the new routes above
mentioned to the correspondence of the two
countries under the following conditions: Ia,
-r7 81, ARTICLE /. --,l,,I1.-.-l., !
The letters from the United States of America
for Switzerland, and vice versa, which the send.
ers may desire to have transmitted via Bremen
or Hamburg, shall be chargeable with the fol-
lowing rates: 'it
1st Eight cents per single rate for letters ORR
ginating in the United States. riiei9egs 6ue
I'd. Forty confines per single rate for letters
originating in Switzerland. aol s.lI,..,,,--; -
For letters unpaid or insuficiently paid are
reserved the extra charges provided by Article
Z or the convention of October II, 1867. pa.
80 urial ARTICLE 2 ri 9Tijr5 9,iT
All letters from the United States of America
for Switzerland, and vice versa, for which the
senders shall not. have requested transmission
via Bremen or Hamburg, Tor in open mails via
France) shall continue to be sent in closed mails
by the British Belgian route, and subjected to
| the rates fixed by Article | of the additional
convention of February 7, 1870 tt
ARTICLE 8, auss
In case future attachments in transit expenses
admit of reduction in the present oates on let
tiers exchanged between the United States and
Switzerland, the postal administrations of the
two contracting countries are authorized to fix,
by common accord, the respective reduced rates
and to take the necessary measures to place
them to the profit of the public of the two conn
tries. t-isa =. -. g9uot.UH Ti1a
afe vs/ ARTICLE 4. r- fr4il 81
The present convention, which shall be con-
sidered as q second supplement to the conven-
ton Of October II, 1861, shall enter into opera
ton July !, 1872 7sI b.s go ssll ~ -!
Done in duplicate and signed in Washington
the sixth day OF May, one thousand eight hun
first day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy two. t'''-l
[sEAL.] JOHN. A. J. CRESWELL,
= Postmaster Genl of the United States.
The Federal Department of Posts and Tele-
fsEAL.] s8ifaba f. CHALET vENEL.. @
/ hereby approve the aforegoing convention
and in testimony thereof have caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
HAMILTON FISH, Sec'y of State, .
Washington, May 9th, 1872. ..' ...i'.... I. =
[sEAL.] 30 - .-'l .i' h'.i" l'i-
af [Translation.]
The Federal Council Of fhe Swiss Confedera-
ton makes known by these presents 9fof.
That it has approved and consented to the
above convention, In faith of which the pres
emit have been signed by the President and the
Chancellor of the Swiss Confederation and sealed
with the seal of the Federal Council at Berne,
the tenth Of July, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy two. &. 90 p ORA t1tfl
In the name of the Swiss Federal Council 2ui
The President of the Confederation. o. sl1
[sEAL.] sI}C1a 1fgdl iiss o3 b1 WELLS. F.
The Chancellor of the Confederation. 3d' 4.
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