Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-19
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the Third Session Of the Forty
First Congress-.
PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY
ARTICLE z.

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All letters exchanged between the two
offices shall indicate, by stamp or writing
thereon, the Office or origin, and the I'M
paid letters so exchanged shall also be
stamped with the name of the dispatcbing
Correspondence fully paid to destination
shall be stamped I" Paid all,' in the United
States, and g ranEo" in Denmark.
"Registered,n in the United States, and
Recommended" in Denmark. Core
spondence insufficiently paid shall be
stamped "Insu6iciently paid" in the
United States. and " UtiLsrIkkelig frank.
eret, ," in Denmark, and the amount Of the
deficient postage expressed in figures on
the face. &.
Correspondence dispatched by the direct
line between the respective countries shall
be stamped "Dircct SERVICE" or "Servsce
direct" ~.
When dispatched via Germany, it shall
be stamped to indicate German transit.
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The two Post Departments are mutually
to furnish each other with lists stating the
foreign countries to which the foreign
postage, and the amounts thereof, must be
absolutely prepaid, or can be left unpaid
and until such lists are furnished, neither
country is to mail to the other any cores
pondence for foreign countries in transit
through the country to which the mail is
sent.
Such lists shall also indicate the foreign
countries with which registered correspon-
between the respective offices and the con.
ditions thereof. -
ARTICLE 8.
The respective exchange offices shall
mark in red ink, in the upper left corner OF
sit in the open mail, the amount of the
postage due for exterior service to the
country through which tho same are for.
warded, and in the same manner, but IN
black ink, shall mark the amount due for
postage to the forwarding Office upon the
unpaid letters SO sent in transit.
ar.'ias ARTICLE TO- ~,
Letters originating in or destined for foreign
countries, sent in the open mails through the
United States or through Denmark, and which
are insufficiently paid. shall be transmitted as
the two administrations of the amount prepaid
but letters and other correspondence originating
in foreign countries, and addressed to the Unit
ed States or to Denmark, respectively, on which
the foreign and international postage charges
are fully prepaid, shall, when forwarded
through the mails Of either country to the 9TH
Ier. be delivered in the country of destination
ARTICLE II.
The letters and all registered articles mutu-
ally returned rs not deliverable shall be accom-.
panied by statement exhibiting the number of
ordinary letters, and the number and address of
the registered articles SO returned, and the az
gregate amount retaining thereon from the
dspatching Office, which statement shall be YER
fled and Acknowledged As early Is practicable.
ence which has been transmitted by either adj
ministration in closed mails, and which shall be
returned to the dispatching Office rs not deliver
able, shall be deducted from the original
amount charged for transit, up on declaration
ton.
9 No charge will be made by either ADMINISTERS.
ton for the transit of correspondence returned
a. not deliverable.
I aic l"J ARTICLE IL.
All correspondence wrongly addressed
or missent shall be returned without de-
| Law by the receiving office to the exchange
office which dispatched it. The receiv-
| ing Office shall also correct accordingly, in
| the column of verification, the original
correspondence. The articles Of q like
| nature addressed to persons who have
changed their residence shall be mutually
| forwarded, charged with the rate that
would have been paid at the first destina-
ton. or returned for the amount, ii any,
originally charged against the receiving
office.
ARTICLE Is.
l. The dispatching exchange office shall
state on the letter bills to the intermediate
| exchange offices the exast number of single
rates of letters, or weight if required, and
the total weight of the other correspon.
dence. which shall be dispatched in closed
mails. ae'-i . F,"57a aas' . a
ri ARTICLE IA. nlss ~
1t is understood that the accounts be-
| tween the two offices shall be established
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