The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-10-22

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toned shall be payed, by the administration
recognized as debtor towards the other, in the
course OF the second quarter following tias "
which the account refers.
The balances of the accounts shall be PAID as
follows, viz: =.
1st. In drafts upon Washington, and in
American money, when the balance is In favor
of the United States office.
I'd. In drafts upon Paris, ana IN french
money. when the balance is in favor OF the
French office.
Tn the establishment Of the accounts. and III
all matters relative to the execution OF the con-
yention. the dollar shall be considered tilH
equivalent OF francs 20 ceiitimes.
ARTICLE XII.
Ordinary or registered letters, samples OF
merchandise, photographs, and printed mat,
be. without delay, reciprocally returned
through the Intermediary of the respective ek-
chang offices for the weight and rate at which
the sending office shall have delivered these
objects in account to the other office
Articles of the same nature, which may nave
been sent to addresses who have ieft 1of
the co lntry of origin of these letters, snail De
respectively returned charged with the post
are which would have been paid BY the address
eeS.
Ordinary letters and articles under band,
which shall have originally been deliver
ed to thu postal administration of France, Or
to the postal administration OF the United
States. by other administrations, and which In
consequence of change OF residence OF the ad-
dresses, must be returned from one OF the TWO
countries to the other shall Re reeiproeally
delivered, charged with the postage required
at the place of first d, situation.
ARTICLE XIII.
Ordinary or registered letters, samples OF
merchandise, photographs. and printed matter,
exchanged in open mails between fhe two post
| al administrations of France and OF the United
States. and which shall be found lndeliVeiri le.
for any cause whatsoever. must be recipfocally
returned at tie end of each month, and oftener
| il possible.
sSuch articles as shall have entered into the
accounts shall be returned for the rate at which
| they shall have been originally entered Oh the
account by the dispatching Office.
Such as shall have been delivered preplis' to
destination or to the frontier of the CORRESPOND
ing Office shall be returned without charge OF
discount.
ARTICLE XIV.
The postal administration of France ami the
postal administration of the United States shall
designate by common accord the offices through
which the exchange of the respective cores
pondence should take place; they Shall reg
ulate the routes OF the correspondence recplo-
cally transmitted, and the form OF the accounts
mentioned in the preceding article Al ana
also every other measure Of detail or order
| necessary to assure the execution OF the sup
| ;,lations OF the present convention.
Tt is understood that the measures deslg-
| mated above may be modified by the two adj
mnistrations whenever, by common accord,
| they shall perceive such necessity.
ARTICLE Ky.
| The present convention shall have force and
| feet from the day agreed upon by the EMO
parties and shall remain obligatory from year
10 year. until of the two parties snail nave
made known to the other. year ill advance
| its intention to terminate the same
| During this last year the convention Shall
continue to have full aud entire force, without
prejudice to the liquidation and the balance OF
| the accounts between the respective admins
trations after the expiration ct said term
ARTICLE XVI.
| The present convention shall be ratified and
the ratifications EXCHANGED as soon as possible.
| In faith of which the respective pletlpoten-
ti;sres have signed the present convention and
| have affixed their seals thereto.
| Done in duplicate and signed at Washing
| ton the twenty eighth day of April, i'll the year
Of orr Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seyenty-four.
| [sHAL. JNO. A. J. CREsWEL,1.
| Postmaster General % the United States.
/ [sEAL.] A. BARTHOLDI.
hereby approve the aforegoing convention.
and in testimony thereof have caused tt seal
[ssAL.l U. S. GRANT. -
| BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
SecretWy Of State.
WASHINGTON, 44pril %, 1874.
rrrlnslation.1
Having seen and examined the above con-
yention. we have approved it. and do approve
by virtue OF the provisions OF the law voted by
the. National Assembly, in the session of 18th
June, 1874. In faith OF which we have caused
to be placed hereupon the seal OF the republic
/ Given at Versailles. June 26. 1874.
[sEAL.l MARECHAT. MAC MAHON, DUO
DE MAGENTA.
By the President Of the French Republic
The minister OF Foreig, affairs.
DECAZES.
We. J. w. Marshall, Postmaster.General O
the United States. and Ametee BartholtE. Oil
Ger of the Legion Of Honor. envoy extraort'lna
ry and minister Plenipotentary OF France. Ger
fA'~>O'' y -
perform the exchange OF Publications OF the
postal convention which was concluded be
tween the United States and the Freuc'' r.pHb
lie at Washington the 18th day OF April, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
/ Done in duplicate and signed at Washington
this seventeenth day of July, one tl,ous;tnl
eight hundred and seventy-fonr.
TsEAI,1 J w. MARSHALL,
Postmaster General.
Il [sEAI.1 A. BARTHOLDI.
I REGULATIONS
DETAIL AND ORDER.
| CONCLUDED -1a-
Between the postal administration Of Er4ae>
and the postal administration OF the Ii2
ted States, for the execution of tie poata
4 convention of 2Sth April, 1874.
The director-general of posts OF France o
the one part, AMI the PostnaSter-isenerAi d
the United States Of the other part, in yia'. 81
4 the postal convention concluded the 2St!i oi
April, 1874, between the United States ane
France, STIMULATING article XIV that the pos
| tai administrations of the two countries Snail
4 designate, by common accord, the offices tiio
which the exchange OF the respective cores
4 pondence shall take place, and shall regulate
Il tha dire atom of the cOr,aSDOn1p.fct, reciDfO