Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 21.djvu/734

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704 AMENDED CONV EN TION-GREAT BRITAIN. Dmc., 1879. Anrronn 8. Duplicate or- Duplicate orders shall only be issued by the Postal Administration of dm- the country, on which the original orders were drawn, and in conformity with the regulations established, or, to be established, m that country. Anrronn 9. Payment. The orders, issued by each country on the other, shall be subject, as . regards payment, to the regulations which govern the payment of inland orders of the country, on which they were Paid orders to The paid orders shall remain in the pos ession of the country of pay- remain in posses- menu

‘;;1;;x;°““*W °f Amrionn 10.

R_epe,yment to Repayment of orders to remitters shall not be made until an author- T°m1W’”· ization for such repayment shall first have been obtained by the country of issue from the country where such orders are payable, and the amounts of the repaid orders shall be duly credited to the former country in the quarterly account (Article 12). It is the province of each Postal Administration to determine the manner in which repayment to the remitters is to be made. Anrionn 11. Ofdw? wid if Orders which shall not have been paid within twelve calendar months

Ogqghlu from the month of issue, shall become void, and the sums received shall

' accrue to, and be at the disposal of the country of origin. Void °!`d°YSi Set- The British Office shall, therefore, enter to the credit of the United l1°m"““ f" States, in the quarterly account, all money orders entered in the Lists received from the United States, which remain unpaid at the end of the period speciued. (Article 12.) On the other hand the Post Office Department of the United States shall, at the close of each month, transmit to the British O1iice,ior entry in the quarterly account, a detailed statement of all orders, included in the Lists dispatched from the latter Office, which under this Article be- ` come void. Anrromr 12. Quarterly ec- At the close of each quarter an account shall be prepared at the gag? l’° b° mn' Chief Office London, showing in detail the totals of the Lists, containing the particulars of ordcrs issued in either country during the quarter, and the balance resulting from such transactions. particulars of Three copies of this account shall be transmitted to the Post Office accounts. Department of the United States at Washington, and the balance, after proper verification, shall, if due by the Post Office Department of the United States, be paid at London, but, if due by the British Post Office, it shall be paid at New York, and always in the money of the country to which the payment is made. S°**1°mg¤’¤ ¤f pending the settlement of an account, one of the two Postal Ad- ‘;(;;l’;‘,l§”f”,‘;n‘{;j·,Y‘ mmrstrations shall ascertain that it owes the other a balance exceeding ' .£1000 sterling, the indebted Administration shall promptly remit the approximate amount of such balance to the credit of the other. This amount, and the letters which accompany such intermediate remittances, shall be in accordance with the forms “D”, “E”, "F”, "G”» and “H", annexed to this Convention. Anzrronn 13. 1mV¤L¤g1 of 5) ry- _ Until the two Postal Administrations Starr consent to an alteration, doymgmdaightgf lt is agreed that m all matters of account, relative to money_ord<->r¤, ggvgn cents_ &0m of GODVQIICIOD)