Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 32 Part 2.djvu/639

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1876 Monmronnnn (,`ONVENT1ON—CANADA. Sec. 4. One co y of each of the lists shall betransmitted on the part of Canada to the Auditor for the Post Office Department, at Washington, D. C., and, in like manner, on the Bart of the United States, to the Superintendent of the Money Order ranch Ottawa, Ontario. Sec. 5. Every paid Order shall accompany the list on which it is _ entered, and both lists and paid Orders shall be forwarded under registered cover. Sec. 6. Each Department shall promptly acknowledge to the other the receipt of every list, and shall, as soon after its receipt as possible, give notice of any errors which may be discovered therein. Sec. 7. If at any time the packet containing the paid Money Orders, transmitted by one Administration to the other, be ost while in transit by mail, it is agreed that a certified copy of the lists shall, within a reasonable time, be accepted by the other Administration as a satisfactory voucher and evidence of payment of the Orders described therein which have been lost or destroyed. c¤¤e¤¤y. ARTICLE IV.—Ouw·enqq. ' In the exchange of Money Orders between the two countries, one dollar in Canadian money shall be taken as the equivalent of one dollar ' in United States money. This standard in either country shal_l be gold value. rm Anrrcrrz V.-——]%es. Sec. 1. A fee, to be fixed by the country of origin, shall be collected from the remitter upon each sum of money transmitted under this Convention. Sec. 2. Each Administration shall communicate to the other the tariff or schedule of the fees to be established by it under the provisions of this article, and also any subsequent change therein. Sec. 3. The person entitled to payment of a Money Order issued in pursuance of this Convention shal not be subjected, under any pretext ghgtever, to any commission or tax on account of the payment of such er. Sec. 4. Each Postal Administration shall kee the fee which it receives for Money Orders issued within its jurisdiction, and no commission or charge Wlll be made by either Administration for any services performed in connection wit the exchange of Money Orders. m;;;j_¤¤·>¤··- ¤¤¤¤¤~— Amicus VI.-——I’ayment, endorsement. Sec. 1. Payment of a Money Order in ursuance of this Convention can be exacted only at the paying Post (liiice named upon the Order, and cannot be exacted until after the receipt by that office of the Advice required by Article VIII hereof, but the Chief Office in either country ma , at its discretion, cause a Money Order to be paid at an office other than that named in the Advice. Sec. 2. Each of the two Administrations reserves the right to authorize the transfer, within its territory, by means of endorsement, of the ownership of Orders originating in the territory of the other. !·*¤*·°*°¤<=·¤ VII.—Lz'a¢s of offices. Sm:. 1. The two Administrations shall designate, each for itself, the Post Offices which are authorized to issue and pay 'Money Orders under the pjriovisions of this Convention. Spc. 2.ch administration shall furnish to the other, from time to time, a list of the Post Offices within its jurisdiction authorized to