574 CONVENTION WITH THE SWISS CONFEDERATION. OCT. 11, 1867. Rates otposr- 2. On letters from the Swiss Confederation, 80 centimes. ¤8<‘· 3. On all other correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of the Erst article, the mte shall be, for the mails despatched, that which the despatehing office shall adopt, adapted to the convenience and habits of its interior administration. But each office shall give notice to the other of the rate it adopts, and of any subsequent change thereofl ?¤‘°P°·Ym°¤*_ ARTICLE VI. The prepayment of postage on ordinary letters shall be
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- i,;;?rd" optional, subject to the conditions in Article VII. mentioned, but on regiswlieurequlred. tered letters, and on all other correspondence mentioned in paragraph
second of the first article, it shall be obligatory. Pf<>¢¢¢dl¤z5 Axvrioma VII. If, however, the postage of any correspondence shall m;°3¤l;§§3“§:S be prepaid insntliciently, it shall nevertheless be forwarded to its destinrciusumcicntly nation, charged with the deficient postage, adding full amounts, instead of °“m· fractions, of 1 cent or 5 centimes. Upon the delivery of any unpaid, or insufficiently paid letter, or of any other insufficiently paid correspondence, there shall be levied a. time in the United State; not exceeding five cents, and in Switzerland not exceed ing 25 centin1es.h This fine, and also the deficient postage on alt other correspondence t an letters, shall not enter into accounts between tre two offices, but shall be retained to the use of the collecting oiliee. Registeredcon Ammon VIII. Registered correspondence shall, in addition to the "°SP°"d°"°"‘ postage, be subject to a registepfee not exceeding ten cents in the United States, and not exceeding fifty centimes in Switzerland, and this fee shall be always prepaid. What: may be Awrtcu: IX. Any correspondence may be registered, as well inter- '°8l$*°*‘°d· national correspondence as that originating in or destined for other conntries to which these two administrations may respectfully serve as intermediaries in either direction for the transmission of such r·egistr·r·e<1 articles. Each department shall notify the other of the countries to which it may thus serve as intermediary. Basis for set- AnTtcL1c X. Accounts between the two offices shall be regulated on 2;;*;*;** °l “°‘ the following basis: From the total amount of postnges and r·egi§ter·I`ees ` collected hy each office on letters, added to the total amount of prepaid postages and register-tees on other eorresporrdenee which it despatehes, the despatching oilieer shall deduct the amount required aa the agreed rate lor the cost of intermediate transit thereof between the two ll·on.,ier·s, and the amount of the two net sums shall be divided between the two other-s in the proportion of thr·ee—fitt,he to the United States office and two-tlfths to the Swiss Office. foygggsitmzf AR’rtet.tc xl. 'llho correspondence mentioned in the second parawmSp0nd8nc°_ graph ol thu inst article shall be dispatched under regulations to be cs— tablrshed hy the dispatching olliec, but always including the following: I First. No packet. shall contain anything which shall be elosed against inspection; nor any written communication whatever, except to state to whom and from whom the packet is sent; and the numbers and prices placed upon patterns or samples of merchandise. Second. No packet may exceed two feet in length, or one foot in any other dimension, or the equivalent in Swiss measurement. Third. Neither olliee shall be bound to deliver any article the importation of which may be prolribited by the laws or r·egnlation~ of the eountry of destination. Fourth. S0 long as any customsalnty may be clmrgeable on any ar-- ticle exclntnged in the mails, such duty may be levied for the use of the customs. Filth. Except as above, no charge whatever, otherwise than is herein expressly provided, shall be levied or collected on the COl'l'CSpOI)tlt*IlCU excharrged. Exctnuttle of Aurtenn XII. The two post. departments shall establish, by agree
ment, and in oonlormity with the arrangements in three at the time, the
