Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 18 Part 3.djvu/812

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782 CONVENTION-SWEDEN AND NORWAY. MABG11 15, 1873. M¤y31m¤1J¤»¤26. Detailed regulations agreed upon between the P0st·Oj)‘ioe of tits United - 1873- States and the PosmZrAdmin·£ctva1»ion of Norway, for the ewqcutwn of the Am, p.16. postal convention of the 15th of March, 187 3, between the United States of America and ihe Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. ARTICLE 1. . Exghgpgg Omgés The American exchange ozticcs of New York and Qhioago shall make in United states up mails for the Norwegian exchange offices of Chr1st;2msgand, Ohms-

      • 6 N°"‘"*Y·. .ti:ma., Bergen, and the sca. Post-Oiiico, on tho steamboat lmo between

Hummorfcst smd Hamburg. {Pigs latter shall make up mails for the exchange odiccs of New York and hicago. — Am~10L1¤ 2. L,,;,m.m]],_ Each mail exchanged bctwocu the two countries shall be accompanied by a. L¢>tter—Bill, showing the postaigcs on each class of correspondence, thdnumbcr of register toes, total weight of correspogdonca, &c. Fo,,,, off The form of this Letter-Bill shall follow the models A} and A°, hereto annexed, and shall be consccutiwly numbered by the dispatching office during each quarter of thocolcn ar yam-. Receipt M {Pie receiving office shall acknowledge its receipt by tho next dispa c . . - Amrcm 3. Packages, 1; ow · The exchange officos shall divide the correspondence which they dis- . mudv ¤p· gztch into a. suitable number of separate packages according to the tter-Bill., Each of these packa ges shall boar the proper etiquette numbers corresponding to tho Lctte1··Bill. ‘ ARTICLE 4. Nambe} or mm, Whcp more tl§an a single rata is chargeable upon m1y“latter or other bow indicated- article the number of rates to which it is subject shall be indicated by go dispatching odlco by a fngure in the upper left corner of the adcss. ‘ · Amicm: 5. . R¤5i¤*»¤¤¤d wm- Registered correspondence shall be described in a. register list, follow-

£l?£°$f‘°°» h"' d°Y ing the models B* and B2 hereto annexed.

_ All registered letters dud the register list shall be onvoloyecl together lw§j§;f$d£”*g:» iq strong paper and securely fastened, and the packet plainly inscribed P.W1tl1 the word “Regisfcrcd" or “Registreg·et,” and placed in the mail. Tho blank in the Rogistored Letter List for expressing the number of registered articles shall be filled in letters and tigures expressing the number. Iu co.sc no rogistoreq articles are sent, the proper blank of the Letter B1il shall be filled with the word “Nihil" or “N·il." · Ammon. 6. Receipt of mgm. The rcg1sto1‘ lists dispatched shall be retained by the receiving offico, mma articles to- which 01*1100 shall acknowledge, by the Erst mail, the receipt of the mgk¤¤W!<>ds¤d· xstercd articles numerically from No. - to No. -. EMM ¤¤*¤6¢d· If tho verification by the exchange office disclose an error of an y . Iéind inghe regster list, it shall be also, by the first mail, notified to the ispatc ing 0 cc.

 ARTICLE. 7.

p.,m,qt of lost The two Administrations mutually engage totako all needful meas. registered matter. ures for the careful transmission of registemd correspondence aud for pursuing it when lost; but it is understood that neither assumes towards the other m1y_pccun1a.ry respoumbxlxty in case of loss.