Page:UN Treaty Series - vol 1.pdf/154

122 been registered with the League Treasury, shall be paid by the League even if the work has not been completed before that date.

(ii) Orders for material or articles placed before July 31st, 1946, for which the bill will be received after that date, shall be paid for by the United Nations.

(b) The League Mailing Service will become a United Nations Service on August 1st, 1946. It will function also for the League. It will receive mail addressed to the League and will transmit it for distribution to the League office-keeper. The League will send to the U. N. Mailing Service for despatch its outgoing mail, for which the existing League “surcharged” stamps will be used.

The U. N. Mailing Service will keep a special account of all expenditure incurred in connection with League mail, the expenditure being reimbursed to the United Nations at the end of each month. The U. N. Mailing Service will obtain the previous authorisation of the League administration in case of any costly despatches.

(c) Telegrams

(i) Telegrams addressed to the League, its Services or officials, and received by the U. N. Mailing Service will be distributed immediately during working hours. Telegrams received outside office hours will be distributed the following morning.

(ii) The League will hand in all outgoing telegrams direct to the Swiss Federal Post Office for despatch.

(d) Telephone Service. The League will have the free use of the U. N. Telephone Service. It will bear the expenditure only for long-distance (toll and trunk) calls, the bill for which will be presented to the League Administration for payment at the end of each month. The official nature of these calls must be certified by the Head of the Service to which the official asking for a call belongs, or by a League official specially appointed for this purpose by the Secretary-General of the League.

(e) Automobile Service. The League will have the use of the U. N. Automobile Service after August 1st, 1946, within the limits of its normal