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 580 CONVENTION WITH THE NORTH GERMAN UNION. Ocr. 21, 1867. Ofmal ¤¤¤¤- Amxons XVI. Official communications addressed from one odies to m°m°°°°°°‘ the other shall not be the occasion of any accounts between the two offices. Misssuttsttsrs. Amucnm XVII. Letters wrongly sent, or wrongly addressed, or not &°‘ ‘ deliverable for whatever cause, shall be returned to the originating office, at its expense, if any expense is incurred. Registered correspondence of all kinds, not deliverable for any cause, shall also be returned in like manner. All other correspondence which cannot be delivered shall remain at the disposition of the receiving office. Any postages upon correspondence returned which shall have been charged against the office of destination, shall be discharged from the account. frovinionqof l Ancrrcnn XVIII. In view of the possible desire of other German gfywgfggzzd States to avail themselves of the advantage of postal association with the toother German States now embraced in the North German Union, it is further agreed Sum- that the provisions of this convention shall be extended to and shall comprise them, whenever such other States shall declare their desire to join for this purpose, and notice thereof shall have been given to the United States Post Department. Regulations. Amicus XIX. The two offices shall, by mutual consent, establish detailed regulations for carrying these articles into execution; and they may modify such regulations, in like manner, from time to time, as the exigencies of the service may require. Former con- Amuctu XX. From the time this convention shall take ctfect, all
 * °,:‘:;°l‘,:,:°u°,Q$•:° former conventions between the two offices and between the United States

sn-"; office on the one part, an'd, on the other part, of Bremen and also of Hamburg, shall cease to be in force, except for the settlement of accounts which shall have previously accrued thereunder. This convention, being first approved, shall take effect not later than the 1st day of January next, and shall continue in force until cancelled by mutual agreement, or otherwise, until one year from the date when one office shall have given notice to the other of its desire to terminate it. Executed in duplicate at Berlin the twenty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. [snap.] JOHN A. KASSON, Qzecial Commissioner, qc., gc. [sun.] RICHARD v. PHILIPSBORN, Dircct0r— General of the Post Department. 1’os·r-Orricn Dx·:1·.uz·mmu·, Washington, November 12, 1867. Approved by Having examined and considered the aforegoing articles of a conven g:n°:,*T”‘°" tion for the amelioration of the postal service between the United States ` of America and the North German Union, agreed upon and executed in duplicate at Berlin, the twenty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by Hon. John A. Kasson, Special Commissioner, dce, &c. on behalf of this department., and by Richard v. Philipsborn, Direct0r·General of the Post Department of the North German Union, on behalf of his department, the same are by me hereby ratified and approved by and with the advice and consent of the President of the United States. In witness whereof I have caused the seal of the Post~Otiicc Department to be atlixod hereto, with my signature, the day and year drst above written. [satan.] ALEX. W. RANDALL, Postmaster- General. by the Pmsi- I hereby approve the aforegoing convention, and in testimony thereof 53m` gsm I have caused the seal of the United States to be atiixed. ` [san,.] ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: Wtntuu H. Sawsnn, .S'et-rstmy of State. Wssumoron, November 12, 1867.