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 982 COWENTION WITH THE NORTH GERMAN UNION. Ocr. 21, 1867. °$°**El °°‘“‘ ARTICLE XVI. Official communications addressed from one office to mm°°n°m` the other shall not be the occasion of any accounts between the two offices. W¤••¤*l•W°¤· Amicus XVII. Letters wrongly sent, or wrongly addressed, or not &°’ deliverable for whatever cause, shall be returned  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 m 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. ?f¤Vl¤i°¤{ af ARTICLE XVIII. In view of the possible desire of other German gy °{,lQ°::l';;%';d States to avail themselves of the advantages of postal association with the tocither German States now embraced in the North German Union, it is further agreed Sm°'• that the provisions of this convention shall be extended to and shall O91I1- prise 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. Axmcnm 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 een- Anrtenm XX. From the time this convention shall take eH`ect, all
 * ,;‘:;°2.:,:°t:;::° former conventions between the two offices and between the United States

cam, office on the one part, and, 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-tirst day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. [sun,.] JOHN A. KASSON, Special Oommissioner, Qc., qc. [sun.] RICHARD v. PHILIPSBORN, .D£rcctor- General of the Post Department. P0s1··Orr1cn Drrsurmnur, Washington, November l2, 1867. i Approved by Having examined and considered the aforegoing articles of a conveng*:mj•:{*}‘”*°*" 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, &c., &c. on behalf of this department, and by Richard v. Philipsborn, Director·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 con ent of the President of the United States. In witness whereof I have caused the seal of the Post-Otlice Department to be atlixed hereto, with my signature, the day and year first above written. [sean] ALEX. W. RANDALL, Postmaster- General. by the Pred- I hereby approve the aforegoing convention, and in testimony thereof glam I have caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. m[sun,.] ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: Winnmzu H. Smwnnn, Secretary of State. Wasximorou, November‘12, 1867.