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 1032 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH SWITZERLAND. OCT. 11, 1867Z Bates of ost- 2. On letters from the Swiss Confederation, 80 oentimes. the lirst article, the rate shall be, for the mails despatched, that which the despatching 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 thereoti l{Y°P¤Y¤¤°¤l=_ Artrrcnn VI. The prepayment of postage on ordinary letters shall be second of the lirst article, it shall be obligatory. Y¤‘0¤¤¤di¤Z¤ Anricnn VII. It, however, the postage of any correspondence shall
 * 8**- P 3. On all other correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of
 * §;‘°'{;i,Q;‘S?’d" optional, subject to the conditions in Article VII. mentioned,_but on regiswhenrequired. tered letters, and on all other correspondence mentioned m paragraph
 * g°Snl;gi3a§:s be prepaid insufficiently, it shall nevertheless be forwarded to. its d6Si.1·

ai-oinsumciently nation, charged with the deficient postage, adding full amounts, instead of Wm- 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 fine in the United States not exceedinglive cents, and in Switzerland not exceeding 25 ccntimes. This fine, and also the deficient postage on all other correspondence than letters, shall not enter into accounts between the two offices, but shall be retained to the use of the collecting office. negisteredcop Amicnn VIII. Registered correspondence shall, in addition to the "°'P°“‘l°"°°· postage, be subject to a register-fee not exceeding ten cents in the United States, and not exceeding hfty oentimes in Switzerland, and this fee shall always be prepaid. What may be Amicus IX. Any correspondence may be registered, as well inter- Y°€l°”°*°d· national correspondence as that originating in or destined for other countries to which these two administrations may respectfully serve as intermediaries in either direction for the transmission of such registered articles. Each department shall notify the other of the countries to which it may thus serve as intermediary. Basis forset- Aitricnn X. Accounts between the two offices shall he regulated on 23:5;** °l` °" the following basis: From the total amount of postages and registewfees ` collected by each office on letters, added to the. total amount of prepaid postages and register-fees on other correspondence which it despatches, the despatching office shall deduct the amount required as the agreed rate for the cost of intermediate transit thereof between the two frontiers, and the amount of the two net sums shall be divided between the two onlces in the proportion of three-fifths (§) to the United States office and two-fifths'(§) to the Swiss Office. foyggplgtigvpzf ARTICLE XI. The correspondence mentioned in the second pam- Mmspgndsuw graph of the first article shall be dispatched under regulations to beestablished by the despatching office, but always including the following: First. No packet shall contain anything which shall be closed 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 office shall be bound to deliver any article the importation of which may be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the country of destination. Fourth. So long as any customs·duty may be chargeable on any article exchanged in the mails, such duty may be levied for the use of the customs. Fifth. Except as above, no charge whatever, otherwise than as herein xprmgy provided, shall be levied or collected on the correspondence exang. wpghgpguzg Amiotn XII. The two post departments shaH establish, by ag;-ea. by Op;} mam. ment, and in conformity Wllh the arrangements m force at the time, the