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 1100 POSTAL CONVENTION `WITH MEXICO. Duc. 11, 1861. Such prepayment shall be certified by the appropriate stamps of the United States Post-Office, and the postage so paid shall belong exclu- · sivcly to the United States of America. m:;tg;°;:;*¤°[gf There shall be charged by the Post-Oliice of the United Mexican the Unmd States upon all letters, newspapers, printed pamphlets, or other printed States. matter mailed in Mexico and forwarded to the United States of America by sea, whether by Mexican or by United States vessels, such rates of inland postage as are now or may h<·reaftcr be established by the laws of Mexico, and the rate of sea postage prescribed in Article I., which inland and sea postzwe shall be combined into one rate and aid `alwa s _ d c: ¤ P y in 21 vunce. Such prepayment shall be certified by the appropriate stamps of the Post-Office of the United Mexican States, and the postage so paid shall belong exclusivelyto Mexico. inwgtgineyssnw ARTIQLE III. Upon all letters, newspapers, printed pamphlets, or Smeg on mmm. other printed matter received m the United States ot .Ame11t·a from Erom Ltaxtco Mexico by sea, there will be charged l·y the United States such ratts of Y°°“· inland postage us are now or may lrcrcaficr be established by the laws of the United States, which shall be collected at the place ol' destination, and shall belong exclusively to the United States of America; and, vice · I versa, upon 'all letters, newspapers, printed pampliletsaor other printed ····if¤·ii°t°?$i?-°?’1?`<= ZZE“f"I*ii°£E”°{1 "‘,§`i§"'i‘{ “$‘f“‘ ‘*?§ i’""“‘ $‘"‘“ °* ’“““"*"“ by United Slam r <» \\1 0 C lnfgc y I .OX|(.O suc lates of inland postage as are now by sen; or may hert>a.fter be establislicd by the laws of Mexico, which shall be collected at the place of destination, and shall belong exclusively to exnco. on matter not Aivrrcnn IV All letters, newspapers printed pam il _ . U _ . . piets or other °°"°Y°dbY“°“‘ printed matter mailed in the United States, of America, and ad,dressed to any place in the United Mexican States, or vice [versa, when not conveyed by sea, shall be cliarged with the rate of inland postage of the country from which suehimanl matter is sent, which shall be prepaid, and uith the xnland postage of- the country receiving, which shall be collected at the p ace 0 estmntnon. Buch postage shall belong respectively to the country collecting the same. uohrlpitbmextr IARTICLE V. All letter¤, newspapers, printed pamphlets, or other mined_ printed matter mailed in the one country For the other, O1' received in the one country from the other,. whether by land or sea conveyance, shall be free from any detention or m<pcction whatever, and shall in the one case be forwarded by the most speedy means to their destination, and in the other be promptly delivered to the respective persons to whom they are addressed, being subject in their transmission to the laws and regulations 0 eact country, re<pectively. Stenmorother ARTICLF VI S0 S. m,,i1packm_ _ · - 00n’us steam or other mail packets, under the Barr of either of the contracting parties, shall have commenced running bei tyveen their respective portslof entry, whether under subvention from the thlgtbed btttteilor firom Mexico, the contracting Ipnrtics agree to receive at uoscbgglvtsta mmluble matter, angito forward it as directed, the destina- ,3 o some regu ar post—o ce of either country charvin there- Mum to be UI-tg; only the rates established by the present convention. b g made up Btmgul _ mls For the United States of America shall be made up at regular 1,,,, ;,,m,.m_ gfervals by the Mexican Post-Office and despatched to ports of the mted States, and, m the same manner, mails for Mexico shall be made Ep act regular; intervals by the United States Post-Office and despatched r s 1 1. T¤*¤¤*°*¤ Km n iriiio Th · - crow; mgbw _ KELE _· 6_ United Mexican States engage to grant to tho be free. United btates of America the transit, in closed mails free from t age duties, imposts detention' ’ any POS- United Maxi S.,, or eatamination whatever, through the can tates, or any of their p0SSCSBl0DS or territories, of let-