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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH SALVADOR JULY 20 8c 001*. 5, 1870. 1119 Postal Convention between the Mzited States of Amm·icu and the Republic Jul.! W of Salvador. Styned at San Salvador on the 20th July, 1870, and at 0 t bm? 1 Wa.;/ufnyton an the 5th October, 1870; Approved by the President of the United States on the 5th of October, 1870. Anrrcns I. An exchange of mails shall hereafter take place between EX¢=b¤¤z¤ ¤f the United States of America and the Republic of Salvador by the ordi- m“"“’”{": °x‘ nary routes of communication, via the Isthmus of Panama, the government- ggi·l€;t§>¤.rmsof' the United States to be at the expense of the transportation thereof between New York and Panama, and between San Francisco and Panama; and the government of Salvador to be at the expense of the transportation thereof' between Panama and Salvador. A1t·r1cLE II. All mail matter transmitted in either direction between M°llm¤W*{t0 the respective countries shall be fbrwarded in closed bags, or pouches, un- £§,§gQvmrg:d&jg der key or seal, addressed to the United States consul and resident mail and new ed`- ·° agent at Panama, United States of Colombia, who is hereby designated as d'°“°d· the agent of the two governments for receiving the bags, or pouches, at that port, from either direction, distributing and dispatching them to their destinations. Said consul and agent is hereby instructed to make up the of nnl mail for Salvador in separate bags, or pouches, under key or seal, ad- flngieggggw is dressed to San Salvador, and the ports of La Union and Acnjutla, respectively. Amxcnn I II. No accounts shall be kept between the Post-Oiiice Depart- mw ,";°°*;“¤*' ments of the two countries on the correspondence exchanged between Eschegolmt them; but each country shall levy, collect, and retain its own postage to c0t1w,&°ry only, at the following rates, viz. : — its own postage. lst. 'l` he postage to be charged and collected in the United States on gms orpm. each letter or parcel, not exceeding half an ounce (avoirdupois) in weight, nge on letters; addressed to or received from Salvador, shall be ten (10) cents; and the postage to be charged in Salvador on each letter or parcel of like weight, addressed to or received from the United States, shall be two (2) reals, (or twenty-five cents United States currency ;) and each additional weight of half an ounce, or less. than half an ounce, shall be charged an additional rate often (10) cents in the United States and two (2) reals in Salvador. 2d. The postage to be charged and collected in the United States on ‘:;’::;"!;£;t°d newspapers, unseuled circulars, and other descriptions of printed matter, £:,_,m,,._ P addressed to or received from Salvador, shall be two (2) cents on each newspaper, or unsealed circular, and one cent an ounce or fraction of an ounce, on pamphlets, periodicals, books, and other kinds of printed papers; and the postage to be charged and collected in Salvador on each newspaper, pamphlet, periodical, unsealed circular, book, or other article of printed matter, addressed to or received from the United States, shall be at the rate of twelve and a half (12.}) cents (one real) per pound. News- Newspapers, papers, pamphlets, periodicals, books, and other articles of printed matter lm" t° ° "°“°* must be sent in narrow bands, open at the sides or ends, and are to be subject to the laws and regulations of each country respectively, in regard to their liability to be rated with letter postage when containing written matter, or for any other cause specified in said laws and regulations. ARTICLE IV. The Post—Office Departments of the two countries shall t E¤¤dtl¤*t¢*£ reciprocally return to each other, unopened and without charge, every ° "°°m° three months, or more frequently if practicable, all dead letters which ' from any cause cannot be delivered to their address in the country to which they were sent.