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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH HREMEN. MAY 17, 1855. 955 Amicnm IX. This arrangement, which supersedes the temporary ar. These articles mngement of 6th·July, 1853, is to go into effect on the 15th of August, ;°Bl{Q`;';tQnt(°f1fl%w 1853, and it is to be continued in force until annulled by mutual consent, or long {o continue by either post department after the expiration of three months’ previous l“f°*`°°· notice to the other; and it may also cease whenever the Bremen steamers cease running. In witness whereoh we have hereto set our names and afiixed the seals of our respective offices, this 4th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, at the city of Washington. JAMES CAMPBELL, Postmaster- General. RUDOLPH SCHLEIDEN, llhmlster Resident of the Republic of Bremen. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES Agreed upon between the Post- Ojicc Department of the United States and Msy 17, 1856. the Past- Ojce Department of the Hanseatic Republic of Bremen, pro- A-* viding for the Registration of valudble Letters, to be conveyed by the United States and Bremen Lines of Steamers, direct, between New York and Bremenhaven. Amicus I. Letters, alleged to be valuable, posted at any post-oliice _ Valuable1e!:- in the United States, and addressed to any part of the German Austrian :°"‘*;° b° ‘°8‘°‘ Postal Union, or posted in the German Austrian Postal Union, and ad- m ` dressed to the United States, and deliverable at the respective exchange oflices of New York or Bremen, to be thence conveyed by the United States and Bremen lines of steamers, shall, from and after the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, be registered at the office of mailing, on the application of the person posting the same : Provided, That the full postage chargeable thereon to destination, together postage and with a registration fee of five cents on each letter, be prepaid at such Y¤%;$*P¤¤i<>¤_¥"¤¤ mailing office: And provided, also, That such registration shall not be t°RZglf:m}g;1. compulsory, and shall not render the respective Post-Ofhce Departments not compulsory. of the United States or Bremen, or their revenues, liable for the loss of such letters or packets, or the contents thereon Am·1cLE II. All such letters or packets mailed in the interior of the potters, Gm. United States, or of the German Austrian Postal Union, respectively, ;;Qg_‘§g_"‘*l‘° shall be received, registered, and receipted for, as directed in the general ` regulations issued in each country in regard to the registration of valuable letters, and shall be sent to the exchange ofnces of New York or Bremen, respectively, for the purpose of being forwarded thence by the next direct steamer. Anrrcmez III. The respective exchange offices of New York and Bre- Letter bx11s men shall make a separate letter bill for each registered letter, or parcel fg€t;r‘;S’S“”d of registered letters, originally mailed at said exchange offices, or sent to ' them to be forwarded, as prescribed by the regulations referred to in Article II., and shall enter therein the name of the person addressed, the post-office to which it is to be mailed for delivery, and the rate of postage ibr each letter. The postmaster of said exchange office will then mail each such letter, or parcel of letters, in a separate package from the uuregistered letters, and seal each package, after tying it in the usual manner. The letter bills of such registered letters shall not be enclosed in the packages containing them, but shall be enclosed in a. separate wrapper or envelope, sealed, and addressed to the postmaster of the corresponding exchange office of Bremen or New York.