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 CONVENTION—CHILI. AUGUST 12, 1897. 1739 _ Convention between the United States of America and Chili, concerning A¤s¤¤¤1¤.¤M. the exchange of nioney orders. _ The undersigned, James A. Gary, Postmaster- General of the United States of America, by virtue of the powers vested in him by law and Senor pon Domingo Gana, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Elenipotentiary from Chili to the United States of America, in the name of is Government, and byvirtue of the powers which have been given him, to this effect, and which he has formally presented have agreed upon the following convention: · ‘ Aarionn I. _ There is established between the United States of America and Chili r{=¤1·¤·z¤<>f¤¤¤¤1 a regular exchange of postal money-orders. This exchange is to be ° °"‘ etfected by an Exchange Omce in each country which each of the two r1¤¤¤·¤¤z¤ ¤61c¤¤ Administrations shall have design ated for this purpose which Exchange Omces shall forward to each other the orders issued 'by the respective countries, accompanying them by a list in which they shall be duly entered. ARTICLE II. The amount of the orders shall always be expressed in the money of buI¤ vw ¤¤·>¤¤y w the country where payment is to be made. °"'°"°°‘ Anrxcnn III. 1. No order shall exceed the sum of one hundred dollars if it is M¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ mount. payable in the United States, and one hundred pesos if it is payable in Chili. 2. Fractions of a cent or of a centavo are not to be introduced into ¤"¤<=¤¤¤¤· the amount of an order. Anuonn IV. 1. The amount of the orders shall be paid in by the remitters and paid mgygg *¤ had to the beneficiaries in gold coin, or other lawful money of equal value.` lf the value of this last-named money should be interior, account shall be taken, in effecting payment, of the difierence in said values. 2. The Administration of each of the two contracting countries ’__;};·¤·f•·‘l•ri¤·*¤¤•- reserves the right to declare transferable, within its territory, by means ` of indorsement, the ownership of orders originating in the other. Amucnn V. V · Until the two Postal Administrations shall consent to an alteration, M"'? °•1¤*'°‘°¤¤ it is agreed that in all matters of account relative to money-orders, which shall result from the execution of the present convention, the peso of Chili shall be considered as equivalent to ninety-seven and fourtenths cents of the money of the United States. Anricnn VI. 1. Each of the two Administrations shall fix the rate of fees charged R¤*¤°f *`¤¤¤~ upon orders issued in its own country and payable in the other.