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 l8&)2 _ CONVENTION——MEXICO. SEPTEMBER 2, 1899. ARTICLE 9.--—[mfernaZ orders issued. .R<*°€i¤F°* list from 1. As soon as the list of the dis atchin office shall have reached the d1spmhmgOmc€'m` receiving office of exchange, the lldtter shgall forward, free of posta e,· the internal (re-issued) Money Orders drawn in favor of the payees for the amounts specified in the list, to the respective payees, or to the offices of destination, in conformity with the regulations existing in each country for the payment of Money Orders. 2. When the lists shall show irregularities which the receiving office shall not be able to rectify, that office shall demand an explanation with as little delay as ossible. Pending the receipt of the explanation the issue of internal ge-issued) Money Orders of ayment relating to the entries in the list found to be erroneous -shoul}d be suspended. ARTICLE 10.——ksue emdpdyment. ISM ¤¤d.P¤Y¤¤€¤*- 1. The Money Orders issued by each country on the other shall be subject, as regards issue and payment, to the regulations which govern the payment of Domestic Money Orders in the country of issue or of payment, respectively. 2. It is agreed that all Money Orders paid in either country shall be retained by the country in which they are paid. Anrromz 11.-—DupZicates, etc. Errors. orc. 1. When it is desired that any error in the name of the payee or remitter shall be corrected, or that the amount of a Money Order shall be repaid to the remitter, ap lication must be made by the remitter to the postal administration of tihe country in which the Order was issued. D“P“°“‘“·€‘°· 2. Du licate Orders shall only be issued by the postal administration of the country of payment, and in conformity with the regulations established or to be established in that country. ARTICLE 12.—Repaymemfs. Reveymsms- Repayment, whether of an original or by means of a duplicate Order, shall. not be made to the remitter until it has been ascertained, through the postal administration of the country on which the original order was drawn, that the Order has not been paid and will not be paid in thecountry of payment. ARTICLE 13.- Void orders. Void orders- 1. Orders which shall not have been paid within twelve calendar months from the month of issue shall become void, and the sums received shall accrue to and be at the disposal of the country of origin. 2. The Post Office Department of Mexico shall, therefore, enter to the credit of the United States, in the quarterly account, the amount of all Money Orders entered in the lists received from the United States which remain un aid at the end of the period specified. 3. On the other hang, the Post Office Department of the United States shall, at the close of each month, transmit to the (postal administration of Mexico, for entry in the quarterly account, a etailed statement of all Orders included in the lists dispatched from Mexico, which, under this article, become void. ARTICLE 14. ——Accmm ts. -*—¤<=<>¤¤¤· 1. At the close of each uarter an account shall be prepared by the ostal administration of Mexico, showing, in detail, the total of the lists containing the particulars of Orders issued in either country during the quarter and the balance resulting from such transactions. 2. Two copies of the account shall be transmitted to the Post Office Department of the United States, at Washington, and the balance,