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 1912 PARCELS-POST CONVENTION—VENEZUELA. MAY 1, 1899. Whereas the President of the United States of Venezuela did on the 30th day of March, one thousand nine hundred, approve the said Parcels- Post Convention between the United States of America and the United States of Venezuela concluded at Washington on the 1st day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, with the following amendments: (translation). " Paragra h Number 1 of Article II is amplified, as follows: Publica- " tions which violate the copyright laws of destination, and any other " publications whose introduction is prohibited or mafy be prohibited; "poisons, and explosive or iniiammable substances; att substances, " iquids and those which easily liquefy; confections and, astes; live “ and dead animals, except insects and reptiles thoroughly cified; fruits "and vegetables which will easily decompose, and substances which "exhale a bad odor; lottery tickets, lottery advertisements or circu- "lars; all obscene or immoral articles; articles which may destroy or "in any way damage the mails, or injure the persons handling them. "There is likewise prohibited the admission of postal arcels which "contain, in part or as a whole, articles whose introdiiction in the "country of destination is either prohibited or may be prohibited, and “articles whose introduction cannot be eHected without previous per- "mission from the Government. The Central Office of each country "will communicate to that of the other a list of the articles comprised ‘ ‘ in these prohibitions. " " Number 2 of Article II is chan ed, as follows: "All admissible articles of mercgandise mailed in one country for "the other, or received in one country from the other, shall be free " from any detention or inspection whatever, except such as is required " for collection of customs duties; and shall be forwarded by the most " speedy means to their destination being subject in their transmission "and delivery to the addressees to the laws and regulations of each ‘ ‘ country, respectively. ” " Number 2 of Article V1 will read as follows: "The parcels in question shall be subject in the country of destina- "tion to all customs duties and all customs regulations in force in that "country for the protection of its customs revenues; and the customs "duties properly chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery, in ‘ ‘ accordance with the customs regulations of the country of destination? Now therefore I, Charles Emory Smith, Postmaster General of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said amendments, do accept the same, and approve the said Convention as amended, and every Article and clause thereof. Done in duplicate, and signed at Washington the sixteenth day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred. [smiu.] CHAn.Lns Emonr Smrrn Postmaster General of the United States of America Approval- The foregoing amendments to the Parcels-Post°Convention between the United States of America and the United States of Venezuela are hereby approved and ratified. In testimony whereof, I have signed the same and caused the Great Seal of the United States of America to be hereunto aiiixed, this sixteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred, and of the Independence of the United States of America one j hundred and twenty-fifth. ‘ " [Great Seal of the U. S.] WILLIAM MCKINLEY By the President: J 0HN HAY, Secretary 0 f State. WAsH1NeroN, D. C. Navember 16, 1.900.