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 2216 uacsn trosr 'CONVENTION—LATVIA. ---¥¤-g Parcel poet corwentebn between Latvia and the United States. Signed D°°°"‘”"”*mY· at R’bgd,’JG1G’ld7’%r80, 1924, and at Waslvington, December 12, 1925; approvedby the L eeident, December 15, 1925. PARCEL  CONVENTION BETWEEN LATVIA AND ‘ ·THEE»UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1;°’°°* ° °°¤'°¤· The undersigni ` ed, °Ed. Kadikis, Postmaster General of the Re- u°i·i·§`iii¤§°m ublic of Latvia, and Harry S. New, Postmaster General of the United States of America, have, by virtue of authority vested in them, for the purpose of making arrangements for Lhe exchange of parcel post between the above-mentione countries, agreed upon the ollowing articles: M ‘ Article I; S°°P°°' °°¤'°¤”°¤· The provisions of this convention shall relate only to parcels of mail matter to beexchanged by the system herein provided for, and shall in no way affect the arrangements now existing under the Universal Posta Convention, which will continue in orce as heretdforefand the agreements hereinafter contained shall apply exclusively to mails exchanged under these articles. Article II. ,,,f,“"m§,°,f °‘*”““°" ‘° There shall be admitted to the mails exchanged under this con- vention: Articles of merchandise and mail matter (except letters, pm cards, and written matter) of all kinds that are admitted nmder any conditions to the domestic mails of the country of origin, except that no parcel may exceed 10 kilograms (22 pounds) 1n weight, nor the followin dimensions: Greatest length in any direction, 105 centimeters (g feet 6 inches); glreatest length and girth com- bined, 180 centimeters (6 feet); an parcels must be so wrapped or packed as to permit their contents to be easily examined by ppst- masters and customs oilicers, exce ting only those articles w ose admission in this manner is forbidden by the laws of the country of destination, due notice of which shall be mutually given by the postal authorities of Latvia and the United States, respectively. Ames. pmmmae. The following articles are prohibited: Publications which violate the copyright laws of the country of destination; poisons and ex- plosive or milammable substances; live or dead ammals except dead insects and reptiles when thoroughly dried; fruits and vegetables which easily ecompose, and substances which exhale a ba odor; lottery tickets, lottery advertisements and lottery circulars; all obscene or immoral articles; articles which may in any way damage or destroy the mails or injure the persons handling them; intoxi- catigg liquors. . ,,,£,f°§‘g,‘f“"'°"""“*’°°' admissible articles of merchandise mailed in one country for the other or received in one country from the other shall be free from detention or inspection of any nature whatsoever, exce t such as is required for the collection of customs duties; and shall be forwarded by the most speedy means to their destination, being sub- ject, however, in their transmission, to the laws and regulations of each country, respectively.

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