The Albany register., March 04, 1871, Supplement, Image 6

MHffiMw, peartha'fJnited "1
Kingdom,' a member of ber Brltanio
:' Majesty's mot honorable Privy Couo
ml cil, Knight f the most noble Order of
J the Garter, Knight Grand Croat of toe, ,
most honorable. Order of the Bath, her
Britanie Majesty' principal secretary
of state for foreign affaire ; who, after
, having communicated to each other
their respective tall powers, found to
In be good and doe form, have agreed
upon end; eoncladed the following
ar'.'.cle :
Abticlb I.
Cltiseo of the United State of
America who have become, or (ball
. become, and are naturalised according
to law within the British dominions as
British subjects, shall, subject to the
provisions of Article IT, be held by the
United States to be in all respects and
for all pnrposee British subject, and
shall be treated ae inch by the United
States.
Reciprocally, British subjects who
bare become, or shall become, and are
naturalised according to law within
the United Stated of America as citi
zens thereof, shall, subject to the pro-
' vision! of Article It, be held by Great
Britain to be in all respects and for all
purposes citizens of the United States,
and shall bo treated as each by Great
Britain.' ' -
r . '' Abticlb II. "
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Sneb, citisena of the United Statea as
aforesaid who have become and are
naturalised within the dominions of
her Britanie Majesty as British sub-,
jecta, shall be at liberty to renounce
their naturalisation and to resume their '
nationality as citizens of the United
State,' provided that such renunciation
be pablicly declared within two years
' after trie- exchange of the ratification
of the present convention.
Such British subjects as aforesaid,
who have become and are naturalised
. as citisens within , the United States,
. shall be at liberty to renounce feir
, natnalisatioa and to resume their Brit
ish nationality, provided that snch re
. nnneiation be publicly declared wittia
I two years after the 12th of Hay, 1870.
The manner In which this renuncia
tion may be made and publicly declared
hall be agreed upon by the govern
ments of the respective countries.
Article III.
If any such citizen of the United
States as aforesaid, naturalized within
the dominions of her Britanie Majesty,
should renew his residence in the
" United States, the United States gov
ernment may, on hie own application
and on snch conditions as that govern
ment may think fit to impose, readmit
him to the chartcter and privileges of
a citizen of the United Slates, and
Great Britain shall not, in that case,
claim him as a British subject on ac-
eount of his former naturalization.
In the same manner, if any sucb
t British subject as aforesaid natural
ised in the United States should renew
bis residence within the dominions of
her Britanie Majesty, her Majesty's
government may, on his own applica
tion 'and on suco venditions as that
. government may think fit to impose,
. rae J m 1 1 htm to the character and priv
ileges of a British subject, and the
United States shall not, in that case,
elaim him as a citizen of the United
States on account of his former natur
alisation. . Abticlb IV. ,.
The present cos vent ton shall be rati
fied by the President of the United
States, by and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate thereof, and by her
Britanie Majesty, and the ratifications
shall be exchanged at London as soon
as may be within twelve months from
the date hereof. -
In witness whereof the respective
plenipotentiaries have signed the same,
and have affixed thereunto their respec
tive seals.
Done at London,- the thirteenth day
of May, in the year of our. Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy.
JOHN- &OTHR0P"' MOTHEY, I
sbal CLARENDON.
And whereas the said convention has
been dully ratified on both parts, and
the respective ratifications of the same
were exchanged at London on the 10th
Instant:
"Nov," therefore, be it known that I,'
Ulyssee 8w - Grant, ' President of the
United Statea of. Amerieav have caused
the said convention to be made public,
to' the end that the same and every part
at i clause thereof T may. be. observed
an 1' fulfilled with good faith by the
United States and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my band and caaud the seal of the
Called. Stntea to be affixed. -.. f... ,
, Done at the city of Washington this
16th day of September, in the .year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred;
and seventy, and of Che Independence,
of tb; United States of America the
ninety-fifth- ,
siat . U. S.GRANT.
By the Presdent:' . . ,,, . ;
Haxiltob Fish,
Secretary of Slate. ?
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(Ms
POSTAL CONVENTION
IITWIII
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tries shall be forwarded in closed nags
pouches, noder key or seal, ad
dressed to the United State Consnl
and resident ..mail agent at Panama,
United .States of ' Columbia,, who is
hereby, designated as tha agent of the
(vs governments tor receiving the bags
or pouches, at that port, from either
direction, distributing and dispatching
them to their destinations. Said con
sul and agent is hereby instructed to
make up the mail for Salvador in se
parate bags,' or pouches, under key or
seal, addressed to San Salvador, ana
the ports of La Union and Acsjntla,
respectively.
, - Abticlb 3.
No aeeount shall be kept between the
Post Office Departments of the two
countries on the correspondence ex
change between them ; but each coon
try shall levy, collect, and retain Its
own postage only, at the following
rates, viz :
1st. The postage to oe cnargea ana
collected In the United States on each
letter or parcel, not exceeding half an
ounce (avordupois) in weight, address
ed to or received trom Salvador, shall
be ten (10) cent; and toe postage to
be charged in Salvador on each letter
or parcel of like weight, addressed to
or received from tbe united oiaies,
shall be two (S reals, (or twenty-five
cents United - States currency ;) and
each additional weight of half an
ounce, shall be charged an additional
rata, of ten (10) cents In the united
States and two (2) reals In Salvador.
2d. The postage to oe cnargea ana
collected in the United Slates on news
papers, nnsealed circulars, and other
descriptions of printed matter, address
ed to or received from Salvador, shall
be two (2) cent on each newspaper,
or nnsealed circular,' and one cent an
ounce, on pamphlets, periodicals,
books, and other kinds of printed pa
pers, and the postage to be charged
and collected ' in Salvador on each
newspaper, pamphlet, periodical, nn
sealed circular, book, or other article
of printed matter, addressed to or re
ceived from the United states, shall be
at the rate of twelve and a half (12)
cents (one real) per pound. Newt pa
pers, pamphlets, periodicals, books and
other articles of printed matter must
be sent in narrow bands, open at tbe
sides or ends, and are to be subject
to the laws and regulations of each
country, respectively, in regard to
their liability to be rated with letter
postage when containing written mat
ter, or for any other cause specified in
said laws and regulations.
Abticlb 4.
Tbe Post Office Department of tbe
two countries shall reciprocally return
to each other, unopened, and without
charge, every three months, or more
frequently if practicable, all dead let
ters which from any cause cannot be
delivered to their address in the coun
try to which they were sent. . ..
Abticlb 5
This arrangement shall go into oper
ation on the first day of October, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
It may be modified from time to time
by mutual agreement of tbe Post Office
Departments of the two countries, and
it is to be continued in force until an
nulled by mutual consent, or by either
rost Uffice Department, after tbe ex
piration of three months previous no
tice to the other of its intention to an
nul! the same.
Done in duplicate and signed at tbe
city of Washington on the fifth day of
October, 1870, and at tbe city of San
Salvador on the twentieth day of July,
IH70. ,. , : t
ELIAS ANGULO,
Diretar General de Comae,
sbal JNO. A. J. CRESS WELL, -Poetmaeter
General of the United Stat.
I hereby approve tbe foregoing con-
uHou, muu id icsvimouy mereoi i
have caused the seal of -the United
States to be affixed.
U.S.GRANT.
By the President :
seal Hamilton Fish,
Seretary of State.
, Translation.
The President of the Republic bar
log seen and examined the aforesaid
convention, concluded between tbe
Administrator General of Posts of the
Republic and tbe Director General of
the same branch in the United States
of the North, and finding it nselul and
convenient, has approved it in all its
ports. ;V
The Minister of Foreign Affairs,
l&vU , ,. ARRKOO ARBI&N.
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-t j POSTAL CONTENTION
THE UNITED STATES OF.AMERICA
Volte 'states -r America
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XFtTBLIC OSALYADOBl
uiw .ash ..- a ' " !-. tii'." )
ot AtItB-l. - i ;n
$!$tid ": j ttt. i ttl:
rAweuhaage of mailashall hereafter .
take place between the- rjaitod State -of
Amarleo and the Repualic af Bmtrmmo
oor oy o-oauary routes.of Ttmwnnr-f
umbihh toiw lstamas ot Manama, -3
wnevnwtwwjep -esn irranoisoo and ffsvasw
saj jkM th Government mt SnlvswlM
to b at th tpAM of Mm tragspmmw.
sx thareo -iitti "rnrra sml Saw
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COLONIAL
tfOVERMENT
ZEALAND.: .
OP.' NEW
thereunto
respective
upon the
The nndersigned, being
duly1 autbensed by the.r
governments, have agreed
following articles establishing and reg
ulating an exenaageor eorresponaenee
between tbo' United States of America
and the colony of New Zealand. -'
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; ;i'ATtOt I.' : V. ' "' '
There shall bean exebsnge of cor
respondence between tbe United Statea
of America and New Zealand, by means
of the direct ,! line of i colon fal , mall
packets plying between-San Francisco
and aaid oolony, as wellns by such
other mean of. direct mall steamablpr
tratnortation between Vni United
Slate and Now Zealand as shall Jnro
nftnrihsj MlnbHeJiodv lthhej appravnl
of .ha tospectivo Post Depattmeata of
thitwsxonrief, sMrmpvuinf testcts,
neMBen. l austvMlntBSlmitwr of
very kind, origins ting in either eoa
try, as well as correspondence in closed
ri(iaHBs; is jinrsmna ana
destined for foreira eonntriaa hw wit
f n-iwmt e? ,
; -t 4.Mf fft 11:4 ntwi olatfH c
The post offices of New York, Boston
and Sao Francisco shall be the Lniied"
States offices of exchange, and Auk. '
land and Wellington tbe tffies of ex-
ibaogeof tbe colony of New Zealand,
tor all mails transmitted . under this ar
raogement.
The single rate of international let
ter postage shall be twelve cents in tbe
Unitnd States, and sixpence In New
Zealand, on each letter weighing half
an ounce or less, and an additional ,
rate of twelve cents (six pence) for
each additional weight of half an ounce
or fraction thereof, which shall, in all
cues, be ' prepaid at least one single
rate, by means of postage stamps, at
he office of mailing in either country.
Letters unpaid or prepaid less than oue
full rate of postage shall not be for
warded, but insufficiently paid letters
on which a ' single rate or more has
been prepaid shall be forwarded, and
charged with the deficient postage to
be collected and retained by tbe Post
Department of tbe country of destina
tion. Letters fully prepaid, received
in either country from the other, shall
re delivered free of all charge what
ever.
Tbe United States post office shall
levy and collect to its own use, on
newspapers addressed to or receivea
from New Zealand, a postage charge
of two cents : and on all other articles
of printed matter addressed to or re
ceived trom I4w Zealand, a postage
Charge of four cents per each weight
Of four ounces or traction of four
ounces.
Tne post effice of New Zealand snail
levy and collect to its own use, on
newspapers and others articles or
printed matter, addressed, to or re
el ved from tbe united states, tne reg
ular rates of domestic postage charges
vbie thereon by the laws and regula
tions of tbe colony of New Zealand.
Newspapers and all other Kinds or
printed matter are to be subject to the
laws and regulations of each country
respectively, in regard to their liability
to be rated with letter-postage, wnen
containing written matter, or for any
other cause specified in said laws and
regulations, as well as in regard to
their liability to custom duty under
the revenue laws.
Article IV.
The United States office engage to
transmit through the United States, as
well as the conveyance by United
States mail packets, of the correspon
dence in closed mails which the New
Zealeand post office may desire to trans,
mit via tbe United States to British
Colombia, the British North American
Provinces, tbe West Indies, Mexico,
Central and Sooth American, and at
the following rates of United Spates
transit-posies-, vis :
For the United States territorial
transit of closed mails from New Zea
land Sot British Columbia or oiher
British North American Provinces,
Mexico, Central and South America,
or the West India Inlands, when trans
mitted by sea, , .wenly-five cents per
ounce for letter mails, and twenty cents
per pound for all kinds of printed
matter.
The New Zealand post office shall
render an account to the United Slates
post office, upon letter-bills to accom
pany each mail, of the weight of tbe
letters, and also of tbe printed matter
contained in such closed mails for
warded to tbe Uuit.d States for trans
mission to either of the above-named
countries and colonies ; and tbe ac
counts arising between tbe two offices
on this class of correspondence shall
be stated, adjusted and settled quar
terly, and the amounts of the United
Slates charges found due on such
closed mails shall r be promptly paid
over to tbe United States post office,
in such manner as the Postmaster Gen
eral of the United States shall pre
scribe, j . ., !,;-
Articls V.
Prepaid letter from foreign coun
tries received in and forwarded from
the United States to New Zealand, shall
bo delivered in said colony free of all
charges whatsoever, and letter re
ceived in New Zealand from the United
Statea addressed to New South Wales,
or Australia, will be forwarded to des
tination, subject to the same conditions
as are applicable to correspondence
originating in New Zealand and ad
dressed to those countries.
" 'Abticlb VI.
In tbe event of any of the Austra
lian colonies not agreeing with New
Zealeand to contribute to tbe mainten
ance of line of mail packet plying between-New
Zealand and the United
States of America, and ' subsidized by
New- Zealand,' the New Zealand post
office may require tbe United State
post office not to forward by snch sub-,
sidized packet any mails, letters, new
papers, or other articles addressed to
such colony, and tbe New Zealand post
office may refuse to transmit co their'
destination all mails, 'letters, newspa--per
or other printed matter addressed
to such soloey, -and received in New4
Zealand from tbe United State by such
sabsidised packets, and may refuse to
forward ttf their destination by such
subsidised packets,' aft mails,' letters,
newspapers, or other printed matter
received in New Zealand from such
colony ad addressed to the United
States of America, or otherwise.
;'t ? n ABTICbB VII..
f ti''H hi'' S
The two Poet : Departments may by
mutual agrnementprjvide for the trans
mission of registered aniclts in tbe
mails exchanged between the two
countries. .,sst V vwisv 16
i The register fee shall be ten cene
Ibr each artle in the- Uatted Slates, and
in New Zealand.
Abticlb IX.
Eveny fully prepaid leUerdlspatcbed
from one country to the 0lhe shall be
plainly stamped aiih tbe worts "Paid
ali" in; red in, on the riibt-baod.
upper corner of tbe address.'in addition
to thf date stamp of tbe office at wbicb
it was posted j and on Insufficiently
paid letters the amount of the deficient
postage shall be inscribed in black ink.
Abticlb X.. - . ;.
Dead leters, , which cannot be deliv
ered from whatever cause, shall be mu
tually returned . without charge,
monthly, or as frequently as the regula
tions of, the , respective offices .will
permit. , . - ..,..,'
Abticlb XI. ' ' "
This convention shall come into
operation on tbe first day of December,
1870, and shall be terminable at any
time, on a notice by either office of six
months.'
Done In duplicate and signed in
Washington, tbe fifth day of October,
one ' thousand eight hundred and
seventy, and in Wellington, New Zea
land, on the third day of August, in
tbe same' year.
sal JNO. A. J. CRESSWELL,
Potttiuuter Gen' I of the United Statet.
seal r JULIUS LOYD.
Jfoetmatter Gen' I of New Zealand,
I approve the foregoing convention,
and in testimony thereof I have caused
the seal of the United States to be
affixed.
U. S. GRANT.
By the President :
sbal Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State-
Washington,' October 5, 187 0
POSTAL, CONVENTION.
The United States of America and
bis Mxjeety tbe Emperor of Brazil, be
ing desirous to promote the frieodlv
I relations existing between their respec
tive citizens and subjects, by placing
the communications by post between
tbe two countries upon an advanta
geous foong, have resolved to con
clude a convention for tbis purpose,
and have named as their plenipotenti
aries that is to say
Tbe Pre-i0ot of the United States,
Henry T Blow, a citizen of the United
Statea, their envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary near the court
of his Imperial Mjiy.
HisMojeety tbe Emperor of Brazil,
tbe mart illustrious and most excellent
Joao Manricio Wanderly, Baron of Co
tegipe, Senator and. Grandee of tbe
Empire, member of bis concil, com
mander of bis Order of tbe . Rose,
Minister and Secretary of State for tbe
Marine Department in cba-ge. of the
foreign nffiirs, ic ; who, after having
aommunicated to each other their res
pective lull powers, found iu good and
due form, hare agreed upon and con
cluded the following articles :
Abticlb I. . :
An exchange of correspondence will
hereofter take place between tbe United
States of America and tbe Empire of
Brazil by means Ol tbe line of mail
packets, rubsidized by tbe respective
governments plying monthly between
the port of New York and tbe porte of
St. Thomas, in the West Indies and
Para, Pernambuco, Babia, Rio de Ja
neiro, in Brazil, as well a by such
other means of transportation between
tbe two countries as Uall hereafter be
established with the approval ef tbe
respective Pott Departments of ibe
United States and Brazil ; and this cor
respondence shall embrace t - ' '
1st. Letters and manuscripts subject
by the laws ot either country to letter
rates of postage.
2d. Newspapers and print ef all
kinds, in sheets, in pamphlets, and in
book, sheets of music, engravings,
litbogiapbs, photographs, drawing,
maps and plans and such correspon
dence may be exchanged, whether
originating in either of said countries,
and destined for the other, or origin
ating in or destined for foreign coun
tries to which they may respectively
serve as intermediaries.
.Abticlb II. v
1st. Tbe pste to be cbarsred and
collected in the .United Slates on each
letter or manuscript suliject to letter
postage, mailed iu the Doited States.
and Hddreeeedv to any place in the Em
pn of Bres.laball.be fifteen: (IS)
taut, uaiteo oleles correnry, pereacb
weiftu. ot is grammes or fraction of 15
grammes, and tbe postage to be
charged and collected in Brazil on
each letter or manuscript, subject to
letter postage, manea In Brazil, and
addressed to any place in tbe United
Smes shall be three hundred reis,
Brazilian currency ; the same to be
in each case, in lull of - all charges
whatever to the place of destination in
either country. ,4 ,4 ..-,
2d. On all other eorreepeodene
mentioned is tbe second paragraph of
tne nret article, mere snarl oe cbareed
and collected by tbe dispatching coun
try snch rates of ioland postage as are
now, or may hereafter be, established
by. its laws, for domestic correspon
dence ot tne same class ; and in ad
rtition thereto, a . sea-rate ot one cent
United States currency (or its equiva
lent in tbe currency of Brazil) on each
newspaper, and .for each weight of
thirty grammes or fraction of thjrty
grommes of other-' primed adatter,
sheets of music, engravings, litho:
graphs, pbotograps, drawings, maps
and plans, wbicb inland and sea post
age shall be combined into one rale,
and tbe payment thereof certified by
tbe stamp of the dispatching office.
In lice manner,- on newspapers,
prints of all kinds,- and' other articles
of mailable matter (except letters) r-
cetved in either country from tbe other,
there shall be charged and collected at
tbe office-of delivery in the receiving
country such rates ot Inland postage as
am now, or may hereafter be, establish
ed for domestic correspondence ot. tbe
same class by,.he law of each country
respectively. ,
Except as above, no charge whatever
shall o levied in. toe couotry in wblcn
international letter, newspapers, fco.,
are delivered., ;... v.- ,-.- . ;
. , .Newspapers and otber correspon
dence, mentioned iu the second para
graph of tbe first article, aball be sent
in narrow bands or covers, open at tbe
sides or ends, so that tbey my be eas
ily examined, and shall be . su ject to
tbe laws and regulations of tbe dis
patching couotry in regard to their
liability to be rated with tetter postage
when containing written matter, or fur
any otber cause specified in said laws
and regulations.
Neither Post Department sball be re
qnired to deliver any, .erticisj irwi.
in the mails, tbe circulation of whiok
ball be prohibited by ibe laws in fbro
in -the country ot uy nation.
Abticlb XI,
The two Post Departments may by
tofft&e! . agreement irovldoT for' itho
transmfjiion or regfstsrea articles rsj
tbe mails exchanged between tbe two
countries. --i r A'l T ' '. '
The register fee for each article shall
be ten ceots to th United State, and
two hundred (200) reis in Brazil.
Aavicin XII-
Tbe two Post Department shall set
tle, by -agreement- between tbn, all
meat urea of detail and arrongemeat
reouired to earrv tbis convention into
execution., and may neodrfy the same in
like manner, from trm to time, as toe
exigencies of the .service may require.
Abticlb XI II. '"
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This convention shall take effect from
a day to be fixed by the tww Post De
partments, and sball continue In force
until annulled Ay mutual 'Consent, or
until one year from date of 'notice given
by one of the departments to' the other
of iu desire to terminate the same.
, Abticlb XIV. ' T
The nreeent oonvention shall be rat
ified, and tbe ratifications sball be ex
changed at . Rio de Janeiro, as soon a
poMiblev !!..' "
. Ia witness whereof tbo respective
pleaipotentiarles have signed and seal
d tbe same. -' .','. '' '. '
Done in tbe dtr of Rio de Janeiro,
hl fourteenth day of the, month of
March, in tbe tbe year ot OUT juora one
thousand eight hundred end seventy.
LBALl . HENRY T. BLOW,!' !
ssal BARAO ss COTEGIPE.
i.t K Abticlb V.
Letters and cemmunications in man
uabript, which trom any other came
cannot be delivered In their address,
after the expiration of a proper period
to effect their delivery, shall be recip
rocally returned every month, nnopen
d and without charge, to the Pott
Office Department of tbe dLpatcbicg
country ; but newspapers and all other
articles of printed mater shall not be
returned, but remain at tbe disposal. of
tbe receiving omce.
Letters erroneously transmitted, or
wrongly addressed, sball be promptly
returned to tbe dispatching omce
:'.;.- -' Abticlb VI.'1
Tbe govetnmetits of tbe United
States and Brazil reciprocally grant to
each other tbe privilege of a free trans
fer of closed mails in tbe ports and
harbors ot tbe respective coontrie,
from one vessel to another, In continu
ance ot their conveyance to destination
ABTKLB ; VIL f '; -
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Tbe Post Department of the United
Stales and of Brazil shall establish by
agreement, and in conformity with tbe
arrangement in force at the time, tbe
conditions spon which tbe two offices
may exchange-in open. mails, tbecor
respondence originating In or destined
to other countriea to', which tbey may
respectively serve as intermediaries
but such corre-poodence shall only be
charged with tbe international postage
established by tbis convention, an
mented by the postage rates in force
between tbe forwarding couotry and
the country of destination, and any
otber tax for exterior service.
Tbe two f ost Uepsrtmeot are mn
tually to furnish each otber with lists
stating the foreign countries to which
the foeigo postage, and the amounts
thereof, must absolutely be prepaid
or can be left unpaid ; and until such
lists are furnished, neither country is
to mail to tbe other correspondence
tor foreign countries .beyond. to couo'
try to wbiob tbe mail is sent.
Correspondence of this class must
be accompanied, by a'letter-bill from
tbe dispatching exchange office, speci
fying the amount due thereon to each
office, and the receiving exchange office
shall return by tbe next post tq the
dressed to the corresponding office of ' t"t. a
exchange i r: knowledgement of receipt and vexifica-
The tea Post tWrtmnnta' " at ! thereof, hich letter-bill and ao
knowledgement of recipt sball serve
New Tork shall be tbe office of ex
chsngeon the side of the United States,
and Para, Bahia, Pernambuco, and
Rio de Janeiro , shall be the office of
exchange on tbe side of Brazil for all
mails transmitted between the two
countries under this arrangement, and
all mail, matter tranamitted ia either
direction between the respective office
of exebauge, sball be . forwarded in
closed bags or pouches under seal, ad
may . at
of. said
Tbe two Post Department
any time discontinue either
office of exchange or establish other.
' r'"; ""I .. Abxiclb III.
. ,ttCB) y III.
i Th two Port Dprtments shall set
tla bv agreement . between:-tham. all
measurer' of detail and arrangement
reqnlrbd to carry tbi: convention into
execution, and may modify tbe same
in dUta sMaaer from - titan to time, -tbe
ezigii9f jof th ervjea taay xe-
ura.
1 The standard weight for. the single
rate ot postage. and rule f progre.
; sion shall be t . , , , - . ;..-- r-
' 1st. For letter or manuscript subject
' to letter rate of posuge -15 gramme.
2d. For other correspondence, men
. tiooed In the second paragraph of the
first article, ' that - which each -depart-i
ment shall adopt for. tbe mail wbicb
i it diipatcbe to the other, adapted to
the convenience and habit of .itsinte
; rior administration. , , . ? ....
i ,B.ut each, office shall give Botlce to
the .other .of the. standard . weight it
' adopts, and of any subsequent change
j thereof.' rTJb weight stated by ..the
i dispatching office shall always be ac
cepted, except ..in cases oi saaniroat
errors. tc, iw r-jossc.ii's:
Abticlb If,
; No account . shall bo' kept between
the Poet 0Aee Department ofv sbotwei
countriea on the Uttrotionl! corres
pondence, . wrtttes r printed, eaH
changed s .between- 'tbemr bnt aacb
country ekU lvy, ollect, aad aetata
ta it awa ttaa vha foUavinf; yaataga
ohargaaJlt
1 .
in the . settlement ot ac
counts. The acceuuts to be kept be
tween tbe. two department. upon tbis
class of correspondence shall be stated
quarterly, transmitted. , and verified as
speedily a practicable, and the bal
ance found d u a ah all be paid promptly
to tbe creditor office under. such regu
lation 'as the respective Post Depart
ment may from time to time prescribe.
- ' AaneLB -VII1V ri .!:'.
Letter and 'other correspondence orig
inating la foreign countries, and, ad
dressed to tbe United 8tates or to Bra.
ill, respectively, on,, which the th tot
efgn and international postage charge
are dully prepaid, ahall, when, tor.
warded through the mail , of either
country to the other, be delivered ia
the country of estiuaUon free of ali
.. j twt di ts
'"'to '';iAaTnctarljK
i Th official correspondence between
each ,goerameat and iu legation neaxi
toe olber, mA that ot tbe, tetMv who
tbe former, haU beeonveyea to im
destination (ra,jf postage, and with
all the precautions which the two gov.
eramenU atay find aecaaaaxjis.lM ss
aa aai
Post Orrcs DsrRTiizT,
Washington, May 9, 1870.
Having examined and considered the
foregoing article of a postal conven
tion between tne united staiee oi
America and '.be Empire of Brazil,
which were agreed npon and signed In
the city of Rio de Janeiro on tbe four
teeotb day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and eeventy, by Bon. jieory
T. Blow, V- S. Minister to Brazil, act
ing ia behalf of, and under instructions -from,
this department, aad by His Ex
cellency Baron dn Cotegipe, Miaieter
aad Secretary of State ton the Marin
Department ot Brazil, in cnargo or me
foreign affairs. Ac., tbe same are by
me hereby ; ratified and approved, by
and with tbe advie and consent Ot tb
President of tbe United Slate.
. In wiiness whereof I have caused the
seal of the Poet Oxftce department o
be kereunt affixed, with nry signature.
the day and year above written. ' " .
sba'lI JNO A, J. CRESSWELL.
" ' , Poetmutter General U. S. ,
II ;- " '. l.'SMil BJ.i
I hereby approve the' foregoing1 Con
vention, and in testimony thereof I
have cansei the seal .of the United
States to be affixed. ' , .
ssal U. S. GRANT. '
By ibe President t.i'i
Bamilto Fish,
. Stcrttary of State.
WashingtonMay ?f .';; J, ,
; Translation. l r-m u:.
We, Don Pedro II, Constitutional
Emperor and Perpetual Defender of
Brazil, Ac, make kaown to all those
who sball see tbis letter of confirma
tion, approval and ratification, that oa
The" fourteenth day of tbe month of
March, of tbe current year on thou
sand eight hundred, and seventy, there
was eoncladed and signed at tbis court
between . ps and His Excellency the
President of tb United States of
Ameries, by tbe respective plenipoten
tiaries, endowed with. full powers, a
postal convention.
The same convention beiag presented
to ns, and all - therein contained being
seen, considered ' aad examined by as,
we approve, ratify and ' confirm tha
same, in th whole, as la each of its
at tides and stipulations, aad by tbe
present we pronounce it firm and valid
and of fall., effect, promising by th
imperial . wd aad faith to fulfill it
aad to bav it fulfilled and observed la,
every passible manner. - i.se -e u
. In taiioKsy". whieh w bave
cansed to be prepared tbe -'following'
letter, sigoed . by us, sealed by tbe
great seal of the arms ' of the empire,
and. attested by our Minister. tad Sec
retary of 8iater undersigned... , -tJ
Given at the pabaof ( Rio da Jan-.
eiro, on tae tweaty-etgbtb day at tba
month of - Jane,' nf the year t oar
Lord Jesus Christ- an thousand sight
haadrai aadaeventy - ' '
PEDRO, Emperor -
; . ""I" ' -
Viscocbt Da Habobalt.
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5 -f.j,d
tSSs6LtTI0I OP GSNERAL NA j
i ' iTCR.X-V6l. ,
JoinfResolation to'eorreet:an error
In tb enrollment of the law In relation
to tbe pay of grand and petgj jarors.
B it rttoUtd oy tfie Senate and' Bout
i Jgefreetivear4f thf ; Unitod. Sumaf.X
I of A" I AemUed
I est: ., ei tsfa
t.i " '- Vj A'-t-'h:t
; That the third seetioa of tha netap
proved Jaly fifteenth, elgbte)n bun-
itMSl AmM anssrii. K'tm BeovtsW fb thd
compeeaatien of grand and fMWjatWrf !
ikbe circaii ana aisinet conum ertst -j
United Statea, and fbr atbei'.l.arr-'-'V
and tha .sd .Tahrb:rpMY
,i i
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i.
t , TT'flt-"V. "?"fWe
by mistake. j?;ai-.U
T - a snea Tasjav.
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