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Supplement No. 13. OREGON STATESMAN. rOFFICIAL.j LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. PASSED AT THB SKC0SD Session OF THE FOR TY -SEC0SD CONGRESS. Convention between the General Post office of the United States of America and the General Postoffice of the Uni ted Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The general postoffice of Ibe United States of America and tlie general postoffice of the United Kingdom ami Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous of establishing an ex change of monev-orders between the two countries, the undersigned, duly authorized for that rturpne, nave agreed npon the fol i, towing articles: Article L There shal 1 be a regular exchange of money order between the twocotintries. The max imum of each order is tixed at tea pounds sterling when issued In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, aud when Is sued in the Inied Sales, at tiny dollars Id the national paper currency of the latter country. Article II. The British postnffice shall have power to llx the rates of commission on all money orders issued in the United Kingdom, ami the United State postnfflce shall have the same power In regard to all mouey-orders issued in the United Mates. Each office shall com municate to the other Its tariff of charges or rates of commission which shall be established under this convent ion, and these rates shall, in all cases, lie paid in advance by the remit ter, aud shall not. In anv event, be repay able. It is understood, moreover, that each office Is authorized to suspend, temporarily, the exchange of money-orders In case the course of exchange or any othercircumstance should give rise to abuses or cause detriment to the poJtai revenue. ARTICLE III. Each countrv shall keep the commission charged ou all money-orders issued within it, but shall pav to the oiber country one per cent, on the "total amount of such orders. Article IV. Xo money-order shall Include a fractional part of a penny or cent Article T. The service of the postal money-order sys tem between the two countries shall be per formed exclusively by the agency of offices of exchange. On the part of the United States, the office of exchange shall be New York, and on the part of theUnlted Kingdom, London. Al.TICLE VI. JfAny person in the United States desiring to remit to the United Kingdom a sum of money within the limits prescribed by Article I., may pav H into anv postoffice in the Untied States designated for such purpose from time to time, bv the postmaster-general of that country. Such person shall, at the same time, give the name and address of the per son to whom the amount is to be paid in the United Kingdom, aud bis own name and ad dress. Any person In theUnlted Kingdom desiring ta remit to the United States a sum of money within the same limits, mav pay it into any money-order office of the United Kingdom, giving at the same time the name and exact address of the person to wnoni tlie amount is to be paid in the United Stales, and his own name and address. The receiving postmaster in either country shall, in accordance w ith the rules established by his postal administration, notify every every such laynient to the despatching ex change office. The postmaster of New York, upon receipt of every iioiitl. allon i f that kind, shall make out and forward to the payee nl the United Kingdom a moiieyon!er payable in sterling at tlie itosioilice inihatcouuiry designated by the remitter of the order, it being uuderltood that the monev-orders so remitted shall be em, iu the first Instance, to tin) outroller of the money-order office in London, and shall not be subject to postage. ARTICLE VIL By every mall the exchange office of each country shall send to the exchange office of jne otner country a ceruneu list 01 sums ray ab!e In that country, and received since the despatch of the previous list. As soon as anv such list shall have reached the New ork office and been verified, this office shall make out inland money-orders m favor of the iiavees for the amount specified In the list, and "shall promptly forward ihem to the payees or to the laving office, in con formity with the regulations existing in the Uuited Stales, for the payment of money orders. The list forwarded to the United Kingpom shall le accompanied by the relative letters of advice of the orders entered therein, to gether with the orders themselves, as already settled in Article VI. Afiereomiwrtson with the list, the advices shall lie despatched to the offices drawn upon, and the letters ln r losing the orders posied for delivery. The lists, by means of which ach office of exchange communicates wtih the other, shall be according to the Forms A and B, annexed. Article VIII. The lists despatched from each olBee of exchange shall be numbered consecutively, "commencing wilh No. I. at the beginning of each vear, and the entries also in these Asia shall have consecutive numbers, those In the lists lrom the L'niied Kingdom commencing each calendar mouth with No. I. Of each list despatched from New York, a duplicate sliall lie sent, which duplicate shall, afier Ixlng verified at the British office, be returned to New York. Article IX Should any list fall to be received, In due course, the despatching office shall, on re ceiving information to that effect, transmit without delay a duplicate of the list, duly certified as such. Article X. Each office of exchange shall promptly communicate to the o'her the correction of any simple error which it may discover in the verification of the lists. When the lists shall show irrcgumrl'.les which the receiving office shall not be able to reciity, that office sliall apply for an exp amnion from the desnatcli Ing office: and this explanation shall be al . forded without delay. Article XI. Cnplicate orders shall only be Issued by the postal administration of the country oa which the original orders were drawn, and iu conformity with the regulations established or to be established in that country. Article XII. At the close of each quarter three copies of an account shall be prepared and transmitted by the office at London, exhibiting the bal ance found due on the exchanges of orders dm lna the quarter; which balance, nf.er proper reriflcatlon, shall, if due by the United Slates office, tie paid at Loudon ; but if due by the Brtii-b office, It shall be paid at New ork, and always in the money of the coun try lo which tlie payment Is made. If, pend ing the i-ectlement n't an account, one of the two postal administrations shall ascertain that it owes the other a balance exceedinir one thousand pounds sterling, the indebted. a liniiusiraiion snail promptly remit the ap proximate amount of such " balance to the credit of the other. This account, and the letters which accompany such intermediate remittances, shall be In accordance with the Form U, D and , aunexed to this conven tion. Article XIII. Until the tiro general post offices shall con rent to an alteration, it Is agreed that, in all matters of account relative lo money-orders which shall result from the execution of the present convention, the iound sterling of Great ririiain snail ue eonsiuereo; as equiva lent to four dollar" and eighty-six cents of the gold coin of tlie L ulted spates. Article XIV. Each exchange office shall certify Iu ontmi to the other in amounts designated In the de nominations of the money both of I he des patching and receiving country at the rale of conversion established upon the bais of gold by Article XIII. of this convention. This conversion shall be checked at the receiving office of exchange. Article XV. All payments for money-orders, whether tooroy the public, if not In gold, shall be made to the nearest practicable equivalent. Article XVI. The rslne, In gold coin of the Urited States of depotd's in paper monev made in that coun try for payment in Great Britain, shall be de termined at the exchange office of New York according to the rate of premium on gold on the day of receipt at that office of notification of such depnslis. On the other band, the value. In United States paper currency, ot money-orders certified in the lists sent from the exchange office ot London to the ex acbege office o. New York, shall be deter mined (also at New York; Id accordance wuh the premium on gold on the day or the re adpt cf such lists. Article Iyu Orders which shall not hsr been dsm within twelvecalendar aioti h rroai the mou . a of Issue ball become void, and the mm r reived shall aocrn to, and remain Vt- it-e ii p.al of the country of origto. Th Hrai.a vOfllce shall, therefore, enter to M credit of the Untied Stales In the qttarterlv awonm all money-orders entered in the lists received from the United Slate which it main unpaid at I tie end of the period suvllletl. On the other baud, the Untied States office qall. at the c lose of each month, transmit to be British office, for entry tn the quarterly account, a detailed rtatement of all orders Included in tha lists despatched from the lat ter office, which, under ibis article, become void. ARTICLE XVIII. 'Repayment of orders to remitters shall not ha made until an authorization for such re wvreet shall first nave been obtained bv the country of issue fr -m tbeoountry where such orders were cava hie. and the amonnta of tha repaid orders shall be duly crediied to the former country In the quarterly account. It is the Tjrovince of each postal administration to determine the manner in which repayment to tne remitter is to ue maue. ARTICLE XIX. TliP -r'fl'ili"'.' ' . other snail be snbteer, as regards payment, te the regulations which govern the payment nl inland orders of the country on which they are drawn. Article XX. The general imstofflce in each country shall he aiitin rtzed to adopt any additional rules (if not repugnant lo the foregoing) for the great er security against fraud, or for the better w . x,lng of the system generally. All such additional rules, however, must be pronqitlv communicated to the postoffice of the other country. Article XXL The present convention shall take efleci on the first dav of October next, and shall con tinue In furhe until twelve months after the dale at which one of the contracting parties sliall have notified to the other Us Intention to terminate It. Done In diiplicrte and signed tn London on tlie thirtieth day of June, ih the vear of our Kurd one thousand eight hundred and seventr one, and In Washington on twenty-seventh lay of July, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sevenlv-one. fsr.AL.) JNO. A. J. CKESWELL, Postmaster General of the United States. SBAL.l W. MONSELL, Her Majesty's Postmaster-General. I hereby approve the aforegolngconvontlon, and In testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. 8EAL. U.S. GHAJfl. By the President : Hamilton fish. Secretary of State. Washington, July 27, 187L BlJJIirnsjI 3 -uapjo etquiaady o rtai 8utjioTo; tn praj 'OUSSl JO XfelA UI ptSJ 'laatalwl jo ad irfuoiu qstjiig tn jauouty o 'A o u o pjtufl m upjo jo sripj .isp no pioji uo uniicueaj itJor r3X I dtaOz Jo 9)V(I 1 XouAixno .bis p I Htnl at Japjo jo juaomy I ssajppv s aurnx; ssajppy 8tu ajqtiAWl 3Joq.ti aorrjQ japao 'Suo Surasst ooujq jopjo prutSuo jo sV(i j.ipjo rsniiluo jo jatiranx aspao Buoi)ti jsjut jo jjtitnna uuno r . . fiunriwT! monev-orders from No .v. . stveecei&thnh. The said list was found to be correct, with the following exceptions : A I am, Fir, j our obedient servant. St R : I have examined thir hir"hsrrff TO THE POSTMASTER Honey -order Exchange LIBT OF MONEY-ORDERS ISSUED AND PAYABLE IX THE I J. o a . Si 3 ni C3.JS 1-st jspjo-omoq jo H m jspio 40 pio8wjJB psjraa m japao e -a "mop8trrg -raj uj p3A;393j if 3 Z e t- M K k, O M 3 k fc. c t I c 5 aoasp -issu jotwirj 'u'sd nri jo etnrti jnj s. il aoap -na jo oI J 3 SI lb 6 doss; japao rnrfSjjo jepjo-Aa norn po3uo jo Joqurax a, 1 -japjo pniorjKU ;-aut jo jaqconn List No. - Stamp of New York Office. Sir : I have 'the honor te transmit io you herewith, in duplicate, a list containing a'de talled statement of the turns received in the United Slates since my last despatch (Lit No. ) fir orders payable lo Great Britain and Ireland, amounting in the aggregate to . Be pleased to examine, complete and return to me the original copy of this list, with your acknowledgement of iu receipt indorsed thereon. I am, respectfully. Your obedient servant. Postmaster. New York. To the Controller Money-order Office, London. i Money -order Office, London, , 187- Office, New York. Controller. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IMTED STSTES. inijsru-jjr oorijfj pans j.quinv; tirsv jo enpi p janonry 9?18 ijtraoa jo oogjQ jo 9)d naxtuj Account of the excliauge of Money-orders between the United Kingdom and the United States during tlie quarter ended 187. ORDERS ISSUED BY TBE BRITISH OFFOE. Dale of list. Numbers of the international orders. Total amt. of each list. o From To S. 1. Total. Jjpjo Jo ijquuix aTlJOiWHI Jen jojaquroN 3 'X o J r. a H a ' I I 3 I X juapjojoaaqmnx I 2 jsji jo aja WI jo laqtanx o i s U H H r, I I is jopjo IBUOtlBIt a)u jo jaqtaux Jtj0 91a o . 1l jH jo aaqmnx 15 C C il 2 s il i g !- z jaruo iuol I1"1 J91U1 jo zaquin J91 jo BjttfT I JSJI jo jsqtunx ! BALANCE- To Crecit or British Offick. Dolls. Cts. Amount of international orders issued in the Unit ed States One per cont. on amount of such issue Amount of void orders of British issue as per table. Amount of international orders reoftid in United Kingdom as per table....! Total . Converted into sterling... United States credits to be deducted. Balance to credit of Brit ish office Paid on account by the office of United States- Dates. Amounts. d. Balrnce remaining.. The within, acconnt exhibits a total hal- anceof. whwh. after dedction of the payments on account as therein stated, leaves a balance remaining of. due the.... ....office. (Signature of proper accounting officer of the British office. The ahnr statement of scormt is acoeriteo: with a balance of. due the office. Auditor of the Treasury for the rost-offloe LVnartmrnt. WASUINCiTON 187... The pavmont on account of havinjr lie-n rr.--lp e I by special vouchers, the re- Orders uhued by tub United States Office. Date of list Total amount of each list. IDollarsi (Jem. -3 TO THE CREDIT OF T1IF U. S. OFFICE. Amount of international orders issued in the United Kingdom One per cent, on amount of such issue Amount of Toid orders of U. S. issue, per table. Amount of international ordeas repaid in U. S.as per tabic. Total. Converted into dollars British Cr. to deducted... Balance to credit United Ltates office Paid on account by thei office of Great Britain.... Dates. Amounts. X. Balance remaining... 5. acknowledged. J 187. Xo.. Moset-Okder Oifict London , 1S7-. Sir: The l!ts of international money or ders which the exchange office' hss from to , 187. ..amounting to the pom ii eqtuii to a The lists transmitted by the New York office of the.." offi ce miring tlie same period, amounting to Difference f On account of which the British office has already paid the following tunas, viz.: S s $ $ -18 . -lti . -ia . Difference remaining $ In accordance wi;h the terms of Article VII. of the convention of , a bill of ax change on New York for is herewith I ran Milium, the receipt of which vou will be pleased to acknowledge in due loriu. To the Postmaster-General of the United Stales, Washington. No. .. Postoffice Jjei-ajctment, Washington, D. C, ,18 . Sir: The list of international monev-orders which the exchange ollice of New York lias transmitted lo the, exchange office of.... from lo7.., amount of the sum of $ , equal to X. The lists transmitted by tlieX excliange office to the New York office during tlie banie period, amounting toX Difference X On account of which the Unit ed States office has already paid the following sums: -18. . . . -18. . . . -IS. . . . Difference remaining lu accordance wllh the terms of Article VII ot the convention ot. , la.., a bill of ex change on London for is herewith Iran-muled, the receipt of which you will be pioasod to acknowledge lu due form. fetipci iiitoiiilcut Money-ordf r otlice. To the Posiuiaslor-Gcueral, Ac Loudon, England. 4c, Vvuvrntion for the R yvlatiun of the Vustal JtUt-rcourae tx-twem tiv I'nitril Stall t uf Anterica antl the Kinydum of Dewmurk. The Post Depart ment of the Uuited Stales ol America and the liani-h Post leiartinent have agreeil hihii employing the steamers in regular service between their terriiorie". as well as the steamers eiiKageii between Ham burg and lirenieii on the one side, and Ameri can ports on the other, in order to establish an Immediate excliange of mails, ami have, for that purpose, consented lo the following attic les : ARTICLE. I. There shalt 1 an immediate exchange of correspondence bo! ween the United States of America and Denmark by means of the t-ald steamers, and ihiM corresiioudeuce shall em brace letters, newsipers, bok-iackets, prints of all kinds, (comprising majis, plans, engravings drawings, photographs, litho graphs, and all other like productions of like .productions of mechanical procsses, sheets of music, Ac.,) and patterns or samples of merchandise: and such corresndenc mav 1 exchanged, whether originating in either of sre said count rles. or originating in countries to which thi'oe may respectively serve as in termediaries. AKTICLE IL The exchange of correspondence shall take place between the stottlces to be hereinafier "le.-Ignateii by tue two post departments; but either of the two ollices so de-lgnated may at any time be di'outlniied, and ottiers estab lished by mutual consent. AKTICLE III. The United States office shall make Its own arrangements for the dispatch of its mails to Denmark, and In like manner tlie otlice of Denmark shall make its own arrangements for ihe (ll-'palch ol" tin matin to the United Stales. The mails fhall be rectpnV-ally for warded by the regular routes of communica tion hereinbefore mentioned, and each oflVe shall, at its own cot, jiay tiio exiiene of the lnlermeutale fran-fional'ton (-ea and territo rial j of the mails w hich it di-atches to the oilier. It 1 also agreed thai the cost, either in whole or in wrt.iof the iutejiiational tvean and territorial transit of the closed mails ex changed in In k h diriN-fions lietween tlio re- se,:iie I'l-oniler. shall, upon application of enner omce, lie nri uerrayeil ny that one of the two offices which shall havo obtaineii iroin the Internifiiaiies the most fevorable )ieciuilarv terms forsu. hMinveance.aiid any ainottnt so advanced by one lof and on ac count of the other sliall fie promptly reim bursed. AKTICLE IV. The )otage on ordinary letters sent from the United state to I Krnniark, or from lien mark lothe Uniied States, shall lie respect ively twelve (1'2 sMlling rigsmonl, or seven The weight ofa single letter shall not ex cetsl ftuct'ii grammes. For every letter exceeding fifteen grammes Ihero shall ho )iid a single rate of jmsiage l'.r every additional tttteen irrammes or frac tion ot tlfteen irnimtties. 1 lie weight slated by the di-iaiclimg ollice shall always lie ac C4'tee, except In c-isesof manliest error. Tile maximum wight of letters shall be two hundred and lll'ty til: grammes. AKTICLE V. Thr preiiiment of postage nn ordinarv let ters hil lie opaonal. If thev shall i lor wanir I unpaid, or insufficietitlv jiaid, thev hall, in the lirt place, lie charmsl. Iiest ie's ilie umnal iMia-i with an addui'inal postage f rptvttely four 4; cents or six () stil ling riR-moni. and In the last case, besides th.-d. il. icnt postage, with similar additional ltagf. AKTICLE VI. xi all other correspondence in the tlrstjar-ti.-'p meniioned, the rates sliall lie. lor t lie msils li-icheii. that hu h the dispatching nHI.-e -hull adojit, adaisod to the convenience ami halit 01 its interior administration, lint .. h (lice shall gie notice to the other of Itte rale It adopts and of any siilist',tieiit chncge tlii-i isf. Tlie- articles' shall be tor-wanh-l under n-giilallons of tho tiispa'ching iil office, hut aluays Including tlie folluw f lug : y 1. be postage shall he pri'pald If. how- ' ever. Ihe tage 011 thecnrrespoiidonce men tioned tn this article should ii"t Is? wholly preyalil. the said corresponednce shall still be rirwanlslio the place of destination; but it shall. In that case; beside Ihe deticlant post aee. tie chargisl wttli an additional ostage, n.s: ex.-eeillng four !4; cents in the United Stales and six (6, skilling rigsmonl in Den mark. 2. No packi t shall contain anvthlng which sliall ls3 closed against inspivlion, or anv written coiniminlcallon whatever, excel to state from whom and to whom the packet U sent, and the nnnilr and price placed iqion each pattern or sample of merchandise. 3. No cket may excwdtwol'eet in length or one fo.it in any other dimension. 4. Neither offico shall be hoiina to deliver anv article the importation of which mav be prohibited by the laws or regulations of' the countrv niilestlnatinn. 5. The custom duties that mav be chargea ble in each of the two countries mav be levied lor Ihe use of the customs. ARTICLE VII. j Any corresindeike mentioned in Article I may lie reins 'ens I, and Ihe postage c ha rge atile on u. h c.i r-pomleiu-e shall alwavs lie pnstd. Kegtsiereil correspondence shall. In aildninn i, ihe postage, lie suljo-t loan in lerr.atiiHial rwirailon lee not exceodlns. ten In . enl In the United States, and eight iH) -killlinr rlg-mont In Ienmark. aivl this fee shall alwv. he preid. fcich office Is at 1iitiv 10 rti,-- this lee for the malls It dls pA .-tM. F.s. h deisinmeiit shall use its besi 4 vsrilons fr ihe snfe ileliverv of registere'l ,ur.pon.t1-n, e, bin l not irmponsihlc pecu niary f r the h-f fBny niichcorresiiondence. AllTIt I.E VIII. ItTls further agreed that no charge of anr ki ml, or on any account, otherwise than is herein expressly provided, shall be levied or collected In the country of destination on the letters or ot ber corresjKmdeuce exchanged. ARTICLE IX. As to the corresponded,- originating in one eonntry and destined for the other, no account shall take place, and thus the post office of the United fmiei shall retain the whole amount of postage collected In the l'niied Slates npon international paid corres isindencc forwarded to Denmark, and upon International unpaid or insufficient I v paid correspondence received from Donmark: and in like manner the Danish postoffice shall re tain the v, hole amount of postage collected in Denmark upon international paid correspon dence forwarded to the United States, and upon international unpaid or flnsutllclentlv paid correspondence received lrom Hie Unit ed States. However, each of the two departments shall be at liberty to claim acconnt to be set tled when it appears tliat one countrv tor one vear there is levied twenty percent niore than Iheoher. If an account l claimed. It shall be regulated on the following basis : From the total amount of vslage and reg ister fees colloctod by each office on letters, 111)11011 to the total amount of prepaid pontages and register fees on other correspondence which it dispatches, tho dispatching office shall deduct tlie amount required for the con veyance of the mails between the two coun tries, and the amount of the two net sums shall be equall divided between the two offices. The deflcient and additional postages men tioned in Article VI. shsll not be included In Ihe account between the two offices, but. un shared, shall belong to the office by which they are collected. ARTICLE X. The two iost dejiartments shall establish, bv agrremem, and In conlorraity with the ar rangements in force at Ihe time, the condi tions upon which ihe two ollices may mtieut ivelv exchange in open mails theoorrespoad ence originating in or destined to other for eign countries to which they may reciprocally serve as Intermediaries. It Is alws under stood, however .that suchcorrespondeni-eshall only be charged wllh the American-Danish rate, augmented by toe postage due to for eign countries, orta other exterior servke. It is agreed thatbe account or this corres jiondence shall, as fo the international joist ages chargeable oa the same, iw regulated on the basis lueuUooed in te preceding article; but that the extra national postage, or other lax tor exterior service, skaXI be reciprocally accounted for at full rotes. Such charges for laud correspondence to, and for unpaid oor respomleoco from, foreign countries, shall therefore by uroinarily entered on the re sieciive leiter-bills to lite credit of the coun try through which the same Is forwrrded. ARTICLE XL The pot office of Ih Unite I 'ste h ill lie granted the priellege of fransitof closed malls inrotign tne tianisn territorv. exenanren in either direction, to and from Sweilen and Nor way. for a payment of four skilling rigsmont per ttiirtv laoj grammes net weight or letters, and two-thirds skilling rigsmont per forty (40) grammes net weltrht of Drtnts. patterns. and samples of merchandise. Correspond ence exempt iroin postage, letters wnicn can not oe neiivereii. as well as money oruers, shall not be charged with any transit rate. Ibeiprccally, the United States office grants to the office of Denmark the privilege of tran sit of the closed mails exchanged in either di rection between the latter and any country to which the former may serve as intennedl rTi by lis usual means of transportation, w hether on'sea or laud, and the terms of tran sit shall be agreed upon when the exercise of the privilege is required. AKTICLE XII. The postal accounts between the two offices snail be stated and transmitted quarterly, and verltll as speedilv as possible, and the bclancc Ibund due shall be paid iu the coin of the creditor country. ate for the conversion of the monev of countries shall be one dollar for one r , eight v-Dve skilling rigsmont. The tlwo offices shall, however, always be at liber ty to agree upon another rale for the con version. AKTICLE XIII. Any ordluai-pcorresjondence wrouglv ad dressed, or wrouulA sent, sliall without delav and registered corresKindetice of all kinds, as well as ordinary letters nig delivnrable for any other cause than the aforesaid, .within the issue 01 every momn, De mutuaiiv return ed at the expense of the originating office. All oilier correspondence which cannot lie de. livci-ed shall remain at the disposition of the receiving office. If anv returned oorresnondencft shall lie charged with postage debited the office of des tination, the said correspondence shall be re turned for the amount of postage which was originall cbaagud by the uisiaichiug office. ARTICLE XIV. . When, in any port of either country, a clos ed mail is tran'sterrep from one vessel in an other, without any expense to the office of the country where the transfer is made, such tranlea sliall not be subject to any postal charge by one office against the other. ARTICLE XV. Official oomintinicotion between the two of Sees shall not be theorcasiou of any accounts on either side. AKITLE XVI. The two officee sliall bv mutual consent, es tablish the detailed lagulations which the car rying Into execmiou of the articles Included In this convention may revuue. ARTICLE XVIL The present convention shall lie carried in to effect on the ilay on which the two offices shall agree, and shall continue in force until one oLjhe two contracting parties shall have announced lo the other, within the issue ofa calendar year, lte intention to terminate it. ARTICLE XVIH. Tlie present convention is to he ratified.and the radgcaiions are to be exchanged as soou as possible. IKme at Cofienhagen, in duplicate original, this Vih "lay of November, lirf 1, and rt Wash ington this" 1st day of December, 1B71. seal. JNO. A.'J. CKESWELL, Postmaster-General. IstAL.J DANNESKJOLD SAMSOE. I hereby approve the aforegoiDg convention and l'l testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United states to be affixed. SEAL. U. R GRANT, By the President : Hamilton Fish, Secretary of Slate. Washington, December 1, 1H71. TRANSLATION. We. Chri.tain the Ninth, by the grace of ! King o.i lieuuiark. the amlals and Goths Duke of slesvig, llolstein, Siorniaru, liit marsh, l-aiienlsirg, and Oldenburg, have most graciously deigned, on our iart, to ratify the loi'cgoing couvenliou by our signature. Done at our Capital and residence, Copen hagen, on the 2 Kh of Marcli, 187i Under our hand and royal seal, in his Maj esty s iiume. SKAL, : FKEDEKIK, Pnnce Royal, j Countersigned : ' O. D. Kossknokn-Lehn. Detailed Rryulntumx tivrunrire beiu-een the HiXt-ofliee lh iirxvi''nt tfth" I'mt'd States of Anvrieti awl the it-JHw Itejtnrt mntt of Demwirk. fir Ov exTiiIwr uf the ISsxtnl Contention 7md at a.ihtn;tn the 1st day of J e. iu,-r, 171. and at C't yenliayen the lih ihiy of Ji'ijveiiU r, 1S71. AKTICLE 1. The offices f.r.he exchange of tho mail sliall lie: On tlie irt of tlie I niLed states, ill New York: J tiucaeo. tin the pail or lien niari.: 1, Copenhagen!, 2 the travelling of iice lietween Koisoer and Kiel. Tlie exciiange ollices of New York and Chi cago shall make up closed mails hr llio ex change offices of 1 Coieiihagon, 2 the trav elling office bet wirn Koi sner and Kell; and these Danish exciiange offices shall make up ciosea mails lor .Mil l orx aim Ulcago. i t i AKTlt I.E II. I Ea. li mail exchanged lie'. ween the two a'l- mitiistralions shall lie :i.vmiiit:;jed W illi a let- : ler-li.ll. showing ihe stages, Ac accruing . to etu'h office iistn tlie dicrivd kind- o cor- ; re-poiulence. Tlio loini of :us iriter-htll shall follow Ihe models A and 11, hereto an- i nexed, and shall, coiisccu:i e! . is lunnW'ted by the lU-spaiching oihce during ea'ti caien- i darear. The nveiving ollice -ha!: a, know ledge Its receipt by the next di ptneh. Aktici.k III. The exchange offices shall di tide the omt. i re-Kindi'iice whsdi (hey di-)itcii uittia stum ble nuinlsT ol s,'.ii.iU' a. na. -s a-crding to ihe U lter-hlli. he, h ot these pa. kagei shall War the propor cl jiieitc and nnnn'cr corresponding io the :::itr l-t.i. Auin i.F IV. When more than a fli.glo -ra'e is i hri ah'e ' tiioii any any loner or oilier .ir.lc o, u e ini mlier ol rairs to which it is std-ieci .-hull lo iniitcated by iho dispatchleg i lu. v" b a Its'- me In the tipper lett hand corner ot tlie ad- I dress. AKTICLE V. Kezisicred corresiumdcnce shall lie do crilicl in a register- tsi, loiloning the inoiids C'and D, hereto annexed. All registered tellers shall lie enveloped lo gether in a strong paper, socurciv lasicncd. and the packet niscrilM-d with the words "Keg istered' or "Kecominanderet" and placeil iu tlie mall. The hlhnk in the letter-hill for expressing theuumlier ol registered articles shall be till ed by letters and figures expressing the num ber. In cae no registeren ajllcles are sent, Ihe proper blank of lite letier-bill sliall be filled with the word nihil"' or "nil." AKTICLE VI. The registered letters dtsiat. lied shall be acknowledged immediately by the receiving office. If the verification by liie receiving ol lice shall disclose an error of anv kind iudhe regis.er list, it shall also lie by iho first mail notified 5 the dispatching office. AKTICLE MI. All letters exchanged between the tw o offi ces shall Indicate by stamper writing there on, the office of ihe origin, and the unpaid let ters so exchanged shall also lie stamped wdih the name of ihedispiudiing otlice of exchange. Correspondence fully jiaid to destination shall be stanis- i "i'alil all." in the United Stales, and "r raiiko" in Denmark. Kegis.ered articles sliall be stamissl "Keg isteled,', in the United States and "Kecoiu mandercl" In Denmark. Corresjiondence in sufficiently paid shall he stamped "Insuffici ently paid,'' in tlie United states, and "Ulil sraekkeling fiankeret" In Iienmark, and the amount of the deficient postage expressed in figures on the lace. Corresoiideiice dispatched by the direct line between the respective countries shall be stamped "Direct service." or "service direct. When service dispatched via Germany, lu shall bo stamped lo indicate German transit. ARTICLE VIII. ; The two post dejiaitmcnts arc mutually to furnish each other with lists stating the for elgncountrius to which the foreign postage. and amounts thereof, must absolutely prepfiu or can by left uiqiald; and until iich lists are furnished neither country is to mall to the other any correspondence for foreign coun tries In transit through the country to which tbe mail is sent. suce lists sliall also indicate the foreign countries with which registered eorres iiiid- em:e mav be exchanged in tue ojien mails lie tween the respective offices and the condi tions thereof. ARTICLE IX. The respective exchange offices sliall mark in red ink' In the upper leil hand corner of the address of prepain letters fent for transit in the oeu mail, the amount of the )ostage plie for exterior sen" ice to tlie country thro ugh which the same are forwanted, and inthe same manner, but in black ink, seall mark thepmoiint due for postage to the forwarding office upon the tiupaid letters sent id transit. ARTICLE X. i Letters originaUng or destined for foreign countries, sent tn tlie nien malls through Hie United States or through Denmark, and which aro Insufficiently paid, sliall Is) tranv mttted as wholly unpaid, and no account tn keu bolwecu the two administrations of tbe arapovt prepaid: but betters and other cur respondence originating in foreign countries, and addressed to tlio L niled Mates or Den mark, respectively, on which the foreign and and international postage charges are fully paid, shall, when forwarded through the mails of elf ner coudtrp lo the other, lot de livered in the other country of destination free ol charge. ARTICLE XL the letters and all registered articles mu itually returned as not deliverable seal! be ac companied oy a statement exhibiting tne num ber ot ordinary letters, and the number aud addresses nl tlie registered articles so return ed, and the aggregate amount reclaimed there on f mm the tusatchiiig office, which scalo meut sliall be verified and acknowledged as eariyas pracucaiue. The exiHMisc "f transit of unpaid corres- ("iitiism's ii I" 'i'siif,n lTTlTiiii"f"! nv ther ailminlstratlon in closi d mails and which shall he returned to the despatching office as not deliverable, shall he deducted from the original amount charged for transit, npon a declaratiou of the amount by the office drain ing the reduction. No charge will be made bo either adminis tration gor tbe transit of correspondence re turned as not deliverable. f ARTICLE XIL All correspondence wrongly addressed or misscnt shall be returned without delay by the receiving office to tbe exchange office which dispatched it. Tbe receiving office shall also correct correct accordingly, in the col umn of verification, the original entries of tbe letter-bill relating to such correspondence. The articles of a like nature adilressed to per sons who have changed their residence shall be mutually for warded, charged with lae rate that would liave been paid at the first destin ation, or returned for the amouet, if any, or iginally chorged against the receiving office. r ARTICLE XLTJ The dispatchlnS exchange office shall state on the letter-bills to the Intermediate ex change offices the exact number of single rate of letters, or weight if required, and the total weight of the other correspondence, whicn sliall be dispatched In closed mails. ARTICLE XIV. It is understood that the recounts between the two offices shall be establllhed on the re siiective letter-bills In the proper money of the dispatching office; but the international psiages on the unpaid or insufficiently paid loiters sliall he computed in the monev or tbe receiving country. In entering tbe "foreign cearges ou the I enter bill In the money of this disprichlug office, the cent of the 'United Stales aud 1 4-5 skilling of Denmark shall be taken as equivalents. ARTICLE XV. The quarterly accounts shall be prepared ly tlie respective postal administrations, and and shall be basedupon the acknowledgments of receipt. A recapitulation of Ibeseaccounta showing tbe deilultive results alike for the debit rod cretin, shall be prepared in tbe l piled Slates office, and shall be transmitted with the accountson which ii in based, for the examination of the post office of deuiaark. ARTICLE XVI. It Is understood that so long as no accounts are kept between the post office departments ol the two countries ol Die international post ages on tbe coarespondence exchanged be tween them, so much of the proceeding arti cles as relates to tee prepar-aiion aud adjust ment of the jKwtoi accounts sliall not betak en to include or coin promise the international postages in such adjustment. The forms for accounting such iostages sliall be arranged bv mutual agreement when ever eiilier office sliall claim accouuts of the international ostages, to be ke aud settled as provided in article IX. of the conventloe. Bui the amounts of postage, or other tax for exterior service accruing to, or reclaimed bv elther pepartmeut as wellasanvsum or sums advanced by one country lor aud on account ot lee other, shall, nevertheless, be slated and settled quarterly lu tlie mauuer i herein before prescrilasl. ARTICLE XVU. These detailed regulations sliall be ratified on Ihe port ofihe I nited states by the Post-liiMster-Generol, and on ihe part of Denmark by the Koyrl Director-General of Posts. Done at Cojienhagen, In dupllcatejeiiglnal, this ub day of Novemlier, 171, and at Wash ington this 1st day ol December, 1S71. seal. JNO. A.J. CKESWELL, . Postmaster General. SEAL. DANNESKJOLD gAMSOE. CONVENTION" BETWEEN TflK t United States and the German Empire, Respecting Consuls and Trade-Marks. SIUNED PETEMBEK 11, 1871: EXCHANGED Alkil i, 1s72; lroclaimeu jvse l W72. BY THE PBESIDipfTuFTHK UNITED STATE of amekica: A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and the German Empire, relating to tlie rights, privileges, immunities, andkiuiies of Consuls, aud to tlie Protection ol Trade-Marks, was signed at Berlin on tho eleventh day of December, in tho ydar of our lird one thousand eight hundred and seventy one, by their resiective Plenipotentiaries ; And whereas a Protocol thereto Mas signed by ihe said Plenisgenliories on the twenlv unit h day of April last; which Convention and Protocol, lu the English and German languages are, word for word, as follows: The President of the United States of Amerkyi,aad llis Majesty the Emieror of Germany, King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire, led by ihe wish to drflno tlie rights-, privileges, immunities, and duties of Ihe resiective Consular Agents, have agreed tixii the conclusion of a Consular Convention, and for that purpose have ap pointed their Plenipotentiaries, namely: The President of the Unilsi States of America, George Itancroft, Envov Extraor dinary and Minister Pleni potent tarv from the said states, near His Majesty i he E'mperor of Germany ; His Maiesiv the Emerir of Germany, King of Hrussia", Ik-rnard Konlg, His Privy Councillor of Legation, who have agreed t and signed the iollowing articles: Article I. Each of the Contracflng parties agrees to receive from the other Consuls General, Con-sol-. Vice- onsids, and Consular Agents, in a I lis nis ciiies, and places, except those where ii in.iv noi ! convenient lo recrgnize -'s h offi. eis. Tills resorratlon, however, -i itll ii. anpU one of ihn Contracting I'.int.-swi le.tit a' -o applying to every other I'owtl'. 6 Aktii-i.b n. Tiie t on.iiU General. Consuls. Vii-Con-sn . r ji-iitr Agents shall he reclpro cjiIIt re. e.le t and m-nenized, no the pre seicarl ii .. -(.rtr commissions. In the forms mb i-lird ! their rtteoiive countries. Tne i w y exepiat'ir tor the exercise of. i-ieir icrs 'l ! sh.iil be furnished to them tree ol charge, and, on the exhlhitmn of this in-fi-iuiicic. ioey sliall be admitted at once, a p wiihont difficulty, by tbe territorial an-tn-.ii it-. Pish -rnl stale, or communal, Jndi .nl, or cxe ii ive, r the ports, cities, and p a i s f ilit iv residence and district, to the .; i ivuii iit "i the prerogatives reclproi-al'v g auti-l. '.' lie Government that furnishe the eis'utur nsmej tlie right to withdraw th '-a nt on a statement ol ihe reasons for w lu.;ii i. Ii.is liiougtit proper to do so. Article III. The re-ii'ctlve Consuls tneral. Consuls, NU-e-Consit or Consular Airents, as well as their chancellors and secretaries. Khali enjoy in the two countries all privileges, exemp tionc and immunliies which have been trrauiod. or mav in future be granted, to the agents of ihsamo rank of the most favored nation. Coiisiilar officers not being citizens of the country where they are accredited, sh ill onjov, tn the country of their residence, personal iaimunity from" arrest or imprison ment exceit in ihe case of crimes, exemption from military billltlngs and contributions, from military service of every sort, and other public duties, and from all direct or personal or sump: nary taxes, duties, awl contributions, whether Federal, stato or municipal. If, however, the said consu'ar officers are or be come owners of property in the country in which thev reside, or engage in commerce, they shall be subject to ihe same taxes and imposts, and to the same Jitrisdlciion, as citi zens of Ihe country, proierty-h lders, or merchants. But under no circumstances sliall their official Income lie subject to any lax. Consular officers who engage In com merce sha II not plead their consular privil eges to avoid their com menial liabilities, t onsular officers ot eil her character sliall not in an" event be Interfered with in- the exer cise of their official lunctinns. further than is indispensable for Ihe administration of the lawskof the country. Article IV. Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents mav place over tne outer door of their offices, or of their dwell ings, the arms of their nation, with the prop er inscription indicative of their office. Awl tbey may also hoist tbe flag of their ooontrv on their consular edifii-e, except in places where a legation of tbeir country is estab lished. They may also hoist their flag on board any vessel employed by them in port for the dis charge of their duty. AKTKXE V. The consular archivclshall lie at all times Invlolohle, and under no pretence whatever shall the local authorities be allowed to ex amine or seize the papers forming part of them. When, however, a consular officer is engaged in other business, the papers re lating to the consulate sliall be kept in a sep arate enclosure. The offices and dwellings of Consules mlssl who are not citizens of the countrv of their residence shall lie at all times In violable. The local authorities t hall not, except in the case of the pursuit for crimes, tinder any pretext invade them. In no case shall they examine or seize the papers there deposited. In no event sliall those offices or dwellings be used as places ot asylum. Article VI. In the event of tlie death, prevention, or absent of Consuls General. Consuls, ii Cnnsuis, ami Consular Agents, tbeir chan cellors or secretaries, whose official charac ter may have drevlously been mate known to the respective authorities in (iermauv win the United States may Jcmporarllv e'xercse their functions, and, -chile thus acting, Ihev shall euioy all the rights lirerogatives, ami immunliies granted by this convention to the incumbents. Article AIL Consuls General and Consuls mar, with ttm anprnbation of their respective Governments, ajiioint Ttoe-Coosuls and Consular Agents In the cities, ports and places within their con sular jurisdiction. These officers mav be cit izens of Germany, of tbe United States, or any other country. They shall be lurnuhod with a commission by tlie Consul who ap points them and under whose orders they are to act, or by tbe Government of the country which be represents. Ih -y shall enjoy this privileges stipulated tor consular officers k this convention, mi Uoc t to the exceptions specified in Article 111. Article VIII. Consul:. General, Consttle, Vice-Consuls.