GENERAL ORDERS, No. 169. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, November 4, 1904. So much of General Orders, No. 27, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, March 11, 1903, as assigns Fort Independence, Massachusetts, to the Artillery District of Boston is hereby revoked, the post being ungarrisoned and without modern armament. BY ORDER OF THE ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff. F. C. AINSWORTH, The Military Secretary. No. 170. WASHINGTON, November 4, 1904. The following parcels-post convention between the United States of America and Norway is published for the information of all concerned: PARCELS-POST CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND NORWAY. For the purpose of making better postal arrangements between the United States of America and Norway, the undersigned, Henry C. Payne, Postmaster General of the United States of America, and The Director General of Posts of Norway, by virtue of authority vested in them, have agreed upon the following articles for the establishment of a Parcels-Post System of exchanges between the two countries. ARTICLE I. The provisions of this Convention relate only to parcels of mail matter to be exchanged by the system herein provided for, and do not affect the arrangements now existing under the Universal Postal Convention, which will continue as heretofore; and all the agreements hereinafter contained apply exclusively to mails exchanged under these articles, directly between the office of New York, and such other offices within the United States as may be hereafter designated by the Postmaster General of the United States; and the office of Christiania, and such other offices in Norway as may be hereafter designated by the Director General of Posts of Norway. ARTICLE II. There shall be admitted to the mails exchanged under this Convention, articles of merchandise and mail matter-except letters, post I den hensigt at forbedre postforbindelserne mellem Norge og de Forenede Stater i Amerika er undertegnede, den norske Poststyrelse og Henry C. Payne, generalpostmester i de Forenede Stater i Amerika, i henhold til dem meddelt beymyndigelse, kommet overens om fólgende artikler til etablering af en pakkepostudvexling mellem de to lande. ARTIKEL I. Bestemmelserne i denne konvention vedrórer kun postpakker, der udvexles efter det her fastsatte system, og berórer ikke de nugjældende bestemmelser i verdenspost konventionen, hvilke skal vedblive at gjælde som hidtil; alle de i det efterfólgende indeholdte bestemmelser vedrører udelukkende de poster, der i henholdt til disse artikler udvexles direkte mellem Kristiania omkarteringskontor samt de andre postkontorer i Norge, som senere maatte blive bestemt af den norske poststyrelse, og postkontoret i New York samt de andre postkontorer i de Forenede Stater, som senere maatte blive bestemt af general postmesteren i de Forenede Stater. ARTIKEL II. I de poster, der udvexles i henhold til denne Konvention, kan sendes varer og postsager-herfra undtaget breve, besvkort og alleslags skrevne cards and written matter of all sager,-forsaavidt disse forsendelkinds that are admitted under any conditions to the domestic mails of the country of origin, except that no packet must exceed fifty dollars ($50) or its equivalent in value. 4 pounds 6 ounces (or 2 kilograms) in weight, nor the following dimensions: Greatest length in any direction, three feet six inches [105 centimeters); greatest length and girth combined, six feet [180 centimeters]; and must be so wrapped or inclosed as to permit their contents to be easily examined by customs officers and by postmasters duly authorized to do so; and except that the following articles are prohibited: and Publications which violate the copyright laws of the country of destination: poisons. and explosive or inflammable substances; fatty substances; liquids, and those which easily liquefy; confections pastes: live or dead animals. except dead insects and reptiles, when thoroughly dried; fruits and vegetables which easily decompose, and substances which exhale a bad odor: lottery tickets. lottery advertisements or lottery circulars; all obscene or immoral articles: articles which may in any way damage or destroy the mails, or injure the persons handling them. ARTICLE III. A letter or communication of the nature of personal correspondence must not accompany, be written on, or inclosed with any parcel. If such be found, the letter will be placed in the mails if separable, and if the communication be inseparably attached, the whole package will be rejected. If, however, any such should inadvertently be forwarded. the country of destination may collect, on the letter or letters, double rates of postage according to the Universal Postal Convention. ser overhovedet kan sendes i posten indenrigs i udgangslandet. Dog maa ingen pakke overstige i værdi 50 dollars eller tilsvarende belób eller i vegt 2 kilogram [4 pund 6 unzer] og heller ikke overskride fólgende dimensioner: stórste længde i hvilkensomhelst retning 105 centimeter [tre fod sex tommer. engelsk maal], stórste længde og omfang tilsammen 180 centimeter [sex fod, engelsk maal). Pakkernes omslag og indpakning maa være saaledes, at indholdet let kan undersóges af toldfunktionærerne og af de dertil behörig bemyndigede postmestre. Folgende sager kan ikke sendes i pakkeposten: trykte sager, der krænker bestemmelseslandets love om den literære eiendomsret; gifte og explosive eller let antændelige stoffe: fedtstoffe, flydende sager og sager, som let gaaer over i flydende form: sukkertói og konfiturer: levende eller døde dyr med undtagelse af dóde insekter og krybdyr i fuldstændig tôrret stand; frugt og gróntsager, som let gaaer i forraadnelse. ildelugtende sager: lotterisedler, lotteriavertissementer eller lottericirkulærer: alle obscóne eller umoralske sager: gjenstande som pas nogen maade kan beskadige eller ódelægge postforsendelserne eller skade de personer, som behandler dem. ARTIKEL III. Breve eller meddelelser. der har karakter af personlig korrespondance, maa ikke medfólge, skrives udenpaa eller indlægges i nogen pakke. Hvis saadanne findes, vil de, hvis de kan skilles fra pakken, blive lagt i posten: men hvis meddelelsen ikke kan okilles fra pakken, skal hele forsendelsen negtes modtaget. Hvis alligevel en saadan forsendelse ved uagtsomhed skulde blive fremsendt, kan bestemmelslandet opkræve dobbelt porto for brevet eller brevene overensstemmende med verdens postkonventionens bestemmelser. |