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CONVENTION—RUSSIA. FEBURARY 1, 1899. *1871 Convention between the Chziteel States of America and Russia, including Finland, fog the !foecha.nge of Postal Money Orders. The undersigned, CHARLES Emonr SMITH, Postmaster General of _ F"‘”““’>' 1» “""’· the United States, acting by virtue of the authority vested in him by law, and the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs of the Russian J,.,,,m,,.y g m,0_ Empire, under reserve of approval by the competent authorities, have __._L_. concluded the following convention: .ARTI(JLE I.—Emc/Lange. 1. There is established between the United States and Russia, includ- Of,’;gf**"g“ "f M°“°>' ing Finland, a regular exchange of Postal Money Orders. 2. This exchange is to be effected by the ofiioes to be designated by 0i“¤<·¤S- each of the two contracting administrations. · _ 3. These (Emcltange*) Offices shall notify each other, by means of mm lists, of the Orders drawn in each country upon the other. ARTICLE H.—(htrrenoy. The amount of each Money Order shall be expressed by the remitter To ‘?° “XP"’“"‘l i" in the money of his country, and shall be converted by the dispatching i·I$i)¤iiiiei?f<»t%?untri of (Exchange) Office into the money of the country where payment is to be effected, on the basis that 1 rouble is equal to 51.46 cents, and one dollar equal to 1 rouble, 94.33 copecks. ARTICLE IH.———]l[awimum. amount. 1. No (single) Money Order shall exceed the sum of one hundred M“l”“"“ ““‘°““’“· dollars, or a corresponding amount in roubles. 2. In issuing Money Orders no account shall be taken of fractions F'**°‘i°“S· of copecks or of cents. ARTICLE IV.-linolorsements. The administration of each of the contracting countries reserves the E¤d¤¤S<=m¢·>¤*·°— right to provide for the transfer by means of endorsement, within its territory, of the ownership of Money Orders originating in the other country. ARTICLE V.—Fees. 1. Each of the two administrations shall fix the fees to be charged Fmfor Money Orders drawn upon the other country. 2. This fee shall, however, not exceed one per centum upon the (round sums) amounts constituting the divisions in the scale of fees. 3. The two administrations shall communicate to each other the fees which they shall have established and the changes which they may subsequently make therein. Norm.-* italicized words, in parenthe es, when inserted, are intended to he explanatory of the text.