The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-24
lOFrICIAL-I
LAWS OF TUE UNITED STATES
Passed at the First Session. of the Forty
FIRST Congress.

Eiert> CT the United SiffeS of America and
the North German Union for the Amelioratio
Of the Postal Service between the two COun
tries
AETICLE l. There shall he an exchange Of cor
r-spondence between the United States Of Amer
lea and the North German Union by means {
their respective past depa-tments; and this cor
r-spondence shall embrace
1ss. Letters ordinary and registered
I'd Newspapers, book packets. prints Of al
kinds, Comprising maps, plans. engraviusS
drawings. ph 4tngraphs, lithOgraphs aud ali othe
like productions mechanical processes, sheet
Of music, sc ) and patterns samples Of mer
chsndlse, including grains and seeds
And such correspondence may be exchanged
whether originating in either OF sand countrit-
aHd destined Tor the Other originating in q
destined for foreign countries 10 which these ma!
respectively serve as Intermediates
ARTICLE IL The Offices Tor the exchage c
mails shall tie
a. on the part of the United States.
1st- New York.
-. Boston.
ID Portl md.
4sh. Fetroit-
5th Chicogo.
(bl on the part Of the North German Union:
1<t- AacheR, ak IA ChaPeIIe.)
FL Bremen
..i Hamburg
The two psf departments may AZ any time dis
continue either Of said offices of exchange, OF
a-tshIish others by mutual consent
article H. Zach Oiice shall make its own
arrangements Tor the despatch If IL mails t. the
other Office by regu ar lines Of Communication :;
and sL'.lid az IL "wn cost pay the expense of
such Intermediate tTans pOTttticn.
The two Offices. however mutually agrea. that
n making contracts for the despatch Of mails
from American ports. fr'n European ports
those steamers ami lines shout always H. EN-
VlCyei. 81 FIR consistent with the rates Of post
age. by which the mails de patched shall ,rliest
arrive at their destination: and whel. th- speed
i substantially the same, that the favorable
Iecunisry conditions sho1d b. preferred 1t i,
also agreed that the cost of International ocean
and terri, cL transit e the closed mails between
the respective fror ier> IA al be first def ayed by
that If the ,wN .-lart W ich hal have
obtained from the i-ssnielaris the most favor
able pecaniary terms y >uch conveyance; and
any amount SO sivancs by for account of the
other shall be promptly reimbursed
ARTICLE " The standard wei.h. for the sin
gle rate Of international postage, and rule Of pro-
erosion. shall be-
isr, For letters. Is crammes-
Il For all other correspondence mentioned in
paragraph two of the first article. that which the
despatc',ing office shall adopt for the mails wEich
1t desEifries TO the other, adapted 10 the con-
ve,iieIice and habits OF It's interior adunistra-
ton But each offi;- shall give notice To the
other cf the STANDARD, light il adopts, and Of
any subsequent ci:lgy- thereof
The rule II pv,'-rvss',fu shall always be al- |
dtiont! single rate fT each aiditi nal Standard
weight ~ traction thereof. The weight stated
tiiv 75trCning Always accepted,
except il case of manifest mistake
II is, h,w.ver. understood that so long as the !
German office enTricys the 10 rs its standard for
the single weight OF letters which it dispatches, |
II shall also be accepte,; ty the United States /
flee as the equivaHns Of Is gramnles. in respect
10 the mails which it receives from the German 4
ofice-
Article V The single rate Of postage on tie 4
direct c Ere>pOud-nCe exchanged between the two
shall be "a follows,
L. Z
'irect fne Of steamers to Hamburg and Bremen.
conditioned that the rate in such cases shall
. ct exceed i've cents FIR siHgle letter rate and
ten cent por kilCgr f1r other corresPonderce,J
ten cents.
II On letters from the North German Union
IA said direct Inc, subject 10 same eouiirionl
: ur silber grusche1.
81. On letters from the United States via
England. fifteen cents
4th. ON letters from the North German Union
ril England. - silheT EruscLeu.
5th- of the IHferuarisH5! letter postage via
England the ocean single letter rate shall not
Belgian single letter transit rates exceed one
-ant each. II
oh. 1t f-r t-s-ad. that Whenever any
'ther 7 gIiaz ----l. c .mmunleatiou, &c
epI4llr t. 54n .- ..Eles- nay lie employed
i;rectly hv.v-.H ry % % # the United States
inii any I-t-J ..a l nth II Europe at such
-ties that - ea' -ast Il transportation he
weeu tn tEr Or ,-E- snail not exceed for
t-h single 4rsfs rs.r Eve cents, and Tor each
telegram ~ y-1-- r..-r--a 5aGeuCe ten cents, in
hat case tAr .-1-a-Isaai single rare Of letter
postage - suca .at zal lie reduced TO ten (
'snt-.
9TH. On "a! a.- p ,rsrespondence mentioned
n TaragrsTh Two q s first article. the rate !
lIall be. f,F tiEe a--,- ,s-~Tayched, that which
he desTf'I hing ir- shall al pit. adapted to the
Convenience AID bsl is af it, interior adminStra
iun- But each ofi.e shall give notice t. the
her Of the rate Il adopts, cl any subsequent
iiauSr Thereof II
Ar IcLE VI The prepayment Of postage On a
rtiinary letters shall he optional, subject to Q
ne conditions in Article VII. mentioned: but
"a registered letters. and all other core I
p-nience mentioned in paragraph two Of the v
NJ article. it shall be obligatory Y
sRTIcLs VII. If however. the postage on any
Jurisprudence slan be prepaid insuficientiy. i.
hail nevertheless be forwarded to its destua-
ion, hut charged with the deficient postage
Upon the delivery of any unpaid !nsuificiently
aid letter, Of any other insuffciently paid
spoudenee, there shall he levied IN The intel ~
iEres fine not exceeding five cents, and in the |
0rth German Unirt an additional charge not ex-
,,.iing two siiber gruscLel. This fac, or addi-
al charge well as tie deficient postage on
: aIhsr CO respond me- than lstteTs. shall mt
Ter into the accounts between the two Offices, +
II shall be retained to the use of the eOileCtiuc
Ice
Article VIII The correspondence men-ioned
paragraph two the Lrst Article shall be des
tched urf-r rsJi.at 10 be established by the
spstchiDg ONCE, tut always including the FOL ;
wing a
FIRST. No packet shall contain anything which ~
all ne closed against inspection. any WI ten
whatever. except t. state from ~
lam aDd 10 whom the packet is sent. and the 81