The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-18

laws OF TaE UNITED STATES


ElTSt Congress.
Convention between the General PostofIice of tn
United States of America and the General Post
Office of the Netherlands.
Tae Undersigned, being thereunto duly author
lied BY their respective Governments, hav
egreed upon the following Articles for the amel
ioraton of the postal service between the Unitet
States Of America and the Kingdom of the Meth
erlands.
AsfIcLRI. There shall be an exchange Of CORE
spondence between the United States of Americs
and the Kingdom Of the Netherlands by means OF
their respective post Departments, and this cor
respo0dence shall embrace:
1. Letters ordinary and registered
ID Newspapers, book packets, prints of all
kinds, Comprising maps, plans, engravnxs,
drawings. photographs, li'hographs. and all other
like production, OF mechanical processes, sheets
Of music. &c y and patterns or samples Of mer-
chandise. including grains and seeds
And such correspondence may be exchanged,
whether originating in either of said countries
and destined for the other, or originating in or
destined for foreign countries to which these may
respectively serve Intermediates.
ARTICLE ii. The off ices for exchange Of mails
shall be, on the part Of the United States:
l. New York.
2. Boston.
On the part If the Netherlands:
The travelling Office Moerdyk.
Each Post Department may at any time, after
notice to the other, discontinue either of the Off
ces Of exchange on its side, always leaving one
ONCE aud the two Offices by agreement may at
ANY time establish additional Offices of exchange
ARTICLE III The principle is agreed, that each
ONCE shall make its arrangements for the
dispatch Of its mails to the other office by regular
lines Of commun cation, and shall at its own cost
pay the expense of such intermediate tfan>portA-
fion- 1t is also agreed that the cost Of interna
tional ocean and territorial transit Of the closet
mails between the frontiers of the two Countries
shall be first betrayed by that one OF the two de
partments which shall have obtained from the
.ntermediaries the most favorable peeu' iary
snH.v ouufs cad Inv f,ra t,ri
tbs other shall be promptly reimbursed.
ARTICLE Nv. The standard weight for the sim
gle rate ef intern itional postage and rule Of pro-
erosion, shall be-
lst, For letters. Is grammes. |
ID For all other correspondence mentioned in |
paragraph two Of the first article that which the
despatching Office shall adopt FIR the mails which
il dispatches to the other, adapted TO the con-
veoisuce and habits of the interior administra.
ton But each Office shall give notice to the
other of the standard weight it adopts, and of
any subsequent change thereof.
The rule IF progression shall always he an adj
ditionsl single rate for each Aiditi nal standard
weight or fraction thereof The weight stated
BY the de.patching Office shall always be accepted,
except in case Of manifest mistake
ARTICLE v. The single rate of postage the
direct correspondence exchanged between the two
administrations, subject to the reserve men
tso1ed in Article ViIi shall be follows: i
On letters from the United st ties, Is cents, US
2 On Letters from the Netherlands, 40 cents
(Dutch.)
3D. On all other correspondence mentioned
in paragraph tive Of the first article, the raIe
shall be, for the mails despatched, that which
the despatching cfice shall adopt, adapted to the
convenience and habits Of its interior admin istra
tion. Bat each Office shall give notice to the
other Of the it adopts, and OF any subsequent
change thereof.
AHuc1s vi. Whenever q regular line Of steam
acceptable to the two Offices NAV ,
be employed directly between any port of the
United States and any port of the north of Eu- ,
- r~&. hat ~~tsr- -
pogtation between the two frontiers shall not ex-
esed for each single letter rate cents 70. g.;
and for each kilogram sf other correspondence 10
cents %. y in hat case it 10 agreed that the in
iernational single letter rate Of postage by snch
line sh Ill be reduced to 10 cents 10 8 from the
United States and Is cents Dutch from the +
Sstherlands. And the two Ofnces shall by COM r
.oa aceord az the time whom this reduction shan
Annc1. VII. The prepayment Of postage On
,FdinaEy Iettsgs sAall Be optional, subject to .
h eaaditio.s N Article VIII. msotioasd; but
n REGISTERED letter.. and on all other CORE
poadence mentioned in paragraph two q the
Int article, IL shall be obligatory. 4;
ARTICLE VIII. II however, the postage ON any q
correspondence shall be prepaid insullcientIy, il
hall nevertheless be forwarded to its destina- b
ion, charged with the deficient postage adding
uIl. en0unts instead of fractions, a one coat
u 81 q i've cents Dutch
Upon the delivery Of any nspaid Or insufhciently
aid letter, Of any other nsufScienfly paid cor
-slo1dence, there shall be levied in the United A.
tAfes . fine not exceeding fve cents, (U.sl,
nd in tho Netherlands not exceeding Is cents
Dutch). This fine and also the deficient
'DstAge on all other correspondence than letters,
hsn rot enter into accounts between the two
Mces. but shall b. retained to the use Of the col
scsing ONCE. Oh
Alnnx TX Registered correspondence .baIl. of
addition to the postage be subject ~ . lis Y,
ration fee. MT exceeding ten cents ~. g.. in the
United 8 atea, and not exceeling 3 cents
Dutchl n the Netherlands and this fee shall tn