The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-23

Passed at tie Firsf Session of the Forty
FIRST Congress.

x0St CONGTE3Ss
Convention between the General Postofice of tn
United States of America and the General Post
Office Of the Netherlands
TIE Undersigned, being thereunfo duly author
lied by their respective Governments, hav
wyreed upon the following Articles fer the amel
iorafion Of the postal service between the Unites
States of America and the Kingdom of the Meth
erlands.
AkrIcLxI There shall be an exchange If CORE
.psndence between the United States of Americs
and the Kingdom Of the Netherlands by means O
their respective post Departments, and this cor.
respou-ience shall embrace:
4. Letters oriinsry and registered.
2d Newspapers, book packets, prints Of all
kinis. Comprising maps, plans, engravines,
drawings, Photographs. iirhcgraphs, and all other
like production, OF mechanical processes, sheet.
# music. &c } and patterns or samples Of mer-
ehandise, including grains and seeds
whether originating in either of said countries
and destined for the other, originating in or
destined for foreign countries to which these may
respectively serve Intermediates
AkIICLx III. The Off ,es for exchange Of mails
shall be, on the part Of the United States:
l. New York
2. Rston.
On the part # the Netherlands:
The travelling Office Noerdyk.
Zach Post Department may at any time, after
EJtice to the other. discontinue either of the OIL
ces If exchange its side, Away leaving one
e:iice: and the two Offices by agreement may at
a.y time establish additional Offices Of exchange
ARTICLE Ill The principle is agreed, that each
once shall make its own arrangement ITS fI the
despatch OF its ais to the other office by regnl
lines Of communication, and shall at its own cost
pay the expense Of such iurermst ate tian>prta-
tion II is also agreed IN 4 the cost 1t inserna
tional ocean and territorial transit Of the cir-e
m ills between the fr ,nfiers Of the two Countries
shall be FIRST defrayei by that 81 the two de
partments which .hall have obtained from the
,nterneiiar,es the most favorable pecu larry
terms fsr such conveyance,
a,1a nj adv nraIh y oy,a frs Mt #
tbs other shall be promptly reimbursed.
ARTICLE Nv. The standard weight f,r the .in-
gle rate Of intern ,tonal postage, and rule Of pro-
erosion. shall be-
lst, For letters. Is yrarnmes-
p. For all other Correspondent mentioned in
paragraph two Of the first article. that which the
.isspatchins otice shall adopt fr the mails which
it dispatches to the other, adapted To the CON
soaisnce AMI habits OF the interior adnlinistra-
tion. Bnt each Off - shall give notice to the
other of the standard weight il adopts, and If
any subsequent change thereof.
The rule II progression shall always he an ad-
d;tonal single rate for each aiditi nal Standard
weight or fraction thereof The weight stated
by the de,patchiug Office sh Ill always be ted
except in case Of manifest mistake
ARTICLE v. The single tate of postage on the |
direct correspondence exchanged between tue two |
administrations, subject To the reserve men \
tsoned in Article V,I' q, shall be as follows:
On letters frrm the United st ties. 15cents, U s.
z On letters from the Netherlands, 40 cents
(ontch)
3d. On all other CORRESPONDENTS mentioned |
in paragraph TWO Of the first article, the rae
shall be, for the mails dispatched, tn ut which |
tiss despstching flee ehsl adopt, adapted tn the
Convenience and ,biis Of its interior admin istra
ton. But each Office shall give notice t. the
other OF the rste it adopts, and oil any subsequent
change thereof
Als.crx vi Whenever a regular line Of steam
Communication acceptable 10 the two Offices. may
be employed directly between any port Of the
Uaitsd States and any port of the north of Eu-
rnpe ut euc1 rates that the entire cost Of trans-
portation between the two frontiers shall not ex-
coed for each single letter rate cents (U- S.;l
and for each kilogram Of other CORRESPONDENCE 10
cents (U y IN that case it is agreed that the in
fe.nation.l single letter rate Of postage by snch
lima sh III b. REDUCED to 10 cents 10 s from the
United States and IS cents DUTCH from the
And the two Offices shall by com
mon accord fix the time when this re ,uction shall
take effect |,
Ar IcLE VII. The prepayment of postage on
,sdinary letters shall be optional, subject to
ths conditions in Article VIII, mentioned: but
"a re .:stered letters. and On all other core
spon1ence mentioned in paragraph two of the
FIRST article, it shall be obligatory |;
ARTICLE VIII. If however the postage on any I
shall be prepaid insuficienty. it
hall nevertheless he forwarded to its destina- I
lion, charged with the deficient postas~ adding
FAN amounts. instead Of fractions, of ore cent
~ g. ar five cents Dutch
Upon the delivery of any unpaid or insnfhc!ently
paid letter, Of any other nsuffciently paid cor
a
sta'es a fns not exceeding FIVE cents. ~. J,
md in the Netherlands MT exceeding Is cents
Dutch). This fine and also the deficient
,nstage on all other correspondence than letters,
hsll ut enter into accounts between the two
.dices but shall b. retained to the Of the col
e:.ing office. 81
AssIcLZ TX Registered correspondence shall, o.
n addition to the postage be subject tpa yis-
ration fee, It exceeding ten cents ~. s. in the
United 8 ases, and not exceeding . cents
Dutch, n the Netherlands and this fee shall Il
Iva be prepaid
AxiIcII x Amy correspondence may he reg ~
stored well internati nal correspondence as le
hat originating in destined for other countries
o which these two ad 'nistrations may respect n
vely serve a. intermediates in either direction
= the TRANSMISSION # such registered articles Ell
.acA department sh II nifty the other Of the ii
aa7tIies TO which it may Thus serve as inferno in
isry.
AsfIeL: XII. Accounts between the two OF ces ed
hail he regulated on the following basis From
e eoe-l amount IF and register fees col I'll
,cted By each Office letters, added the total
nnunt Of preptii TO .tage and register f-es IN til
the- correspondence which it dispatches, tn. de-
zs.ehiag Office shall ded1cf the amount required ct
the agreed rate for the Of the intermediate bi
snsit thereof between the two frontiers. and the
n uns If the TWO net sums shall be divided be- ch
re-n the two Offices in the proportion Of three
hs Is .h<) to the United States Office and die
ess f2 5tbsl ~ the office of the Netherlands. up
paragraph t-o ofthe first article shall he des- de
sched under regulations be established by
-patc ling Office, hut always including the fol-
wing - ge
Fir-s. No packet shall con.as anything which, til,
al he closed against inspection. any written or
a'sm and 70 whom the packet is sent. and the nu
pb = and prize placed upon each pattern or PR
Dpls cfmerchs ndisc. Gle
3esnd. Nop,cket may exceed two feet in lencth sha
e. =