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

| congress.
Postal Convention between the United States
| of America and the Republic of Guate.
mala.
ARTICLE /. An exchange of mails shall
hereafter take place between the United
States of America and Guatemala, by the
ordinary routes of commit lication via the
Isthmus of Panama /; the government of the
United States to be at the expense of the sea
| transportation thereof between New York
and Aspinwall, and between San Francisco
and Panama; provided the same can be Sc
cured for the compensation allowed BY Law
and the government of Guatemala to be a,
the expense of the isthmus transportation
thereof, and also of the sea transportation
between Panama and Guatemala.
ARTICLE II. New York and San Fran
cisco shall be the exchange Offices on the
side of the United States, and Guatemala
CITY the office of exchange on the side OF
Guatemala, for all mails transmitted between
| the two countries under this arrangement.
ARTICLE III. All mail matter transmit
ted in either direction between the respective
Offices of exchange shall be forwarded in
closed bags or pouches under seal, addressed
to the corresponding exchange office; and
the United States consul and resident mail
agent at Panama, New Granada, is hereby
ments for receiving the bags or pouches at
that port from either direction, and despatch
ing them to their respective destinations.
The mail bags or pouches despatched from
or addressed to the United States exchange
office of New York shall comprise the cor
respondence originating in or destined for
the Atlantic States and Territories and the
bags or pouches despatched from or address
ed to the United States exchange Office of
San Francisco shall comprise the correspond
ence originating in or destined for the Pacific
States and Territories.
ARTICLE Nv. No accounts shall be kept
between the Post Office Departments of the
two countries on the correspondence exchan-
ged between them but each country shall
lew, collect, and retain its own postage only ,
at the following rates, viz =
LIST. The postage to be charged and collect
ed in the United States on each letter or par
eel not exceeding half an ounce (avoirdupois)
in weight, addressed to or received from
Guatemala, shall be 10 cents; and the postage
to be charged in Guatemala on each letter or
parcel of like weight, addressed to or receiv-
ed from the United States, shall be 2 reals,
Tor . cents U. s. currency and each addi-
tional weight of half an ounce, or less than
half an ounce, shall be charged An additional
rate of 10 cents in the United States and 2
reals in Guatemala.
I'd. The postage to be charged and collect
ed in the United States on newspapers. un-
sealed circulars, and other descriptions of
printed matter addressed to or received from
Guatemala, shall be two cents on each news
paper OK unsealed circular, and one cent an
ounce, or fraction of an ounce, on pamphlets,
periodicals, books, and other kinds of print
ed papers and the postage to be charged
and collected in Guatemala on each newspa-
per, pamphlet, periodical, unsealed circular,
book or other article of printed matter ad-
dressed to or received from the United
States, shall be at the rate Of 3
cents IL cuartillo) per ounce, or fraction of an
ounce; provided that no book, bound or un-
bound, weighing over two pounds (avoirdu-
pois) shall be admitted in the mails at less
than full letter rate of postage as hereinbe-
fore described.
Newspapers, pamphlets, periodicals, books,
and other articles Of printed matter, must be
sent in narrow bands, open at the sides or
ends, and are to be subject to the laws and
regulations of each country respectively, IN
regard to their liability to be rated with let
ter postage when containing written matter,
or far any other cause specified in said laws
and regulations.
ARTICLE The POST Office Departments
Of the two countries shall reciprocaliy return
to each other, unopened and without charge:
every three months, or more frequently III
all dead letters which from any
e.nse cannot be delivered to their addresses
n the country to which they we're sent.
ARrIcIR vi. This arrangement shall 60
into operation ON the first day Of Septemeer.
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