The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-23
fORRICIAL-l
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at tie First Session of the Forty
FIRST Congress.

ARTICLE l. There shall be an exchange Of cor.
re-pondence between tn. United States IF Amer
IcA AID the North German Union, by means o
their respective post departments; and this Cor.
respondence shall embrace
I-f Letter. ordinary and registered.
ID Newspapers. book-packets, prints Of al
kind, comprising maps, plans. engrsvings,
irxwings phi ,ographs, liihog graphs and all other
like productions OF mechanical processes, sheet.
If music, &c } and patterns or samples of mer
Caandise, including grains and seeds
And such correspondence may be exchanged:
whether originating in either of said countries
aad destined for the other, or originating in q
destined for foreign countries to which these may
respectively serve Intermediates
Article IL The Offices TOR tHe exchage Of
nails shah tie
(al on the part of the United States:
ist- New York.
III Boston.
Cd Portland.
4Jh. Detroit
5th. Chicugo-
To- on the part Of the North German Union:
1-t- Aachen, Ak Ia Chapelle.)
H. Bremen.
81 Hamburg.
The two post departments may nj any time dis
continue either of said Offices of exchange, or
establish others by mutual consent
ARTICLE Ill. Each office shall make its own
arrangements for the despatch II lis mails to the
ether office BY regu lines OF communication !;
and should At its own cost pay the expense of
such intermediate ira spoTtstOn-
The two Offices. however, mutually agree, that,
IN making contracts FIR the despatch Of mail,
from American ports, or from European ports,
those steamers ami lines shouli always be EN-
plcyed far consistent with the rates If post
age. by which the mails de patched shall earliest
arrive at their destination: and whei. the speed
= substantially the sane, that the most favorable
pscunisry conditions should be preferred. IL Is
also agreed that the cost of international ocean
and tsrrit sit transit # the closed mails between
the respective frontiers IN all be first defayed by
that one IF the two departments which -hall have
obtained from the Intermediates the most favor
able p-cunia-y terms FIR such conveyance: and
say amount 81 advanced by one for account of the
other shall be Promptly reimbursed
ARrIcLsIv The standard weight for the Elm
Cie rate Of international postage and rule Of pro
-re--ian shall be-
fst. For letters, Is grammes-
Il For all other currespcndence mentioned in
paragraph two Of the frsJ article. that which the
,ie-p,tchins Office shall .fflpt FIR the mails which
IL Dispatches to the other adapted to the con-
veuience and habits II its interior sfHiuiStTa-
zion BUT each Office shall give notice 20 the
other Il the standard weight il adopts, and II
any Subsequent change thereof
The rule # progression shall always BE an all
titionsl single rate ior each aiditi nal standard
weight or fraction thereof The weight stated
By the deSpatching Office shall always be accepted
except in ease If manifest mistake
II Is huv.ver understood that 50 long the
German Office e.Bploys the lob its standard for
the single weight of letters which it dispatches,
IL shall al>b be accepted by the United States
Office a. the equivalent Of IS grsmmes. in respect
10 the mails which ii receives from the German
os5ce-
AkIICLEy. The single rate # po-tage on the
direct correspondence exchanged between the two
shall be a. lows,
1st- On letters from the Juirei States VIA
,iirect line Of steamers TO Hamburg and Bremen,
c'uiifouei that the Sea rste in such cases shall
ten cents por kilosTam for other correspondence
ten cents.
II On letters from tn. North German Union
via sail direct line, Subject to same condirion)
f Gr -ilber gruscben-
81 Ou letters from the United States via !
England. fifteen cents
18th. On letters from the North German Union !
via England. six silber SrUechen-
5th. of the international letter postage via /
England the ocean single liter rate shall not 4
xeeed eight cents, nor shall the English and l
Belgian single letter transit rate. exceed one |
cent each.
9Th. 1t i further agreed, that whenever any |
1tbsr regular line Of steam communication. &C |
,eptsbIs TO the two Offices may he employed |
directly between any port Of the United states |
anil asy port Of the north Of Europe at such |
r.tes that the entire cost Of transportation be-
tween the two frontiers snail not exceed for !
-sch single letter rate five cents, and for each |
kloz,ran of other correspondence ten cents, in |
hat case the international single rate Of letter
P stage by such line -sall be refused to ten /
tents.
7,h. On all other correspondence mentioned |
IN paragraph two # the first article. the rate
.h,iI be, fr the mails dispatched. TINT which |
the despstchius flee shall adopt adapted to the
convenience AID HABITS Of its interior auinisrra-
non. Bat each office shall give notice to the !
'fher Of the rate il adopts AMI vi any subsequent
tEarCe thereof
Az :CLs VI. Th- prepayment Of postage on
lr,iinary letters shall he optionAs, subject TO
-
IA registered letters, and On all other core
% ni.nee mentioned in paragraph two IF the
irst article. 1t shall be obligatory.
AEIIcIx VII If however, the postage On any
shall he prepaid insufiici-ntiy, IL
hall nevertheless be Forwarded to lis destsua
lion, hut charged with the d. ticient postage
Upon the delivery # any uspad OF insuticisnt'y
md letter OF It any other insuficiently pad cor
rsponS,pc-, there shall he levied IN the United
tsf-s a fine no, exceeding fve cents. ard in the
forth German UnilE additional charge not eN-
eesiiag two siter sruscien- This fine, or adli- |
,ud charge +, as well a the deficient postage On
4 other CO respond, nee than letters. shall n Z
r.rer INTO the accounts between the two offers.
Ut shall be retained to the use Of the collecting
lice
AKrIciE VII. The correspondence meniioned
paragraph two ofthe first AtICle shall be dcs-
arches unier regulations 10 be established by the
sspscaiBs Office, hut Always including the ti-
FIRST No parket shall cantaiz anything which
all s- clsst against inspection. nor any wri ten
n nlunicatiun whatever. except to state from
HON and 20 whom the packet is sent and the
ursh-r and prize placed npon esch pattern or
.rpIs Ofmer, hand--e.
Sec nd >opacket ray exceed two feet IL length,
one fagf n any other GifEs n n
ghiid- Neither affce shall BE- bound TO deliver
y s,rtCie the importation Of which may he pro
bi'eI by the laws n regulations Of The country
destination.
Fuurth 80 hing a. any customs DUTY may be