The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-26

LAWS OF raE UNITED STATES
Passed at the First Session of the Forty
FIRST Congress.

United States Of america and the General Post
Office Of the Netherlands.
Tue Undersigned, being thereunfo duly author
lied by Their respective Governments, hav
ss,rees upon the following Articles for the shel
iIratrcn of the postal service between the Unite'
States of America and the Kingdom of the Meth
e-lanis.
AKrIcLsI. There shall be an exchange Of CORE
spondence between the United States OF Americs
aud the Kingdom Of the Netherlands by means O
their respective ps<t De. aHtments, and this col
resposdenco slAAii embrace:
I. Letters or1intry and registered
~ Ne~spaYers, book packets, prints Of ali
kink. (comprisi maps, plans. engravines,
irAwings. phi togrsPhs. iiihegraphs. and all other
like pr0ducrioa, mechanical processes, sheets
vi na~ic. &c } and patterns or samples Of ner-
esandiss, Including grains and seeds
Ard such correspondence may be exchanged,
whether oi:inatiny in either of sald countries
aaa destined for the other, originating in or
destined for foreign countries to which these may
respectively serve as Intermediates.
ARTICLE II. The off.e for exchange Of mails
shall be. on the part Vi the uniteI States:
l. New York.
z. Boston
On the part # the Netherlands:
Tue travelling Office Noerdyk.
Zach Post Department msy at any time, after
n,:ce to the otaer disc ntinue either of the Off
ccs II exchange on its side, AWAY leaving one
cdSce and the two Offices by agreement may at
ANY tins establish additional .fficrs of exchange
AErcL: Ill The principle is a.reed. That e sch
cs1ce s1al make its arran.-me ats fr The
dispatch of its IN ais to tie other office by regul n
lines Of Com nal cation, AMI shall at its oSn Cost
pay the Pc II such intermsi ate tian-p rita
tioa- Il is also asre 4 tn t the ost # interua
tional and territ rial transit # tie 81
siis b-tsee the fr -ntiers of the tw1 untries
SHALL be first d-f,ayel by that the two de
pNtments which hall have obtained frsIm the
Intermediates the m,ss favorable pecu larry
terms FIR such conveyance,
AMI any anoua, % advanced by for acc unit Of
thu other shall be promptly REIMBURSED.
Ia. .T-4.e Nt,a
gle rate If intern tis,ai postage AL rule of pro-
Sres,iJn. shall be-
1st, FIR letters. Is yfanne'.
81. For all other c,rresp ,n.lelce mentioned IN
pAFa8 aph tw Of the first sTfici. that which the
desp.tcins o::i-e shall al ,,,t FIR the mails wEish
it despa elies To the other, adsptel the con-
venieace AMI habits oi the interior ad'ninistrs,-
ton But each IF - shall give notice To the
other ct the standard weight it adopts, and Of
any subsequent ch ,nse thereof
The rule # pFa.rsss shall always I've an ad-
c,ton al single rate for eac, dti nal and ard
weight nj fr.ctio, thereof. The weight stated
By the de patch Office shall always be ,,ted,
except in Of III .nife-r mistake
ARTIcLE v. The single rate Of portage on the |
direct C TresPond-nce exchanged i'etween tie two
AitninisirA ions, subject t. the res rye men |
tsoned in Article 1 shall be "a f,lws:
On letters frum the I'm ted st tes Is cent. U s.
2 On Letters rum the Netherlands, 40 cents |
IOufch.)
ID. On ali other co,respondence mentioned /
in paragraph TWO Of The first article, the ra'e
,iaall be, f,r the mails despatched, th,t which
the despatching ,fice shall adopt, adapted to the
and habits Of its interior aimin istr
lion Bat each Office shall give notice to the
Dlher of the rate it adopts, and OF any subsequent
Image thereof
ARTICLE vi Whenever a regular lire IF steam
acceptable 10 the two Offices may
,e employed directly between any port Of the
Jaited States and any port Of the north Of Eu-
upe mt sucI rates that rhe entire cost of trans
,ortafon between the two frontiers shall not ex-
.eed for ga h single letter rate cents %. s.;
md for each ki'ngraHi # other corresoondence 10
eats (U = in itat it Is agreed that the in
ernAtiond zingis is.ier rate # postage by such
iae sh n b. rac.Hcel 70 y cents ~ from the
United Stases and = cents Dutch from the
ieihe i .nfs 5 li tA- tg-p otfices shall by COM
a0n aecrd fix ,ic tin4e gea this re luction shall
AXE efct +.
An IcLE VII. Tle prepayment of postage on
rainary Letters shall he optilnsi, subject to
ho conditions in Article VIII mentioned; but
= re-s;ere. leitors. AMI On all other CORE
poniien -neati6nei in nsrlgraph two Of the
Est article, il shall be obi -,rory- /;
AafrIz VII. If however. the postage any {
orTesponsi nce shall be D e;said insufcientIy, il
hall ne,erthsless he forwarded to its dest.na- I
I'm, CHARGED with the defi lent postage, aiding
ali amounts instead of fra tions. Of ore cent
D. 81 ~ i've cents Dutch.
Upon the delivery of any unpaid or nsumciently
aid letter, Of any other insufiicen'ly paid cor
,sy,o ,.ience, there shall be levied the United
hates fine MT exceeding five cents, ~. - !,
I'd in the Netherlands t exceeding Is cents
)atrb). THIS fine and al-o the def lent
,stage on all osh-r correspondence than letters.
fsll ct enter into accounts between the twr
1ces. bur shall retained to the u-e Of the col
Isriug Of5ire 81
AsYcLE TX Registered coresppndence shall, o
addition to the i, be sub ect is y
alton fe-. exceeding ten cents ~. s. in the "
aitad a.es, anil not exceeling % cents
>utch) n the Netherlands and this fee shall Il
Ws,s be prepaid
Article X. any correspondence may be reg ~
tered well i'ernati. nal correspondence as le
lat originating in destined for other countries n
Viii h these two adm ni>trafions may respect Ii
ely serve int rletii 'ries in either direction
r the TRANSMISSION # such Restored arti~le- Ell
lc'i department sh II nifty the other Of tn ii
uat les &c which it may thus serve q, inferno in
ayy
AsrILs NJ Accounts between the two on .es ed
all b. reg,slated on the following basis: Firm
. :nt amonnt Il POSTAGE and register fees col Ii
.t- By each Office on letters .ded to the ttal su
anu1- Of prep sii 10 ttge and register fees IN til
he corrr~po nee which it dispatches, tn de-
chin Office si.1 lesl .ct the amnuat required ct
the eel rate FIR the f he intermediate hi
l>if there between the twnfrontiers. and the
IN Of he net sums shall be divided be- oh
EN- tn two Offices in the proportion of t. re- nu
his q hs) t. the United Sta-s ollie anil two die
: - athsl 70 the 'flre Of the Netherlands VI
lRTc e XII The correspondence m ned
parsgrapi t~o fl he first ticl- shall be des- dc
che,i un Ter regn atcns be established by the col
P'ic ing Office. hut always including the fol-
ring = | re
Frat No packet shall contain anything which tn,
II he clns u assint Inspection. any Wi tn or
amrniration whatever. except to state from
IN anil % whom the packet is sent. and the nu
nh r and pri e placed upon each pattern or | DIT.
,ple ofmer hsnd's-. Gle
&c nt Nop'cksf may exceed two feet in leneth, sha
one f'.,f N anv orhe' dim-n-ion or the equiva.
IN Dut measurement. shs