The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-04-01
tORHfCIAL.l
laws or TaE United STATES
Passed at the First Session Of the Forty
F1se Congress.
fORTfuALI

Convention between the General POstoflce Of &
Uaited States of America and the General Post
ONCE Of the Netherlands
Tle Undersigned, being thereunto duly author
lied BY their respective Governments, hav
wgrecd upon the following Articles for the sme
iorlficn Of the postal service between the Unite
States o: America and the iLg,lom of the Meth
e.,,,,ts.
ARTICLE l. There shall be an exchange If CORE
spondence between the Unired States Of Americ
and the Kingdom Of the Netherlands by means O
their respective post pe artments, and this cor
respoudence shall embrace:
I. Letters ordinary and registered
u Newspapers, book packets, prints Of al
kinie, (comprisisg maps, plans. engrsvinys
drawings. ph Autographs. autographs, and all othel
like predictions o; mechanical processes, sheet
Of music. &c y and patterns or samples Of mer
ciandisc, including grains and seeds
And such correspondence may be exchanged
whether ori,inltins in either of said countries
and destined for the other, or originating in or
destined for foreign countries to which these may
respectively serve as isfermeiia les.
Article ii. The on ,es f,r exchange Of mails
shall bs. On the part Of the United States:
1. New York.
2. Bstol.
On the par. # the Netherlands:
The traEeiinc Office Noerdyk.
zach Post Department EBAY at any time, after
notice to the other disc n.inue either of the Off
ees of exchange its side, Away leaving one
Office I; and the two Offices by agreement may at
any time establish additional uf.ces of exchange
Office shaii make its a-ra1geme ITS fI the
Dispatch Of its m ills to tie other Office by reyul
lines Of communication, and shall at its own cost
pay the expense Of such intermad ate ttansp,rta-
tiun. 1t is also agreed tn & the cost If interna
f:onsl ocean and Territorial transit If the cl,sei
mails bet xeeI the fir ntiers of the tw, c untries
shall be first d-fraye.l by that u the two de-
partmsnfs which shall have obtained from the
terms FIR such conveyance,
a,d any amount 40 advanced by one for account Of
tbs other shall be promptly reimbursed.
ARrIcLEIv. The 7t,niard weight for the .in-
gle rate Of intern .tional postage and rule Of pro-
erosion. shall be-
lst, For letters. Is gramne>.
FL For all other correspondents N .ntioned in
paragraph two of the first article that which the
once shall .Ad ,2t FIR the mails which
il dispatches to the other, adapted TO the con-
ton But each ofi:- shall give notice to the
other OF the standard weight il adopts, and VI
any subsequent change thereof.
The rule VI PROGRESSION shall always he an ad.
d.fionsl single rate for each aiditi nal andtrd
weight or fraction thereof. The weight stated
BY the de.pa.ching office shall always be accepted
except in case Of m inife-' mistake
AKT,cLsv. The single rat Of postage on the
subject u the ressrve men
saonei in Article I. shall he as fd"ws:
On letters fr.m the I'm ted st ties. 1sceat-. o s.
3. On letters fr IN the Netherlands, - Cents
(Dafch)
Sd On ali other correspondents mentioned |
in paragraph two Of tbe first article, the rae
rhall be, for the mails dispatched, thlt which
the despstrhirg flee shall adopt. adapted tn the
and hA,'i of its interior a1ministra
ti0a- Bat each of6cs shall give notice t. the /
N:Aer Of the rSfe it adopts and OF any subsequent
change thereof
ARTICLE VI Whenever q regular line # steam |
.dDmunication acceptas le TO the two Offices. NAV
- employed directly between any port Of the
"a af 81 q
rvpe at sucl yates that the entire cost Of tram
,ortation between the two fr,n-iers shall NOT ex-
ICED for earh single letter rate cents ~. s.;
md for each ki'ogram IF o'her CORES ,onderce 10
enta o. y in that it il agreed that the in
sraationd single letter rate II postage by sueh
Inc 81 III b.. ret.ncei to 10 cents ~ from the
United States and 70 cents Dutch from the
gethe.l ,nds. Aad the two Offices shall by COM
sao .cerd hx the time when this reduction shall
An IcLE VII. Tn. prepayment Of postage on
rsinary letters ehall be optional, subject to
be eouditioos in Article VIII. mentioned: but
pon1en-e mentioned in paragraph two Of the
Inst article, il shall be obligatory Ii
Article VIII. II however. the postage on any
0r1sapond-ncs shall be prepaid Enthusiastically, IL
AL nevertheless he forwarded to its destina-
IN, e.mrzed with the deficient postage aiding
al .moonts instead Of fractions. Of cee cent
D. 81 ar i've cents Dutch
Upon the delivery Of any unpasd or insuficiently
lid letter. of anv Other insufhciently paid cor
sspo.denee, thee shall be levied in the Unitei 1
I'd iR the Netheri,nds ( exceeding Is cents
Dutch). THIS fine and siSo the def lent
staye On all other correspondence than letters.
IN OF enter ipto accounts between the tw"l
1ees. but shall b. retained to the q . of the col
AssiclEN Registered -res2,nderce -h,ll. a
addition to the postage be sub ect G. re is
afion fee. ( exceeiing ten cents ~. =. in the