The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-09
foPTIc1ALI
LAWS OF TaE UNITED STATES
Passed at the First Session of the Forty
FIRST Congress.

course between the United States Of Americ
and Belgium.
The Pcst-oiice Departments of the Uni ed State
Of America and of Belgium being d, sirous 4
regulate by new Convention the postal inter
course between the two ecu tres, the undersign
ed being duly authorized by T. cir respective tinv
e,rments have a. reed upon the foilswing articles
ARTICLE I. There sha ] he an exchange # cor
resp. .pdeuc.-, by n,ean- Of their r--p-ctive tos
Departments. between The Unit d States # Amer
Ca aud Belgium. and this res vndence shall
embrace
l. Letters, ordinary and resi-fered
Newspapers b1a packets. prints Of all kinds
;compri i' e MAYS. pl rs. enyr-vinys- drawings
photography, Ii hographs and ali other like y q
trcti',n- If mechanical procc SCI, shsets Of mnsir
&C, ard pat ems or samples Of meIcha disc, in
clndlnC grains and
And sue correspondence my be exchanged
whether .risina in either Of sad couuIri-.
aud e>tined for the other OF originating in OF
tes:in d fi freign Countries to which they may
Tespec lively seiv : Intermediates.
ARTIcLEfI The off ces for the exchange Of mail:
shall he "a the part # tie United states
l. New York.
- E>ton.
~ IN the part Of Belgium
l. Antwerp
: Ostend travelling Offce.)
:. Osiend, local
The two Post Departments may a. any time
discontinue either of said Offices Of exchange or
establish others.
AEtIcLxiif Each Office shall make is own
agreements for the despatch # ifs mails 10 the
other Office by u!ar lines OfcunnunlCaii and
n Ill, at its c,r>t, pay the expense OF si.cH
intermediate tran-partati ~ Ii Is also agreed
that the st of interuatso al Ocetn an te rItOrri
transit Of the Closed mails. between the respect
frontiers sha he 4 It tefraye,t ty thai
Of the Departments winch ,iia have bI1ined
from tn. int med Gies the most f-y.Fabl- pc
cuaiary terms for such Conveyance and any
amount sdvsICet by one FIR account Of the
other shall b. promptly reimbursed
Article ". The standard weight fIr the
single rate Of postage aud ru !e Of prog. e,sion
shall be:
l. For letters, Is grammes-
flr all other Cor eSpondence mentioned in
the sec nd Paragraph IF The first article, tuat
which etch Department shail ad pit for the
mats v hich it dispatches t. the other, adapted
10 the Convenience ami habits OF its in eriJr
adrniistr, ion
But each o,fi-e s,,,,ll give notice to the other
# the >t-n,iasd weisi 1t II, pts, ami OF any
-rtsequent Change there
The IA IF progression shnli always lie an al
iitiJnad single for each addliiona! single
weight ur fra ton thereof.
The weight stated by the despa ching office
shall always be ac.ep ed, saving the case o.
rianife>t mi-take-
ARTICLE V. The single rite of po-taze on the
direct cores Jondence exchanged lie ween the
United States and Belgium shall be a. lIo~s
l. On pre- pad lvtisTa from the Uui. Ell States,
IS cents.
3 IN pre- paid letters flom Belgium, so
ce1times
On all other correspondence mentioned in the
second paragraph f the first article, the late
tall be, the mails seat, ihtt which he
Ie-paichIng Office shall adopt in Conformity
with the convenience and hab!ts 81. is Inferior
administration. ijrt each office siia give
notice TO the other 81 the rate it adopts, ami Of
any subsequent change thereof
AET.cLs VI Whenever there shall lie e~tab
i;sh,G direct line Of steam c'ninluucatIun be-
tween the ports of the United tate, and Of Bel
giznb al t;red t. the re.uIa- trin.po t:iticI of
the mails between the tw c,uHtrIe, aE.d accept g
bic 10 the D-pa' tmruts it y agreed that the
single letter rate apiiICs'i'e 10 ts
= Ute all b- reduced tn 10 cents in ,be JtiJei
states and so Confines in Belgium, Of which SIX
eit- 80 Itin - - all represent TIE maritime
rate and I 7 the O hercJ resp lr,dsnce mentioned
ia the 5 Cond r;uagrGGh Is The first article the I
lsriti ne rate IN such case shall be 10 cents t5U
reutime>l Der kIioEranme.
But thls article shal not be carried into effect |
until time upon Wi !Ch the two Post Depart !
.n=uts Shall hereafter aZ-ee.
AgTIcLk vi. Tn prepayment. of postage on |
u .nf.itiun in Article WI mentioned, but on |
registered letters ard on all other Correspond !
snce mentioned in tue -ecvni paragraph of the |
tirst artIcir 1t shall he cInpuIsyr,,
ARTI LIZ VIII II, however, the postage on any !
.rticir shall he prep if insufiicientiy, 1t shall
he turwHTCef 10 its test'Bati n carg
Il with the II. ficieut :. stage Upon ihedeivery |
4 any unpaid iusUfhcientiy laid letter. or Of
ANY other insufhciei.ty paid correspondence, there
ball tie levied Il fine the United states If five
ssnts in Belgium of 81 confines. THIS lie, As
y ell the deficient pgst,ge ether articles than
letters, shall not eater into the accounts between
lie two offices bzt shall be retained tothe use Of
the Office collecting the sane
AaTlcL. IN. Regis cred articles shall, in add |
ion To the po-tate be suiject a register fee #
ten ceIts in tire ntei States, and Of 50 confines
ia Belgium. and this lee shalt always be p aid.
Zach office Is at liberty 70 reduce this Tee for /
the nails it dispatches
ARTICLE y, Amy c.Erresr0ndence may be reg
stored, net only fr internationai correspondence |
but also for eurTesl audience or Zlnaius la or Ges
tined for other ccuutTies 10 which these two ad /
ninistrdtions may respectfully serve n intermeti-
sres Tor the Transmission Of such registered arti
les.
Each Department shall notify the other Of the
Countries to winch !: may thus serve IN erIn-G
airy.
sail be tx-d the following basis: from tue 10
y amount ot international pgsttees and register
ees collected IN each uhtTy IN letters. added to
.le total amount If prepaid stages and register
=es other articles sent. the de-patching fic-
hall deduct the amount required at the sgreed
ate for the intermediate tran-iI thereof b-twe
be tSo fruntieIs and the amount o the two net
ucls shall 2e equally divided between tie two
frces.
ALTrcLr XII The correspondence mentioned in
be second paragraph If the first srtol- shall be
sspaicie, under regulations to be .stsbiis ied by
he despttchinS ofi c, but these shall embrace
re following
/, No PACKET shall contain anything whicl shall
= closed sainst ins pecti1n nor any written com
IL .cstio.I whateyet except 10 tate fir IL whom
to whom the packet is sent, and the numbers
laced upon the patterns or samples II niereAan-
?. No pa-ke, my exceed two feet in length, or
<.NFl gTtN nj .It,n /,