The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-10
[0FTIcIAL-l
LAWS OF TaE UNITED STATES
Passed at the First Session of the Forty
FIRST Congress.


os eighth July. 1Sos. ami provided in the
XXIyth Article Of said Convention
ARTICLE 1. There shall be regular exchange
Il correspondence, in closed mails, between the
f-st sses.rsrneut OF the Upitei STATES Of Americ,
and the postal administration of the kingdom OF
lay, well for correspondence originating in
OF destined for f,reign countries to which the
Uaire, STATES and Italy may respectively serve as
Intermediates
This Correspondence shall embrace the following
articles:
I. Letters, ordinary and registered.
. Newspapers. prints Of all kinds. books, maps.
flIns, engrav.nss. drawings. photographs, iitho-
Srafhs, sheets Of unsic printed or written. and
Patterns or samples OF merchandise, including
grains AMI SEEDS
ARTICLE III The Offices fer the exchange Of the
mails shall be, on the part of the United States,
New York.
On the part Of Italy-
l. Su-t-travel NJ Office
= Camsrlsta-trsyeilinG office.
s. srola-trsveiiiug Office
The Two administrators NAV. py common
cord establish additional Offices Of exchange
Whenever it shall he fouEd necessary or suspend
an existing ofi ce Of exchange
aEricLS Ill. Etch administration shall make lis
own arrlngs nents for the despatch Of its mails to
the c5h.r and shall transport them =, its Cwn ex
Isase to the frontier o. the country Of destination
IL : also agree! thu. the cost of the territorial
and marine transit Of the mails despatched by one
administration TO the other shall be first def aged
~ thu one Of the two administrators which shall
have attained from the Intermediates the most
favorable pecuniary terms for such transit; and
any amount ~ advanced by one for the other shall
te promptly reimbursed
AzrI.IE Nv. The STANDARD weight for the sin
gle rate Of postage and the rule of progression
shall be-
For letters fffeen grams.
FOR all ether correspondents mentioned in the
second paragraph Vt the first article, it sksll be
that which the desPatchias administration shall
io7t FIR the mails which it dispatches to the
other, asYteI 10 the convenience Of its interior
service.
Zach admin s.ration, however, shall notify the
ether OF the STANDARD we ht il shall adopt and OF
any subsequent change Thereof
The rule Cf progression shall always be ad,li-
tioasi single rate Tor each additional standard
weight OF traction thereof
The weight stated by the despatching Office |
shall always be accepted, except in case Of mani
FEST m-tske.
AKrlcLs V. The siasle rate of postage for the !
direct correspondence is established as follows:
For letters frorl the United States fife cents
For letters from Italy. eighty centisimi-
FOR all other eoTresp1utence mentioned in the /
second paragraph Ct the first article. i, shall be
that which the desPafehipg administration shall l
adopt fJr tbe mails IL Dispatches, adapted its
cwu convenience, hut each administration shall Il
i-forn the other Of tie rate it adopts and Of any
change Of it
The postage upon any Correspondents however,
RAY be. ty common accord Ins iifiei whenever
the sender shall avail himself Of any route which I
requires a higher rate tsan that established by
TINS Article. and the envelope shall Indicate the
rlte preferred either in writing ct by the amount
If postage prepaid
ARTICLE vi The prepayment Of postage on
ordinary leiters between tte United States and
Italy shall be optional
The prepayment Of postage On all other CORE
sPondence, including registered letters, shall be
obligatory
Inc correspondence of all Kind. which shall no.
he prepaid shall be charged sy the receiving ad-
with fine mot exceeding cents in
the United States, and not exceeding 80 centisimi
in Italy,
The correspondence of any kind, in-ufaciently
prepaii, shall be dispatched, but shall be charged
,y the receiving administration with the deficient
postage. H. well as the ia. aforesaid. l..
Fractions Of cent in the United States and |
II 5 eentisirii in iiay, shall be counted Tor the
al amount
Azr.cLE VII ANY correspondence may be reg
stored, as we'll that directly exehan2 ed between
he two countries, as that originating in either
y them ami de>tiP-s. 20 other reign countries TO
xhicn they ma; respectively serve interme,ii-
aries for r-y<.erei correspondence and vice versa
The ir.srnatiouai correspondence registered
.lrst always be prepaid, both the postage and
he register fee
The fee shall be- rot exceeding 10 ceats in the
United : a.es. and 20 eeItisimi in Italy.
AaTrcrE VIII. Accounts between the two at-
N ni-tr-rio3s shall be regulated As FLOWS:
ftofa tine tus j Mount of portage collected upon
etters aG.is to the amcuIt Of register fees ard a
& p-epsi hostages upon Other articles than let
crs q, coslrcte-t by each administration, IL shall ID
/,
ssmesi.ate transit of the mails il dispatches to
he other anil the balance shall he equally divided
-e.we=n the two admin trstions. Io
There sail be excluded frOIn the account all ii
iaes rE0n paid or iuzIfrirntiy paid correspond
,uc-. ans. the deficient hostages u,~n articles e
sent;oed in the second paragraph of rtcle first,
II 0. which shall H. Erta hei the use If the N
administration which ep.ls ess them.
ARIIcLE IN. 1he correspondence mentioned in N
he -ecoul Iarsgssph e: article first snail be de-
fsfzEsi in ef 'sIA,sy with the interior system of
he desEa:stiEg A.ss4ini-Irstien, but always in
u. ling ;h- fi.IIwiu< Fa..>:
(4.l Tke correspondence must be under bands,
D that the eont.nt- can be r-ls,ily examined. \
% There fau-t be written communication
kept tEe ease the Of the sender, the adj |,
rcSs. ard the pries. ami ranufsctarers' marks III
pm samples OF raerS hlnd'se- =
e } No pattern or packet may exceed sixty GEN.
.esEs in length an. thirty csntia.e,ers In any o!
;her dilieusisn- IN
ta1 There hall he admitted no liquid nor other
-tf-ts Which might injure the other Correspond AZ
see ROY asy ai:icie the importation of which ~
AZ be prohibited by the laSs or Regulations Of r
le c.,gnt v # destination. OF
ar-.sIE Y. IL j. expressly srreed that all in A.
r.stsausi c rT-si ondeEee exchanged shall be * n
M, the country q destination from any charge q
hstsver rot expressly provided by this conyen- VI
~: ESerfosi Esr-Eta-isss, That any duty which al
Az b. cue - the upon any article, under h
e Laws Of the country Of destination, may he q
i..eted-
AErrrIx NJ The two administrations shall es- ri
bl.sh ey Con mon acccsd, -nd conf, rmity with II
ARRANGEMENTS in force at the time, the ccudi- sh
ns upus ~hiei the TIA Offices nay respectively til
-hsn.e in open nails the correspondence crigi- Ii
q & in or destined TO tTeixn ccuntfits To which
ey ui-y recipsoraliy nteTnaedsnries- te
always understood however. that such CORE pS
nrsieree tli only DC charged with the intsrna- tn
IA, postage established by this Convention, aug
MED by the po.a- eue to foreign countries, CT er
Otser exterior service til