The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-10

Passed at the First Session of the Forty
FIRST Congress.

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4 America aud of Belgium being d. sIrou-
regulate by a new Convention the postal inter
course between the two ctu tr e. the unfersign
ed heing duly authurzed by L eirrespectIve tiov
ernmen,s, have agreed upon the following articles
Article L. There siia he exchange # cor
resp,rdeuc,.. BY If their r--pective ros
Departments between :he Unit. d states # Amer
ca asid Belgium, and this c RES onGen,e shat
embrace
J. letter., ordinary and registered.
Newspapers bcot packets. prints of all kinds
5ccmpri il MACS. pl ms. eusrsvings- drawings
photographs, Ii hOgraphs. and all ether like o
iuctiun- If mechanical procc se-, sheets of music
ETC.. and pat erns samples of merchandise, in
ending grains and see
And c..rre~ponience my be exchanged
whether uriginai 2 in either Of "a cnuHTrie.
and e>tined for the other. or originating in OF
Je-tin. d f. f,reign cruntrie- to which they may
.e,p-c lively serve a irtermediu les
AKr!cLs Ii. The offices for the exchange Of mails
shall be "a IN the part If the United states
1. New York.
.. BJ-t0n.
lb) IN the part of Belgium:
l. Antwerp
Osterd travelling Offce)
3. 0stend. Qocal)
The two Post Departments may st any time
discontinue either OF sail Offices Of exchange or
establish uthsrs.
ARirrLr III. Each Office shall make its own
agreements for the despatch # It's mails to the
ther Office by REGULAR lines ofconInIuncation. and
hall, at its own c-t. pay the expense "t sGch
intermediate rTan>pcrtatiln- 1t Is also agreed
that of internato al ocean and territorial
transit of the closed mails, between the respect
frontiers, shall he 4 1T betrayed Icy that
# the Two Departments winch SHAH have tt4ined
from the Intermediates the most f.v"rsbie pc
c1niary terms for sGch conveyance and any
amount 50 advanced By ciie for account IF the
other shall be promptly reimbursed.
ARTICLE ". The standard weight for the
single rate IF postage and rule Of irogi essior
hall be:
/. For letters Is grammes.
For all other correspondence mentioned in
The second paragraph Of the first article, tnat
which each Department shaH adrpt FIR the
r,ais which it dispatches t. the ether, adapted
10 the convenience and habits OF its interior
uiuiuistr, ion
But .,ch Office shall give notice TO the other
# the stsnts,Id weisi It adopts, and of any
subsequent change there
The ru { of progression shall always be a1-
i;tiond single rae for each additional single
weight OF fra ton there f.
The weight stated BY the desFa ching eff re
shall always he ac-tp ed, saving the case o.
ras1ife-t nII-t-ke-
ARrrcLE v The single rate Of postage or the
ERECT correspondence exchanged lie weeu the !
United States ard Belgium shall be a. llows :: |
L. GA pre- pad letters from the bnI.ei states, !
~ cents.
2 on prepaid letters from Belgium, so
rentines.
On all other correspondence mentioned in the /
second paragraph i the first article. the rate /
shsii be, Iur the mail, sent, that which h-
1sSI atofing oifc- shall adept in Conformity !!
With the cuavenierce s3d habits IF its IHtsr.or /
administration. Bat each office .ha giv- |
notice to the other 81 the rare II adopts. and If
a-y subsequent change thereof
AzTicLE VI Whenever tnere shall he est'b
llsii, direct line Of steam communicating tie
i~een the ports of the United tajrs and Of Bel
GUM ad opted t. the regular tran,p0i tation IF
the mails between the tw counties and accept
bic To the twc Departments, Ii Is agreed that The
international single letter Fate aplIicbe to tins
r.ute snail he reduced To 10 cents IN the CLlIed
states and 80 Confines in Belgium, oil which six
cents c-BfiIn.s) - all represent the maritime
rate: and n the oiherco respondeHce mentioned
IN the second paragraph e: The first article the
maritime rate in such case shall be 10 cents (5J
ceotime,) per kilo-ramme.
But this article shall not be carried into effect
until Il tim. upon witch the two Post Depart
Iaents shall hereafter agree.
ARTICLE VII. The prepayment Of postage on
,r: mary |, 81 all be optional, subject to the
condition in Article VIII mentioned. but on
registered letters. and all other Correspond
-ucs mentioned in tte second paragraph If the
first article it shall be compulsory,
ARTIcLE VIII If. however, the postage on arv
rrticle shall be prep id insuffcienty. 1t shall
lie forwsr'ied to its OBSTINATE charg
ID with the deficient postage. Upon the delivery
ID. any unpaid insnffiCiently iaid letter, or of
AMI other iusufhcienty paid correspondence, there
shall be levied = fine in the United states If five
sents, in Belgium of 80 cenTimes- This fJe, as
veil deficient postage other arjicieS
letters shall not enter INTO the accounts between
.ls Offices hut s1ali be retained the use of
the office collecting the
ARTlcik IN. Regis cred articles shall. in aidi- ,
;ica TO the postage be suiject a register fee Of
en- cents the nIted States, and of 50 confines
u Belgium ard this fee shall always be p epaid.
Each Office at liberty to reduce this fee for
the mails il dispatches Ii
ARTICLE \, Any correspondence may be reg
stored not only for international correspondence
Tut also for ctrresporitis originating des
tinsd for other Countries 10 which these two adj
iinistrafieHs may respectfully serve n intermeii
~rIes Tor tint Transmission Of such registered art-
les. :
Zach Department -hsI' notify the other Of the
-oun,riee to which It ray thu serve informed
sry. IL
ARTICLE Il. Accounts between tine two offices ,
cai be liked the following basis from the to- Z,
al amount Of international hostages and register
ees collected IN each untry letters. added to
he total ameunt,of prepaid p'~tages and register q
-es other articles sent. the de- patching fic-
hall deduct the amount required ri the agreed {
ate for the intermediate transit thereof betwe 4
he frontiers, and the amount the two net
uc,s shall be equally DIVIDED between the two
:1ces. |,
ARTICLE XII The cDr-espondence mentioned in 4
as second paTagTaph Of the FIRST article shall be il
e~patched under regulations to be established by v
as despIfchnG OH e; but these shall enibf ace 4
BE foilow %
). No packet shall contsin anything ~kc'. shall
{ closed against inspection nor any written COM
lei. icatipu whatever, except u tate fir. WHOM A
to whom the pack-; sent. and the numbers vs.
isced upon the patterns samples OF nlerchan- b
zee q
, Nc ra ket my exceed .wc feet in length, OF
.e f.ot II any '-shsr oi,nenri,n tG
.. Neither u:fice shall be buUnd to deliver any II
'ticl. the deportation # which risv be prohibit II
q BY tia laws regulations Ct the country Of Il.
stiaa.ion- tc
l. So long as suy custom duty il chsrEab.e on .,
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