The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-27
fOHFIcIALl
laws OF TaE UNITED STATES
Passed ct the First Session of the Forty
FIRST Congress.

convention between the ucneraI EOstDElce Of IN
Uaitei States of America ard 'he General Post
Office Of the Netherlands
Tae UNDERSIGNED. being tliercunto duly author
ixei by their respective Governments, hav
ryreei upon the following Articles for the amel
i.rston Of the postal service between the Unite,
states of America and the Iii gdon of the Meth
eFians.s.
AxricigI There shall b. an exchange IF CORE
aad the Kingdom of the Netherlands by means d
their respective post lie artments, and this col
re-pondence shall embrace:
1. Letters ordinary and rsgistered
81 Newspapers, book packets, prints Of all
Einls, (eonlprisi maps, plans. engrsvinss,
drawings ph tagraph>. iith,grai.hs. and ali other
like productions mechanical pr ceSs-s, sheets
&c music, &c } and P'tterns or samples Of ner
cksndise, including grains md sesds
And such correspondence may be exchanged.
whether originating in either of sad countries
AMI destined for the o her, originating in or
destined ( n foreign countries to w.ch these ma,
respectively serve as interm-,iia- les.
Article III. The eli ,es for exchange Of mails
s,:.ii be, On the ra-t Oi the tniiei States:
l. New York
2. Betoa.
in the part # the Netherlands:
the travelling office i!oerdyk-
Zach Post Department may at any time, after
notice to the other disc ntinne either of the OH
If exchange its side, AWAY leaving ote
Office and the two ollicss by agreement may at
auy time establish additional ,fficrs of exchange
ARTICLE Ill The principle is aIreei. hat each
oei,e ssal make its own arrans-rne its FIR she
dsyatch of its ais II oths: ottce by ree,ll sr
lines OF communication, AMI shall at lis own cost
pay the exp-lse If sich ntermei ate tIaI-P rita
Iiou- IL is also agre q III { the cost e interna
tioasl and territ ri.l transit # TIE cl ,se
nsis bstxeet the fr .ntirrs Of the twrc untrie>
shall be first def ayei by that y the two de
pl-tmeats which -hli have obtained frnm the
Intermediates the mosE favorable pccu larry
terms FIR such conveyance.
a1i any amount 30 advanced hy one for acc unit Of
In other shall be promptly reimbursed.
Article Nv The :: itt weight far III. n
sle rate If intern tiaaal postage, an rue of Pro
-,res,i IA. shall be-
lat, FIR letters. Is cramnes
FL Esr all 9th .r cbrrrsg plie1ce mentioned W
psTsg aph tws of the firs: article that which the
dssp.tchiny oti-e shall ui r,,t the mtiis which
j, d-spa ches to the other, adapted To the con
venieaee and habits 81 the interior adninistrs-
tim. Bus each cffi = shall give notice to the
other o. the standard weight i. adopts, and uf
any subsequent change thereof
The rule If progression shall always BE an adj
Gition,i single rate for each aiditi nal Standard
weight or fraction thereof The weight stated
ty the de Ia;ching Office shall always be accepted
except in case Of m,nife-r mistake
ARTICLE v. The single rat- of portage on the
direct correspondence exchanged between tie two
siminisir ions, sub -ct t. the reS-rve nirn- !
ssanei in Article L. shall be As fiii'iws:
On letters the United 81 ties. l5cent-- Z s. |
3 On letters from tie Meth -ri.ais, 40 cents |
to1tch)
Sd. On ali other corresponience mentioned
in paragraph TWO of the first article. the ra e |
s0St De, TIE mails U->li'Cucti, tuft winch
the despstching flee shall adpt. adapted to the
convenience and h,hi.s Of its interior aimini sra-
tiou Bat each Office shall give notice t, the /
other of the rate it adopts, and OF any subsequent
change thereof
Article VI Whenever a regular line # steam /
communication acceptable TO the two Offices. may
be employed directly between any port Of the
United States and any part of the north Of El-
rope at suca that the eat,e cost of tran
porta.ion between the two fronti-rs shall not ex-
coed for ea-h single letter rate cents a. s..
ana for each ki!ogram If oher CORES hon'ience 10
cents u. y in thai it IL agreed tha: the in
terna,iontl single letter rate If postage by srch
line sh III b. reduce to 10 cent. ~ from the
United States and Is Cents Dutch from the
Neshesl ,uis Aad the two Offices shall by com
mon aec,rd fix the time when this reduction shall
take effect
Ar IcLs VII. Tn. prepayment Of postage on
ordinary letters shal be optional, subject to
the conditions in Article VIII mentioned: but
on re sistered letters. and all other CORE
spondence mentioned in paragraph two of the
drst Article, it shall be obligatory.
AR1rsLx VIII. II however. the postage on any
correspondence shall be p epaid insuficientiy, il
shali nevertheless he forwarded to its destina-
tica, charged with the deficient postage adding
full amounts instead Of fractions, Of ore cent
~. 81 ~ i've cents Dutch
Upon the delivery of any napaid or insufhc:entiy
pid letter, Of anv Other in>ufficen'iy paid cor
r-spo ,ieDce. there shall be levied the United
States a tine MT exceeding FIVE cents. fu !,
ssd in the Netherlands n { exceeding Is cents
o ,s:age on all 9th correspondence than letters.
n I'll Of enter into accounts between the tw'
siices. bat shall retained to the ne Of the col
is:,iag Office s
AsrI1s TX Registered ca-rasp,nience shall, q
in ai..itinn to the hostage be subject t'are is
,ration fe. excee ling ten cents ~. 8. in the
U 1ited afes, AMI not eycrefng p cents
IDafch) n the Netherlands and this tee shall 4
Now he prepai1
AxTIcLH X. any correspondence may he reg T.
isterei we'll i'ernaii nal correspondence rs !,
that ri-irafing in destined f'- other c"uItri-s
10 Viii h these two -dm n>tra-ion- may respect Il
lively serse a. int m-di ,ries in eith-r direction
r the tran-mi->sn f such re istered arti-le. e.
hAca d.psrrr ept 81 II ntifv the other Of tn. ii
STUNT les which it miy thus a inferno il
larry
AsrYLv NJ Aecoun's batween the two OF ces e,
he TIT a-noun- po-;a AMI register fees c,l n
ectssi BIZ each Office letter. -died the tai
smrur If prrr,si. 10 -Ce and register T. es d
the corr~-pS d nee which il dispatches tn de-
'chin ,fiice shall del ct the unt required er
{ the eel rate. FIR the cost he informed ate hi
n, # he net SUM shall be divided he cf
we N tn offices in the proportion If q n,
II i- az n l.. he United STA of sni two Iii
fits 9 5th-' {, the fire of the Nr'hs rianis u;
AKTTc z XII lie ts'rr.-Vppslence m n i ned
paragraph t~o sfthe first tee shall be d.s 4,
.tehs.i ter afiuns IA he establish ell by the
o piIc ing Office, hut Always includ ng the fol-
)Wing 90
Rir,r No peras. shall contain anything which if
sal Re sis = sysin-t -pertio,. any Wi T. n or
inmuricstinn whatever. except To state from
hs.ni AMI u whom the packet is sent. and the n,
pmb ami pri g pltcei upon e-ch pattern or III
,M,e cfrs-r nj =. 81
Sec nj. NopIcket rsy exceed Nv, feat in len tn, I'll
one 81 N c'hc. din, n i'm. the equiva-
e. ip Dat h measurement. ,sh