The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-25
LAWS or THE UNITED STATES
Passed at Tie Ffrst Session Of the Forty
fiyst C0mgvess.

like productions OF mechanical pracesses sheet
of music, &c y and patterns or samples Of mel
chandise, including grains and sesds
And such correspondence may b exchanged
whether originating in either Of said countris
and destined for the other, or originating in @
destined for foreign countries to which these ma
respectively serve as Intermediates
ARTICLE H. The Offices for the exchage G
mails shall be-
(al on the part of the United States
1st. New York.
"a. Boston.
I'd. Portland.
4th. Detroit.
5:h Chicogo
(b) on the part of the North German Union
ist- Aachen, tAlx Ia Chspelle.)
81. Bremen.
Sd. Hamburg.
The two post departments may at any time dis
continue either Of said Offices of exchange, OIL
establish others by mutual consent.
ARTICLE III. Zach office shall make its owl
arrangements for the despatch of i-s mails to the
other Office by regu Inns of communication ;
and should at its own cost pay the expense OF
such intermediate ira sportaton.
The two Offices. however, mutually agree, that,
in making contracts for the despatch of mails
from American ports, or from European ports.
those steamers and lines should always be
pioyed. 50 far consistent with the rates of post
age, by which the mails de patched shall rlieSt
arrive at their deStinAtipn: and wheu III. speed
IS substantially the same. that the most favorable
pscuniary Conditions should be preferred. 1t is
also agreed that the cost of international ocean
and territ vial transit the closed mails between
the respective frontiers shall be first def aged by
that one Of the two departments which shall lave
obtained from the Intermediates the most favor
able pecaniary terms for such conveyance; and
any amount so advanced by one for account Of the
other shall be promptly reimbursed.
ARrIcLE1 Nv The standard weight for the sin
gle rate Of International postage and rule Of pro-
erosion, shall be-
LIST, For letters, Is grammes.
ID For all other correspondence mentioned in
paragraph two of the first article that which the
despatching office shall adopt for the mails which
it dispatches TO the other, adapted to the CON-
venience and habits of its interior adninistra-
tion. But each Office shall give notice to the
other of the standard weight it adopts, and of
any subsequent change thereof
The rule Of progression shall always be an adj
ditional single rate for each additi nal standard
weight or fraction thereof. The weight stated
by the despatching office shall always be accepted,
except in case Of manifest mistake
1t is, however. understood that long the
German ONCE empioys the toh as its standard for
the single weight OF letters which it dispatches,
1t shall Also be accepts; by the United States
Office as the equivalent of Is grammes, in respect
to the malls which it receives from the German
once.
ARIIcIxv. The single rate of postage on the
direct correspondence Exchanged between the two
administrations shall be Is follows,
LIST. On letters from the United States via
direct line Of steamers to Hamburg and Bremen,
conditioned that the sea rate in such cases shall
not exceed Eve cents FIR single letter rate and
ten cents por kilogram for other correspondence
TEN cents.
via said direct line, (subject to same cond'ion)
four silDer grOschen. |
Sd. On letters from the United States via
England, fifteen cents.
4th. On letters from the North German Union /
via England, six SLIDER groschen.
5th. OF the international letter postage via
England, the ocean single letter r,te >..sii NO.
exceed eight cents, nor shall the English aEd
Belgium single letter transit rates exceed one
cent each.
9th. 1t is further agreed, that whenever any
other regular line Of steam enmmunicstcE, ac
reptable to the two ofices, may he eng logged
directly between any port Of the United Sues
and any port of the north of Europe at zach
rates that the entire cost Of transportation lie
tween the two frontiers snail not exceed Tor |
each single letter rate hve cents, and Tor each
kilogram Of other correspondence ten cent, IN
that case the International single OF letter :
postage by such line shall be reduced 10 tea
cents.
eth. On all other correspondents mentioned
IN paragraph TWO Of the first article, the
shall be- for the mails despatched, that whIc !
The de-parching ofic- shall adopt. adapted to Tie
and habits Of its interior adninistra
ton. But each Office shall give notice to the
pther Of the rate it adopts, and oil any subsequent
change thereof
Ar ICLE VI. The prepayment Of postage on
ordinary letters shall be optional, subject to
the conditions in Article VII mentioned; but
IN registered letters, and On all other CORE
spondence mentioned in paragraph two Of the
tirst article, il shall be obligatory
ARTIcLs VII. IL however, the postage on any
shall be prepaid insufhcientiy, il
fiall nevertheless be forwarded to its destIna-
ton, but charged with the d, ficieni postage
Upon the delivery Of any unpa;d or insu:iciently
,s.id letter, Of any other insufficientiy paid
espondence, there shall lie levied in the United
'taies . fine not exceeding Eve cents. and in the
North German Uniol additional charge not ex
eeding two siber groSc!.en. This fine, or addi-
ionzl charge , as well as the deficient postsgc on
II other CO respond me- than letters, shall mt
-Iter into the accounts between the two Offices,
ut shall be retained To the of the collecting
flee
ARTICLE VIII. The correspondence men1ioned
a paragraph t~o ofthe first Article shall be des
.ifcned under regulations to be established by the
office, tut always including the fol-
wing -
FIRST No packet shall contain anything which
nall be close'! against Inspection. nor any Wi ten
whatever, except to state from
HON and 70 whom the packet is sent. and the .
umber and price placed rpon each pattern or
imple Ofmer- handIse-
Second No packet may exceed two feet III length, |
one foo: N any cthei diuen-i n.
Third Neither ofic- shall be bound to deliver
~ a tcle the importation Of which pay lie pro
bited by the laws or regulations Of the country {
de-tiHaiion-
Fourth. 20 long as any customs duty may be
agreeable un'ary articles eschan; ed III the nails.
Oh duty may be levied Tor the use Of the Gus
ms iC
1t is further agreed. that exeer, a small local !
rrier's charge $50 iorg as il shall exit in the
raj districts Of North GrrEany. NJ charge what =
.r Otherwise than il herein expire sly proyid d, \
al be I-yie.l or collected the letters aud other
RE rondence exchanged. ip
saIIcLE TX. eny r-esponGence may be reg \
II. nal