The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-20
(OFFICIAL.l
LAWS OF TIE UNITED STATES
Passed At GAe First Session Of the Forty
First Congress.
fORfICIALl

ARTICLE I. There shall be an exchange Of cor
respondence between the United States Of Amer
lea and the North German Union, by means G
their respective post departments; and this COR
respondence shall embrace
Ist. Letters ordinary and registered
I'd Newspapers, book-packets, prints Of al
kinds. comprising maps, plans, engravincs
drawings, photographs, autographs. and all Other
like production, OF mechanical processes sheet
IF music, &c } and patterns or samples Of mer
ciandise. including grains and seeds
And such correspondence NAV be exchanged:
whether originating in either of said countrie.
and destined for the other. originating in OF
destined for foreign countries TO which these ma,
respectively serve As Intermediates.
ARTICLE Ii. The Offices for the exchage O.
mails shall he
(a) on the par, of the United States:
l-t- New York.
III Boston.
Sd. Portland.
4lh- petroit-
5,L. Chicogo-
% On the part of the North German Union:
i.t- Aachen, tAlx IA Chapelie-)
.l- Bremen.
81 Hamburg.
The two post departments m,y at any time dis
continue either Of said Offices Of exchange, or
establish others by mutual consent.
ARTICLE III. Each Office shall make its own
arrangements for the despatch IF its mails to the
'ther Office by reguiar lines of Communication !;
AMI shbuli at its own cost pay the expense of
e1sel intermediate transportation
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 EN-
dyed. far consistent with the of post
age. by which the mails despatched shall earliest
arrive at their destination: and When the speed
! Substantially the same, that the favorable
Iscu,aiary conditions should he preferred. 1t is
also agreed that the Cost of international ocean
and territrfial transit If the closed mails between
the respective ffoniers shall be first betrayed by
that one Of the two departments VIII ch -hall have
from the intermediates the most favor
able pecuniary terms for such conveyance; end
any amount so advanced by one for account of the
the- shall be promptly reimbursed
ARTICLE ~ The standard weight for the sin
ce rate of international postage, and rule of Pro-
--rcs,ion shall be-
1st, For letters, Is grammes-
81 For all other correspondence mentioned in
paragraph two Of the first article that which the
Office shall adopt FIR the mails which
1t ir-pa.ches to the other, adapted to the
veuieuce and habits of its interior admnistra-
ton But each office shall give notice TO the
ether of the standard weight il adopts, and If
ny subsequent change thereof.
The rule ef progression shall always be an adj
s.itIJnal single rate for each afditi nal standard
weight OF fraction thereof The weight stated,
the despatching Office shall always be accepted
Except IN case Of manifest mistake
1t i, however, understood that so long as the
German Office employs the Ion its standard for
the single weight of letters which il dispatches,
L shall alsp he accepted by the United States
lfhce a. the equivalent Of Is gramres. in respect
+, the mails which it receives from the German
fee
AETIcLEN V The single rate Of postage on the |
,i-ect correspondence exchanged between the two !
shall be as follows,
lSt- On letters from the United States via |
li--cr line Of steamers TO Hamburg and Bremen. |
-' Ilirinnei tina; the rate in such cases shall
lot exceed Eve cents FIR single letter rate and 4
Zen cents per kiloGrum for ether correspondence,)
len cents
~ On letters from the North German Union
IA >sil direct line, Subject to condirion)
~ silber grpscten.
81. On letters from the United States via
England fifteen cents
irh. On letters from the North German Union
ia England, six silber grUschen-
5th. of the international letter postage via
England the ocean single letter rate shall not
Nccet eight cents. nor shall! the English and
ielsIan single letter transit rates exceed one
eat each. L
9Th. 1t is further agreed, that whenever any
ither regular line of steam communication. &C
ePtshle to the two Offices. may he employed
lirectiy between any pnrt Of the United States
nj any port of the north of Europe at such
-ttes that the entire cost Of transportation be-
weeu the two frontiers SHALL not exceed for
ach single letter rare fve cents, and for each
iioyrsni Of other correspondence ten cents, IN
hat ease the international single rate of letter
stage by such line shall be reduced to ten
rut-.
7tii- On all other correspondence mentioned
n paragraph two of the first article. the rate
hal he, for the mails despatched. that which
ne ds>Iatehing office shall adopt, adapted to the
1avenience and habits OF its interior aiministra-
in. But each office shall give notice TO the
ther Of the rate il adopts, and oil any subsequent
iiansc thereof
AKICLE ". The prepayment Of postage on
r iinary letters ehall he optional, subject to {
he conditions in Article VII mentioned: hut
;-ruience mentioned in paragraph two Of the
T., article, it shall he obligatory
ARTICLE VII If. however. the postage On any
rre~rouience shall lie prepaid insUfficiently, it
l,lt nevertheless lie forwarded t. its destIua-
"a, but charged with The deficient postage
Jr.- the delivery of any uaIaid insufficiently
All letter, If any otI-r iu- efficiently paid cor
S;,audence, there shall lie levied IN the Unifei
-.rts y fne not exceeding i've cents, and in the
9th German Uuipu an additional charge not ex-
e,!iu- TWO siter groscLea- This fine. or add
lu,l charge as well ~ the deficient postage on
other CO rrsQ0nIsnc- than letters. shall MT
.i-r into the accounts between the tao Offices, +
u shall be retained 10 the use of the collecting
ige
AETrrrE VII. Tie correspondence mentioned
paragraph tvo eide iirSt aiticir shall be des-
tchei under res!ati.Us to lie established by the 4
-i4.tcbiHg oiaee, Lct always including the f1i- A
Siug a
FIRST No packet shall contain anything which I,
al be closed against inspection. nor any written
whatever accept u state from a
."n and To when the packet Is sent, and the 81
'n.',-r and Irile placed pom esch pattern OF
nple elmer LsndiSe.
Stcand. Nopacket may exceeitwa Get in length.
ors- fy,t "a any other Gil.iru-i H.
fhlGi. Neither Office shall be boun to deliver
' article the importation If which Ray lee pro
..red by the laws or regulations of the country c
dr-tius;ion.
aUEth so long as any customs duty may he
.Tgssi'le oB,any articles exchanged IL tie nsils