The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-01-21
fORFIUALl
LAWS OF TaE UNITED STATES
Passed At the First Session Of the Forty
FIRST Congress.

Passed AT tie First Session Of the Forty
FIRST Congress.
Convention between the General Post Office Of tn
United States Il America and the General Post
ONE Of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain
and Ireland.
The general post-cfiice Of the United States O.
America AMI rhe general posf-vfSce Of the Uni'ei
kingirm ofGresr Britain and lsei, md, being de
s;rossr OF ,sfst,siiin,a maintaining an exchange
ofmai,s between the unite states On the tine side
and th- struts S-tuer,rnrs AMI TIE British East
Indies On the either, BY mesns C. njuii.tly OF tile
line os United STATES mail pockets plying be weer
SA,. franeiso ri Hon: hong and vi h line U,
Britt mail psfkets plying bet~ecn Hong hong
sad Singaprr. Calca Ia, Madr,s. Rnihay and
Alden, the usdersi= ned duly suthoi ixcd for :l,a,
p1rp1--e have agreed the foli wing ticieS
AKrIclx i The e shall be n dire EXCHANGE Of
nah, t-t~rrr the oisires uf New Y,Ek and San
Fran iseo IN The part. and the vf;ic If sing
Yrre. tsicEt-a. Ns6rfs oaibay. aid -..-n, ois
the osh-r. rmpri-;Is letter, uewSp,pers. prices
eurreat, tsok tarke'-. and packets Of .ttsTn- III
sans!e originating. in the U Itsd STATES and adj
t-e--ei re -recffi,Iy the -trtiss settlements
10 the Ertsrsr Eat .n.iirs, q originating in The
British, last i,i,iies the straits Settlements,
specrise y. AMI NH .>sei u the Uuie- STATES
These mi Ii- IN ~ he eyed by United States
mail packets between a. Fr,rei~c. aid Hing
HON. Via Hsk htnl', and by Bri i>h mail packets
between iions hong and >in-apOrv u the indtii,
ports
AgrrrIK II The POSTAGE te collected in the
intel >saIes upon pail correspondence tdires 81
- tie Str.i > settl-nseut~ the bri Isl last
Indies. shall he ten cents per NIGEL tier Dot ex
ce-.iIng h at Oun-- in weight, he tvier letters
being eh srgei in proIATtJa. two oents each on
newspapers or pre-- rurreut. and eth cent per
f,ur ouHces "u b-k pack 4. ,ekrts OF Irit ers
CT ssm.,l- AMI the TO be ca',ee ri in NE
StEsit- >efti-uI.n II 'h- British lat Indies
Upon ptidc rre-ionde. &c addressed ." The CniTe'
States, sh il be ten pence per Single letter not ex
sss~lsr h. tra.-
being charged in pr'poFth'u, and four pe.sc- per
f11r oui &C, rsr newspapers, price cure hbGS
packets T I',cke 5 # IatI-rus stmlle--
The sre>p n.ience ;Lus paid hall be delivered
at pia-r vt destination. whether the United
Stars in the British Possessions, free from Ii
Shsrg- whatsoever
Letters r~,e. in either untry imp id or in-uf
fcieufiy psii shall. neverIhel IS, IL Forwarded
An'i sasii be eh,rgei the pt zee OF destination
with a rae of Stage Of the a,n.tlnr that
vsrii be chsrsc.tle IN a lester Of like weight,
pos ell f1f de>p,t in the opp sit. diTectin, To-
e her with ii i- o. six pence IN the strtis Se;
-nrr,t- tie British L AT Indie, of twelve
cents in the Ua Sta
AsiIc 3 Ill TIE EXCHANGE If The err. spond-
s-.ce referred a. in Atticir II, Ire.ed5ng htil Mt
give "a C to any acccunts between th= Britise d
rae Untiei states PIT Offices zach ON, e shall
keep tn postage which u c.'ii-c cts
ARIIs w. hwy letter, newspaper, price !
cvIYear. box packet packet uf ? trre-n, OF sam
pies. d.spa.ehe firm office e. the other shall
the words paid 81" the ri=h-.h,Ei upper
cornerof the aides an shall as bear the G,Ied
rsn mn II the vstice which n = -tef-
AkTI L. v Dead letters. uea APE. &c which |
ran1ot lie delivered ftoin whatever csu>e shsii he
returned without charge. mVnfh Y. or |
- frequently the sulsti1ns o: the respective
.fs--s SiiI permit.
Article VI The two Offices may, ty mutu'i ,
consent. make such detailed regulations as shall
be I'm! Necessary To- carry out tie obj cts ~ his
arrangement snch regulation, to terminate nj any /
time I,a-.,n thl- not By eith-r If, E.
Ak.I,lx VII This Convention sl.A come into /
nd eight hund ed aasi sixty-eigbt, and shall be
'-rl,irab any time on notice b. either Office
Il six Il, n,hs.
p1ae in duplicate an. signed in Washington on
he twenty ght day of July. A. one tn .u-and
Eight hundred ard sixty EIGHT, ard in Lond n on
lie f.s,-feen b day O.! August, one thousand eight
hundred AND; sixty eight.
ssxsrl ALEX ". RANDALL,
Postna ter General
tsxALl MON rRoSE.
Pei Easter General Of the United kInginm-
I hereby approve the afor-goinx convention
nd se-tim, my th-reUfI have caused the seal Of
he United States to be .ffixei.
(sxAl.l ANDREW JOHNSON.
wlslan II. SKwAxp. Secretary Of State.
w..hisEson. July p. lsSs.
DETAILED REGULATIONS
arranged between the General sust-Ofnee "f the
Ul.ited States Of America and the 6ener..l POST
Once Of the United King iom Of Great Britain
and Ireland fur tie Executi n of the Cs'nv-n
ton Il the twenty f,u-tn Day II November.