The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-30

Posed at the First Sessions of tie Forty
FIRST Congress.

Convention between the General Pos;o.iice Of IN
United States Of America and the General Post
Office Of the Netherlarts-
Tse Undersigned. bSing thereunto duly author
ned by their respective Governments, hav
syreei upon the following Articles for the sriel
iDrstion Of the postal service between the Unite
States of America and the Kingdom Of the Meth
erlsus.s-
ARTICLE l. There shall BE- an -xch snge af CORE
spcn.irnee between the Unir ell State of Ameris
and the Kingdom OF the Netherlands by means q
their respective pi-t ue artments, and this coT'
rs-spondenc- snail embrace:
1. Letters ordinary AMI ci>sered
Il Newspapers, book packets, prints Of al
kin.s, (comprisi Z MAPS. pan-. engravines,
drawings, phi sngraph-. III h. graz rs. and ali ether
like productions m-ch,nical pr cc>s-s, sheets
Of music, &c ) and p'fterns or samples Of
ehandi>e, including sraiGs md seeds
Ard such correspondence may be exchanged.
whether originating in either OF sad countries
and destined for the o her, or originating IN or
destined ,r foreign countries To- watch these may
respectively serve iEterme,lia les.
ARTICLE ii. The off IS fr exchange Of mails
shall be. on the part VI the Inisei States:
1 New York.
, B~ton.
On the part # the Netherlands:
The travelling Office uoerdyk.
Eaca PsSt Department may at any time. after
notice to the other, disc ntinue either of the OIL
ces # exchange its side. AWAY leaving one
Office, and the two osicss by agreement may at
ANY time establish additional ,.ffcrs Of exchange
oiice seal make its srran,sras ats fy he
despatch Of its silS to other Office by regul
lines of CON nun cation, and shall at its own cost
pAy the expe II sicn insernsi ate tramp rita
tim. IL is also agre 4 IN : the .oSt # jnterua
Gonal and territ rial transit f t!.e c se,
m.iis bctxeef the fr .nti-rs IF the two unrrie-
shall be first iefsayei by that one the two ,.e
psrtmrnts which hail have obtained from the
Intermediates the most f,vo able pecu larry
terms TT snci, conEeya &C.,
asi any amount adv anred Ivy one for ,unt Of
ths other shall be promptly reimbursed
ARTICLE ". Tie { niUd weight for the lin
gle rate of intern iii rual postage AMI rgis of PRO-
erosion, hail be-
fsr, r1r letters. Is Crammes.
81 For all other co-r.sp ,nlence mentioned in
paragraph OF the first aruic.-. that which the
despi;cIins oiiice shat, al pt r the mails which
il despt cIes To tie other, ad iptel To the CON
venienee and habits III the interior adui.i>fra- |
ticn- But each siifi = shall give notice to the
other of the standard weight il adopts, aud IF |
any Subsequent oh inge thereof
The rule # pro.rrss,rn shall always he an adj |
ditionti single rate tor each aditi nal Standard
weight fraction thereof The weight stated
by the lie patching office >htli AWAY be acce .ted,
except in of m ,nife-i mistake
AsIIcLzV The single rat. Of cottage on the
direct c rresoonti-nce exchanged between "a two
siminisr,' ions, subject to the reserve men
tsonei ia Article Y / shall he As fJlsews:
On letters IT m the I'm tel st ties. Is cent. s.
2 On letters FIR the Netherlands, 40 cents
Dutch
IT,
in paragraph -wo of The first article, the ra e
shall he, far the mails dispatched. TINT which
the despt hing flee shall ai,pt. adapted to the
and h iii IF its interior admin istra
tion. But each Office -l.alI give notice {" the
other of the r-te it adopts, and o; any Subsequent
change thereof
ARTICLE VI Whenever a regular lire IF steam
accepta,l lie 10 the two Offices. may
be employed directly between sny port of the
United states and any prt of the north of Eu-
rope <ucsi shat the entire cost Of tram
portation between the two frontiers shall NOT
coed for each single letter rate cents a. Sal
and for each kiiogrlm IF other ,ondence 10
cents u. y in that it is agreed that the in
terna ion II single letter rate IF postage by snch
Inc sh I'll b. REDUCED to 10 cents (U from the b
United States AID Is cents Dutch from the :
Nefhei .nds. AID the two Offices shall by CON- |
non accord fix the time when this reduction shall
AXE effect IL
Ar IcLs VII. Tn. prepayment Of postage on v
'riinary letters shall be optional, subject to v
he conditions in Article VIII mentioned; but
"a registered letters. and all other CORE
pondeu mentioned in paragraph two of the
irst article, it shall be obligatory ii
ARrrrIE VIII. If however. the postage on any u
shall be prepaid insunicientiy, it
hall nevertheless he forwarded to its destina- q
ion, charged with the deficient postage. adding
NIL amounts Instead of fractions. of ore cent
U 81 or five cents Dutch
Upon the delivery of any unpaid or nsuffciently
aid letter, Of any Other insutficently paid cor
espo ience, there shall be levied in the United
ta,es a fins MT exceeding five cents, ~. ~,
nd in the Netherlands { exceeding Is cents
Dut-h). This fine and also the def lent
psfase all o;h~r correspondence than letters.
b I'll OF enter into accounts between the two
a ces. but s.ra,l b retained to the Of the col
scring Office 81
A-rrrLxIX Registered eo-respnndence shall. Of
a aiiitinn To the hostage be sub ect t, re is Y
ration fee. exceeding ten cents fU. s. in the "
lated are,. AMI not eNcee1ing p cents
Dufch) the Netherlands and this fee shall til
lW"s &c prepaid
AhrICIE Y. Any lrrespondence may be reg ~
TERED well i,rerns;i nal correspondence as lei
hat originating in estinei for other countries tr
D viii y these two adm ni>traiions may respect III
RELY serve in-e ririi ries in either ,irrciio ion
r the tsans,ni>ss.in such re, stered articles ell
aca -pnrtrlent sh II .tify the other of the I'll,
Iunt les 70 which il may silTs inteTme ir
larry
AgTIrLE XI Accounts between the two off ces ed
,ail be regulated on the following basis: From
lie afiornr # csta and register fees col tn
ct-d by each Office letters, added the total SUI
n1un- of prep Ill 10 tege and register fes IN til
her corrr>po. d nee which il dispatches, tn. de.
n chin o.fs,e ssT ded -ct the required Ell
the eel rate. f,r the cost f he intermediate bill
:i>is Ih--e between the two frontiers. ard the
n un- # he rwa net sums shall be divided be- CHI
70 n tn. tv" Offices in the proportion of tire. nu
rs f h } t. the United Staes office AMI two die
II = 5ti,si tp the flee of the Netherlands UT
Article XII The correspondence m. n lined
paragraph tSo ofthe first aticle shall be des- de
tchei un Ter regulations tn be established by the col
-pitc' ing Office, tut always including the fol-
wing gel
f,r-t No packet shall contain anything which the
III he cls'sl against Inspection, nor any written or
Whatever. except to state from
ION and 70 whom the packet is sent. and the nul
NIB r and pri e placed upon each pattern or pre-
np!e offner h,nd;s-. rIe
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