Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-08-21
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become dead IN the past efases Of sislsal
country, are not to be returned.
Art. XXX. Lessers naisdireosed or uaassali
or which may require the prepayment u
postage, shall be ssaipxosally rssurntzd
withoaa delay thFoagh The respective OIL
ces OF exchange, axsd credit taken in tire
lesssE bill for she same, At the weight ard
postage originally charged upon them
In respsca % iesseFs addressed 90 persoHa
who hare changed their residence, what
ever may be thar origin, they shall be re-
spectively returned charged with the pos.
tage which was TO have been paid by the
person addressed, less the Inland postage
which was TO have been paid by she per
SON addressed, less the inland postage Of
the country from which sent.
Art. XXI. The evidence of the prepay
meat Of letters shall be in red ink, on the
right hand upper corner Of the face Of the
letter, and all letters, without distinction,
shall bear the stamp of the mailing ofhce
on their face, and that Of the reeaiving
Office on their back.
The evidence of prepayment shall be
represented thus: Letters originating in
she United States. and paid 10 their desti-
nation in Belgium shah be stamped with
she word F'PAID." ...-. .ss.
Letters originating In Belgium and paid
10 their destination in the United States
shall be stamped "P. D." (paid to ds@ti-
nAtion.)
Letters Of every other origin, despatch
ed from either eountFy hy virtue Of the
ssipuiAtions Of Artisls x, and the pre-
payment Of which Is rendered obligatory
to certain point within either country,
shall be stamped "P. f." (paid 20 the
frontier.)
The manner in which letters, paid Oh
unpaid, are to be sent or received shall
be designated by the exehAnde ofsees, on
each letter, by means of q stamp, bearing
the words Gam. Packet OF sfBr, Packet
accordingly as they are transported by one
or the other, in such manner as that the
amount Of credit to be allowed to the
British Pest oEise foE dead letters re-
turned can be shown.
Art. XXI. The exchanges oEhces Of the
Post Office Of Belgium shall stats upon
their post balls for the London ofRes tbs
number Of single rates for letters, as vel
as the weight Of newspapers and articles
of printed matter contained in each Of the
mails intended for the United STATES Of
zoe; and they shall, in like manner
state, in the receipt bills addressed to the
said London ONCE, the number Of single
1ates for letters Is well as the wsighs OF
newspapers and articles Of printed matter,
found ia the mails from the United States
Office intended for Belgium.
Art. XIII. In the event Of q direct
line or lines Of steamships between the
United States and Belgium being estab-
lished, there shall be dirset exchange
of mails By such line Of steamers between
the respective exchange Offices of Antwerp
on the one side, and New York and Bos'
ton on the other aida Of the internationA
correspondence between the United Skase'
and Belgium, which shall be subject K
the following postage charges, viz:
Postage on each letter or packss net ex
ceeding half an ounce, fifteen cents; abov,
half an OUNCE and not over one ounce
thirty cents, over an ounce and not az
cseding two ounces, sixty cents and a
on thirty cents being added 10 each add
tioual aunce or fraction Of an ounce
PAYMENT in advance shall be optional ii
either country. Ii shall not, however
be permitted to pay less than the who'll
rate, and no account shall be taken o
the prepayment of any fraction OF tia
rate. The Newspapers, az well as the a.
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Article XIII. of the present eonvensioi
may be in like manner sent by the SAT-
dircet lines, on condition Of prepayment
TO destination.
The price Of prepayment Of newspaper
gazettes, and periodical works shall b
levied at the rate OF fifteen esnsimes n
Belgium, and Of threa cents in the Unitea
StaEas, for each package the weight o
which snail not exceed ninety granafne
three ouness). Packages weighing NOR
than ninety grsmmes shall pay an add
tional rate for each ninety gramnes 0
each fraction of ninety gramnss. 81
The price Of prepayment OF stitehe'
books, Of bound books, pamphlets, pa
pers Of music. catalogues, prospeetuses
adyersisenenss, and notices Of vsgiou
kiads, printed, engraved, photographed
nr autographed, shall be levied 81 rat
of fifteen ceutimes In Belgium, aud O
three cents in the United States, per shirs
grammes, (ons oaaes,l Or fraction Q
thirty grammes.
The proceeds Of the sbeve-maakionea
posssgea shall be divided In the proper
lion Of two thirds Or two centas to "a
profit OF the country which shall furnis
the packsts, snd one third, or one osni
10 lie pre6E of the other country.
Art. XIV. Tbs hostages for which ID
| Unised States and Belgian Pest Once
shail resxpwocaIiy account 70 each oths
uuan lstfsxs which shall be ex0hAngsd B
| IL said direct linss of steamezs shall !
established, Isttss hy lsssess according !
the scale u proxression estabilshsd .
| the presiding article, % folIows, via
| The Belgian Once shall pay 70 d
United States for each unpaid lssta
| weighing half Al ounce or less, origins
| ing In the United States and destined Il
| Belgium. a. well ~ for eaah lsstaT Of lia
weight prepaid In Belgium and dsstins
| for the United States, the sam Of a.
cents fbeing the United States inlaE
postage when the Atlantic sea eonveyan
| II performed By . Belgian mail sssasaes
and swelyecsnss representing the mag
! tiaa postage and the territorial postage
: the United stasosl when said sea oonsa
Ance ID peg sormed by . Unitsd Ssas
mail steamer. On the oahar hand 4
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