Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-08-21

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ii 3. The Dsfffsh tfansis pcssage and DOS.
ltags across aIe Erisish sfannsk
: Art. K LettaEs arixinatiag Ia couusgie,
oeyond The Unfted States, destined ia,
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1 countries ssailing thamselyes OF the Bel.
D gian route, other lhaE ineloscd mails. and
destined for the United States, shall bs
respectively stan ped wish tha aaagorui
charge stipulated In Article VII. of The
, Ipresens e0nvenEin, and to which the
aaaouns Of foreign charges muss be aa-
dsd.
II Three months after the exchange Of the
Igatifcatioas oF the present eoavenlloa, the
Iswo Posi- 0Glses shall furnish 10 each 9th
Ier, reciprocaiIy, lists OF the foreign eouu
tries for which the payment Of letters
shall be obligatory y, or optional, either 10
thRiE Destination ~ lo q detsEmina&e paint
Bat until such lbsts saswiI BE- furnished,
neithnr Of the two poss Dspaxsaaenss ahaIi
despatch TO the oihes letters originating
ia or desssned fos COUNTRIES aiEaased be-
yond their respective territories.
Art, II. it IL aaierasood that sha Ass-
sera nanaioned i'm the preceding Asgaes u,
can be delivered on either sidB. ousy DIV
the piecs, upon The reimbursement by
credit Or paymsst OF tbs allotted part of
shs international and foreign postAge be-
longing to each odhce With which such let
sers are charged. ~ T
Art. MI. The United States ofEsoeg of
exchange 70 CHAR ing sbs possags due to
the Post Once Of Belgiusa, shall uniform
~ make use OF weights having the Amer
ican ounce Tor unit, with its division into
halr oanees; and the Belgian ofhces nf ex-
ohange, In charging lha postage due to
the United statea, shall unifoxzniy make
use Of weights having the decimal gramme
for unit, Thirty ganlines being consider
ed equal 10 ounce Anieriean.A .
Art. Aiu. Newspapers, gazettss, peri
adical works, books stitched or bound,
pamphlets, papers If music, catalogues,
prospecsuses, advertisements and notices
Of various kinds printed, engraved, lisaa-
ogFnphad or autographed, which shall be
sent either from lieigium 10 the United
States and their Territories or from the
United States and their Territories to Bei-
giaEn, must on each side be prepaid to
their destination. Newspapers and aRti-
cles of printed natter. Which are net pra-
Art. XIV. The price Of prepayment of
newspapers. gaaetl 20 aud psriodiosl works
shall be leYisd 1T thu rAAe of twenty-EYe
centimes IN Belgium, OF Of FIVE cents 10
tile United States, for each package the
weight OF which shall not exceed ninety
grarntnes (thFee outres). Packages weigh
ing more than ninety grammes shall pay
an additional rate far each ninesy grsHnmes
or fraction OF ninety grammes. The price
OF prepay yment Of stitched or bound books
OF pamphlets, OF papers Of music, Of eat
siagaes, prospeetusas, uf advertisements
and Of notices of Eariouf kinds, printed,
engraved, lithogra pied, or autographed,
shall be levied ~ the rate of twenty-five
centines in Belgium, or Of Eve cents in
the URised States, per thirty grammss,
lone ounce) or frHeIioR of thirty grammes
The proceeds OF the above mentioned
rates shall be divided between the ofsees
of the two countries, Ia the proportion of
three-ffshs, or thgee cents, TO the pFoEE Of
The post once Of Beigium, including two
eeuts for expenses OF transit through Eng
land and across the British channel, and
Of twohftAs or two cents, to the pFoks Of
the the United States Office, includiBg one
cent Tor expenses Of transportation across
the Atlantic ocean.
notwithstanding this latter clause, and
until a contrary deeisioa 10 ksksA by con-
mon agreement besseen the post oEkee al
Belgium and Of the United States, tbs d.
vision of the psoduet Of the postage on ar.
ticles of printed Instssr other than news
papers and periodical WORKS, shall take
place In the properties hereinAfkaE indi~
Gated, for such Of these articles as shall be
contained in the mails transported By the
British packets, viz: ass8
a. Four ffths, or four cassts, TO the
.Proht OF the Belgian post olhse, including
three cents for expenses OF transportation
over the British Territory, In the British
channel and across the Atlantic ocean.
b. One-6fsh, or one cent, TO the praGt
Of the United States post oncs for the ex-
penses OF transportation oser the terrific
ry OF the United sssates.
Newspapers and printed matter of every
sort sent agreeably &c the abeye mention
toned conditions shall be subject 10 the
respective laws and regulations OF each
country. Those which shah contain char
acsers OF any kind traced by the hand
shall be subject 10 ths postage Of an ordi-
narF letter. of the same weight. Tkey
shall be seat under . wrapper open aE the
two sides, and In sueh manner that each
newspaper or article Of printed mater.
may alWays b separated from its strap
per. -
Art. xy. EacA Of the nails despatched
between the exehange DE6cas OF the respec.
tive Posi- 0i6eea shail be accompanied By
a letter bill in which these o6ces shall
ssala, With the classification estahliahsa
by ths present convention, the number
and weight, or the posesge of the articles
which tho dispatch may contain; and the
receiving exchanges o aacs shall return By
next post m anknowledgmsnt Of sbs ge-
eeipt thereof. Tha letter bills, and acs
knowledgemenss shall be according 10 Ehs
FERNS annexed marked A and n.
Art. XVI. If Eksra slaould be no lssaags
or other mail ma6ssE 10 send at the usaaA
period of naking NJ said closed mails
from either of the oafleca Of exchange, j
blank istsss bill showing that fast slsail
nevertheless be sens to the corresponding
oasea. .a
Art XVII. The letter bills and aeknowl
edgmenss shail serve for youches In the
qaarterly settlement Of the accounts; ana