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

AR. |. Thexe shall be ! periodical "a
regular axchAage Of correspondence bs
tween Belgium and the United States 8
Amariea af the simes and by the mean
epmmanleation and transport which shal
De hereafter indicated, rs vel for letters
samples OF merchandise, newspapers an
printed matter, originating ID sae Ewl
coaRkrae@,. .as for articles of the gasAs In
Eare originating In OF intended fer coun
| tries which shall be enabled to make nj,
Dg the postal service organised By th.
present cJnvsntE0n.
Whsn The aen0srs shall not have iasai.
Gated any ether route In the subscription,
correspondence os every kind, either I'D.
dressed from 8slgiun 70 the United States
aud their Territories, or from the United
States and their Territories to Belgium
ahail be invariably comprised In the clos.
cd mails which the Belgian and United
states Post Ofhees shall exchange Ia con
foFmity TO she second article of the pres
ent eo8vsntion.
The two ADORE mentioned oasoss re-
serve to themselves, nevertheless, the
right TO send and receive BIZ such other
route n they may think As, coyrespon-
dsnee originating In or destined for ceun :
tries to which they respectively ssrYs as
intermediate points.
Art. Ii. Until other arrangements shall
BE made the correspondence to be az
changed between the Post 0Elces of the
suised States and Belgium shall be de-
4Fered By each party in closed mails ss
the proper Post Offices la the United
hingdou Of Great Britain and ireland,
10 be transported through Great Britain,
in conformity with the convention oil
August IA (28), 1857, concluded beswean
the Poet Ofices Of Belgium and Of Great
Britain.
The Post 0fRee Of Belgian shall pay
the expenses resulting FROM the trans
portation in transit Of the said closed
nails over the British Territory, and
aesoss the British channel. The United
atstees Post 0fRce, on it's side shmII pay
the expenses resultinf from the transport
alton of the said mails across the Allan
tic ocean by the United States packets or
by those of Great Britain.
sssr A. tsss sss4sSEsRsSg s~gsse
notwithstanding this last
clause, and until contrary decision Is
taken by common agreement between that
Once and that of the United States, to pay
the expenses resulting from the transport
alton across the Atlantic ocean of articles
OF printed matter, other than Newspaper
and periodical works, for such Of Raid
articles Of printed matter a. shall be con-
tained in the mails transported By the
British packets.
Art. Ill. The exchange Of mails des-
patched from the United States for Bel
GUM, and, vicc versa, BY way Of England,
shall take place through the following
post Offices, to wit:
l. On the part Of the United States
through the post ofiess Of New York and
Boston. a.-..
2. On the part Of Belgium through the
local ONCE 0stend, travelling ohes Ost-
end, and Antwerp.
The exchange Offices above designated
shall reeiprocalIy make q despatch at
least cEee week, ia coincidence a. far
as possible with the regular sailing of the
Anglo American steamers, until arrange
ments shall be made to establish more
communication, or direct
communication, between Belgium and the
United States, in conformity with the
provisions Of articles xiii, xiv, XIV,
and XVI, of this convention.
Correspondence sent from enc of the
two countries to the other yia England
shal be directed eonformabiy to the table,
letter g, attached 10 the present articles.
Art. ~. Independently Of the exchange
Offices mentioned in the presiding article,
others may, by mutual agreement, be es-
tGhlished upon other points Of the coast
Of the two countries for which direct
communication may hereafter be deemed
necessary. Ha n. -. ~
Art. V. Persons who may be desirous
of sending ordinary letters, either from
Belgium to the United States, OF from the
United States TO Belgian, shall hare the
option Of leaving the anGira postage 60 be
paid by the person TO whom they are ad-
dressed, or Of prepaying the same to their
destination. But no account shall be
taken of any sun less than the whole
combined rates nor Of any fraetions Of
the whole rate ...-tr
Art. VI. Each letter or paekes weigh
iug not over fifteen grammes, or half an
ounce, shall be considered single.
If ah0vUA fifteen, and noE over thirty
gramnes, Tone half ounce 10 one ounce,
i shall pay double the charge Of . single
letter.
II above thirty and rot over sixty
grammes, lone TO two oanoes, IL shall
pay qaadrupls tbs charge on single Iss-
ter; and so on, adding TWO raiss for ey-
cry thirty graznmes, or one ouneo or frac-
lion of "a ounce. r..
Art. VII. Letters prepaid or not prepaid
originating In Belgium, and addressed to
the United States, and EecipEoeally, let
sers prepaid or nos prepaid, originating
In United States and destined for Relgi-
an, shall be stamped in both countries
with the aniform charge of one franc for
II eentimes, or swensy-sessn eaats, per
single letter. This ehargsshall b. diyid-
ed In the following manner.
United States postage : ! cents
lea postage ILL., l5
British saansit postage
Belgian postage 3
1t il understood th&t thez whole CON.
hined rates thus established shall be re-
dneed in proportion To thA rssfinotiou which