The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-11-04
oFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES;
PASSED AT TUE
FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY
FIRST CONGRESS.

AANN - ~ N'ANAfNAT'
C5nrepaan for Me Regplations Of II,
Postal Intercourse bettgsen ,the United
States of Amriea and Belgium,
The Post Office Departments Of the
Uuled States OF America and Of Belgium
being dCsirous to regulate by a new Con.
venIion the postal intercourse between
the Two countries, the undersigned, being
duly authorized by their respective Gov.
ernmeDts, have agreed upon the follow.
ing a,iiclos,-
ARTICLE L There shall be an exchange
Of correspondence, By means Of their rO'
spective Pos, Departments, between the
United States Of Amerioa aud Belgium,
and this correspondence shall embrace:
! Letters. ordinary and registered,
.. Newspapers, book packets prints
of all kinds, Comprising mR1s plans,
engrsvings, drawings, photographs, li'h'
ographs, and all other like predictions
of fmschanicol processes, sheets of music,
etc. and patterns or samples Of mer'
chaudisc. including grains and seeds,
and such correspondence may be eS'
chaoged whether originating 10 either Of
said countries and destined Tor the other,
or originating in or destined for foreign
countries TO which they may respective'
ly serve as Intermediates,
ARTICLE L The offices for the exchange
of mails shall be (a) on the part of tue
United States;
l New York
Boston,
Coy On the port Of Belgium:
Antwerp.
2 o.tenl (Travolling Office
3 Osrrd. (Eocst)
The two Pos Departments may otany
time discontinue either or said Offices Of
61cbauga or establish others,
F, ARricLE III, Each Office shall make
its own arrangements for tho despatch
ol its mails to the.othvr office by rtgu-
lar lines Of communication, and shall at
lis s.owp,S cost. pay the Gzponse of such
rnediSte Transportation. 1t is also
agreed Hat the cost of international
ocean apt ttrritGfisi lransit. orlhe clO-
sed mails. bftwSn the respective from.
tierA sbHlbe first betrayed. by that one
of the1To Departments which shall have
obtained IRON thd intSfmediarlqs the,
must favorable pecOniarY .leIds fof; snch
.canyeysRrGisnaqp Big Is
~ 6ee1 ~ Actpual ri 91GotIier shBIt .Be'
promptly seimbdrscd,
ARTICLE W Tie standard weight for
the single rate Of postage and rule Of
progression shall be:
! For letters Is grammes.
Q For oil other correspondence men.
toned in the second paragraph of the
drst article. that which each Department
shall adopt for the mails which it des.
patches 10 the other. adapted to the con-
ycnience and habits OF its interior ad-
ministratiou,
But each Office shall give notice to tho
other of the same Standord weight it
adopts, and of sny sub'cqu'ut changes
hereof,
The rulo Of progression shall be an
additional single rate for each additional
single weight or fraction thereof.
The weight stated by the despatchiug
Office shall alwdys be accepted, save in
tie case Of manifest mistake.
Article V. The single rate OF postage
on the direct correspondence exchanged
beweenlhe United States and Belgium
Shall be a. follows:
/ On pte-paid letters from the Uni
ted States, 10 cents.
Q On pie, paid letters from Belgium,
so centimeM
8 On all other correspondence mem
toned in the second paragraph Of the
rstatticle, the rate shall be. for The mails
sent, th1, which tho despaIching office
shall adopt in conformity With the con-
yenience and habits Of its interior adj
minisration But each office shall give
notice to either Of the rate it adopts. and
Of any subsequent change thereof,
ARTICLE vi, Whenever there shall
be established direct line of steam
communication between tho ports Of the
United States aud Of Belgium, adapted
to the ragplarlranspor'alion of tho mails
between the two countries and accepta-
bic 10 the Two Departments, it is agreed
th,t the international single letter rate
applicable to this route shall be reduced
10 10 cents in the United States and 80
ccntirles in Belgium. of which six cents
80 csn,imes) shall represent the mnri>
time rale: and Tor the other correspond.
ence mentioned in the second para.
graph of the FIRST article the marAlime
rate in such case shall be 10 cents (50