The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06


to issue any further certificates
of Indebtedness authorized by said act.
Sec. 8. That no board or commission OF
which the governor Is eX officio member
tthe board of public works exceptedl shall
be abolished by this act. but the members
of the same, other than the governor,
SHAH constitute such board or commlsslon.
assembly of the District of Columbia en-
titled SAn act to fund unsettled liabilities
OF the eits of Washington, and prov1ding
and collecting taxes TO pay the same; ap,
proved June twentieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, is hereby ratified and
lied by said act remaining unsold shall be
negotiated or sold less than par.
Approved, June 20, 1874.
Conceatiom for the Regulation Of the
Postal Intercourse betaceen the United
States of 4nserfcG and Betgtuna.
The Post-Offfce Departments of the
United States of America and of Belgium
being deSirouS to regulate, by a new Con-
the two countries, the undersigned, being
duly authorized by their respective gov
ernments, have agreed upon the following
articles:
ARTICLE l.
There shall be an exchange of correspon-
dence, by means of their respective Post
Departments, between the United States
of America and Belgium, and this cores
pOnuence small embrace:
l. Letters, ordinary and registered.
.. Newspapers, bOok-pacletS, prints OF
all kinds. comprising maps, plans, engrav-
ings, drawings, photographs, autographs,
and all other like productions of mechan1-
cal processes, sheets of music, &c..l and
patterns or samples of merchandise, in
Guiding grains and seeds.
And such correspondence may be eX-
changed, whether originating in either of
said countries and destined for the other,
or originating in or destined for foreign
TO-
serve as Intermediates.
ARTICLE 2.
The offices for the exchange of mails
shall be
La] On the part of the United states:
!. New York.
.. Boston.
tbl On the part of Belgium:
l. Antwerp.
2. Ostend, (traveling office.l
s. Ostend, tlocal.l
The two Post Departments may Mt any
time discontinue either of said offices of
exchange or establish others.
ARTICLE B.
Each office shall make its own arrange
ments for the dispatch of its mails to the
other office by regular lines of communi-
cation, and shall, at its own cost. pay the
expense of such intermediate tranSpOrta-
tion. 1t is also agreed that the cost of in
ternational ocean and territorial transit of
the closed maiIs, between the respective
frontiers, shall be first defrayed by that
one of the two departments which shall
have obtained from the Intermediates the
most favorable pecuniary terms for such
conveyance; and any amount so advanced
by one for account of the other shall be
promptly reimbursed.
ARTICLE 4.
The standard weight for the single rate
of postage and rule of progression shall
be:
1. For letters, Is granmes
p For all other correspondence men,
toned in the second paragraph of the first
adopt for the mails which it dispatches to
tho other, adapted to the convenience and
habits of its interior administration.
But each office shall give notice to the
other of the standard weight it adopts, and
of any subsequent changes thereof.
The rule of progression shall always be
an additional single rate for each addition
al single weight or fraction thereof.
The weight stated by the dispatching
office shall always be accepted saving the
case of manifest mistake.
ARTICLE 5.
The single rate of postage on the direct
correspondence exchanged between the
United States and Belgium shall be as fol
lows:
l. on prepaid letters from the nnited
States, Is cents.
2. On prepaid letters from Belgium, SO
centimes.
On all other correspondence mentioned
in the second paragraph of the first article,
the rate shall be. for the mail sent, that
which the dispatching office shall adopt in
in conformity with the convenience and
habilS of its interior administration. But
each office shall give notice to the other OF
the ratio il adopts and of any subsequent
change thereof.
ARTICLE 6.
Whenever there shall be established q
direct line of steam communication be-
tween the ports of the United States and
of Belgium, adapted to the regular trans
DOrtation of the mails between the two
countries and acceptable to the two de-
partments, it is agreed that the interna.
tiona1 single letter late applicable to this
route shall be reduced to 10 cents in the
United States and 30 centimes in Belgium,
of which six cents $50 centimeS) shall rep.
resent the maritime rate; and for the other
correspOndence-men in the second
paragraph of the first tarticie-tlle maritime
rate in such case shall be 10 cents go cen.
timesl per kilogramme.
But this article shall not be carried into
effect until a time upon which the two
Post Departments shall hereafter agree.
ARTICLE 7.
The prepayment of postage on ordinary
letters shall be optional, subject to the
condition in Article VIII, mentioned; but
on registered letters, and on all other cor
respondence mentioned in the second
paragraph of the first article, it shall be
compulsory.
ARTICLE 8.
If, however. the postage on any article
shall be prepaid inSufficiently, it shall nev.
ertheless be forwarded to its destination
charged with the deficient postage. Upon
paid letter, or of any other insufficiently
paid correspondence, there shall be levied
fine, in the United States of five cents
in Belgium of 30 centimes. This fine as
well as the deficient postage ON other art1
cleS than letters shall not enter into the
accounts between the two offices, but shall
be retained to the use of the office collect
ing the same.
Registered articles shall, in addition to
the postage, be subject to a register fee oi
ten cents in the United States, and of sc
centimes in Belgium, and this fee shall al
ways be prepaid.
Each Office is at liberty to reduce this fee
for the mails it dispatches.
ARTICLE 10.
ANY correspondence may be registered
not only for international correspondence
but also for correspondence originating in
or destined for other countries to which
these two administrations may respective,
ly serve as Intermediates for the trans
mission of such registered articles.
Each Department shall notify the other
of the countries to which it may thus serve
as intermediary.
ARTICLE II.
Accounts between the two Offices shall
be fixed on the following basis: from the
total amount of international postages
and register fees collected in each country
on letters, added to the amount of prepaid
postages and register fees on other articles
sent, the dispatching office shall deduct
for the intermediate transit thereof be
| tween the two frontiers, and the amount
| of the two net sums shall be equally di
| vtded between the two offices.
ARTICLE 12.
The corresxondence mentioned in the
| second paragraph of the first article shal
| be dispatched under regulations TO be es
| tablished by the dispatching Office but
these shall embrace the following:
| l. No packet shall contain anything
which shall be closed against inspection
nor any written communication whatever
except to state from whom or to whom
| the packet is sent, and the numbers PLACED
| upon the patterns or samples of Inerchan
| disc.
2. No packet may exceed two feet in
1engths or one foot in any other dimen
| sion.
8. Ntither Office shall be bound to deliver
| any article the. importRtion of which may
| be prohibited by the laws or regulation:
/ of the country Of destination.
4. Sc long as any customs duty Is charge
| able on any article sent to the United
States, it may be levied for the use Of the
customs.
8. Except as above. no charge whatever
shall be collected on the mails exchanged
otherwise than herein expressly prQvi ided