Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 16.djvu/988

 954 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH BREMEN. AUGUST 4, 1853. age on pamphlets and magazines, per ounce, or fraction of an. ounce, shall be one cent, prepayment of which shall likewise be required in both countries. Said newspapers, pamphlets, and magazines are to be subject to the laws and regulations of each country, respectivelygnn regard to their liability to be rated with letter postage when containing written matter, or for any other cause specified in said laws and regulations. They must be sent in narrow bands, open at the sides or ends; Accounts. Aizricus VI. The postage for which the United States and Bremen Post·Otl‘iccs shall reciprocally account to each other upon letters which shall be exchanged between them, shall be established, letter by letter, according to the scales of progression determined by the preceding second and third articles, as follows, viz. : —- The Bremen office shall pay to the United States office for each unpaid letter, weighing half an ounce, or less, originating in the United States and destined for Bremen, as well as for each letter of like weight prepaid in Bremen and destined for the United States, when conveyed, under Article Il., by United States steamer. . . 9 cents and when by Bremen steamer .. 5 " When conveyed, under Article III., by United States steamer 14 " and when by Bremen steamer .. 5 " The United States office shall pay to the Bremen office for each unpaid lettter, weighing half an ounce, or less, originating in Bremen and destined for the United States, as well as for each letter of like weight prepaid in the United States and destined for Bremen, when conveyed, under Article II., by United States steamer 1 cent and when by Bremen steamer .. 5 cents When conveyed, under Article III., by United States steamer . I cent and when by Bremen steamer .. IO cents Respecting the postage For newspapers, pamphlets, and magazines received in either country, the whole is to be paid to the United States ofiice when the same are sent by United States steamers, and one half to the United States and the other half to the Bremen officc when sent by Bremen steamers. It is understood and agreed that, of the portion of the postage for which the United States office is to account to Bremen, as well as of what Bremen may collect, all but one cent a single letter is to go to the benefit of the proprietors of the Bremen line of steamers. Letter bills and acknowledgments, as well as forms of account, shall be made to conform to these articles. cO3?t;Y*€FlY¤<>· ARTICLE VII. The accounts between the two departments shall be ' closed at the expiration of each quarter of the calendar year, by quarterly statements and accounts prepared by the General l.’ost—Ofiice in Washington ; and, having been examined, compared, and settled by the Post-Ofiice of Bremen, the balance shall be paid, without delay, by that b;;5g;°¤* of department which shall be found indebted to the other. If the balance is ` in favor of Bremen, it shall be paid over by the United States at Bremen; and if in favor of the United States, it shall he paid over by Bremen at Washington, or to the General Post·Ofiice at London, to the credit of the United States, as the Postmaster-General of the United States shall direct. Neither office is to charge to the other any commissions upon any postage it may collect. The 20 per cent commission to the postmaster of Bremen, stipulated in Article VI. of the arrangement of 1847 is to cease from and after the date when these articles take effect; and Bremen is to receive no other compensation for the services rpquired by the arrangement of 1847 than as provided in Article VI. of t e present convention. m!;);??;-glgmitwf ARTICLE\VIII. The steamers of the two lines shall be required to ' convey all dead and returned letters, and the official communications of the respective post departments of the United States and Bremen, free of charge.