Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 54 Part 2.djvu/915

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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. nistration d'origine ou, en cas de r6expedition ou de mise en rebut, g l'Administration reexpeditrice. Toutefois, s'il s'agit d'envois provenant de pays qui appliquent des taxes reduites dans les rela- tions avec l'Administration re- exp6ditrice, le montant a perce- voir est indique par l'Administra- tion qui effectue la distribution. 3.--L'Administration de distri- bution frappe 1'envoi de la taxe A percevoir. 4. -Tout envoi ne portant pas le timbre T est consid6r6 comme dfment affranchi et traite en con- s6quence, sauf erreur evidente. 5.- 11 n'est pas tenu compte des timbres-poste et des empreintes d'affranchissement non valables pour l'affranchissement. Dans ce cas, Ie chiffre zero (0) est place a c8te de ces timbres-poste ou de ces empreintes, qui doivent etre en- cadres au crayon. ARTICLE 146. Renvoides bulletins d'affranchisse- ment. Recuperation des droits avances. 1.-A pres la livraison au des- tinataire d'un envoi franc de droits, le bureau qui a fait l'avance des frais de douane ou autres pour le compte de l'expediteur com- plete, en ce qui le concerne, les indications qui figurent au verso du bulletin d'affranchissement et transmet ce dernier, accompagn6 des pieces justificatives, au bureau d'origine de l'envoi; cette trans- mission a lieu sous enveloppe ferm6e, sans indication du con- tenu. Toutefois, chaque Administra- tion ale droit de faire effectuer, par des bureauxspecialement design6s, le renvoi des bulletins d'affran- chissement grev6s de frais et de demander que les bulletins soient transmis A un bureau d6termine. Le nom du bureau auquel lee bulletins doivent etre renvoy6s eat inscrit, dans tons les cas, par le bureau expediteur de l'envoi au recto du bulletin d'affranohisse- ment. incumbent upon the Administra- tion of origin, or, in case of refor- warding or return as undeliver- able, upon the redispatching Ad- ministration. However, if it is a question of articles coming from countries which apply reduced rates in re- lations with the redispatching Ad- ministration, the amount to be collected is indicated by the Ad- ministration which effects delivery. 3. The delivering Administra- tion marks the article with the amount of postage to be collected. 4. Every article not bearing the T-stamp is considered as duly pre- paid and treated accordingly, save m case of obvious error. 5. Account is not taken of post- age stamps or postage-paid im- pressions not valid for prepay- ment. In such a case, the figure zero (0) is placed beside such stamps or impressions, which shall be inclosed in pencil. ARTICLE 146 Return of prepayment bulletins. Recovery of charges advanced 1. After the delivery to the addressee of an article free of charges, the office which has ad- vanced the customs or other charges on behalf of the sender completes, in regard to itself, the indications which appear on the back of the prepayment bulletin, and transmits the latter, accom- panied by the supporting papers, to the office of origin of the article; such transmission is effected in a sealed envelope, without indica- tion of the contents. However, each Administration has the right to cause the return of prepayment bulletins bearing charges to be effected by offices specially designated, and to re- quest that the bulletins be sent to a certain office. The name of the office to which the bulletins are to be returned is indicated, in all cases, by the office of origin of the article on the front of the prepayment bulle- tin. Presumption of pre- payment. Invalid stamps, etc. Return of prepay- ment bulletins.