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ALL MESSAGES TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS: .T,?? guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a message should order it repeated that is telegraphed back to the originating, office for comparison For this o??e-haif the ?╟ú?╟ú* and paid tor as such. In consideration wbereot it la agreed, between ,.r; _ -1 The Telegraph Company shall not be liable tor mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any message received fOr trahsmissldn at the unreDeated- message rate beyond the sum of five hundred dollars; nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any message received for transmission nfc'th* repeated. | message rate beyond the: sum of live thousand dollars, unless specially valued;, nor in any case fordelays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of ite Jin^?╟ú T . ^2. In anyevent the Telegraph Company shall notbe liable for damages for mistakes or'delays in the-transmission or delivery, or forthe noh-deliveri7 of ariv mrasag* whether caused by the negligence of it3 servants or otherwise, beyond the actual loss, not exceeding m any event the sum of five thousand dollars, at which amount the sender of each messaird ' represents _that the message is valued, unlessd,greater value is stated ip writing by the sender thereof at. the time the message is tendered for transmission, and unless the repeated-message rate is paid or agreed to be paid and an additional charge equal to one-tenth of one per cent of the amount by which such valuation shall exceed five thousand dollars i 4. The applicable-tariff charges on a message destined to any point in the continental United States listed in the Telegraph Company?╟╓s Directory of Stations cover its delivery within the established city or community limits of the destination point. Beyond such limits and to points not listed In the Telegraph Company?╟╓s Directory of Stations,' theTelegraph Company does not undertake to make delivery but will endeavor to arrange for delivery by any available means as the agent of the sender, with the understanding that the sender a-ithonzes thJco. oeU' a of any additional charge from the addressee and agrees to pay such additional charge if it is not collected from the addressee. " i ^ , 5.No responsibility attaches to the Telegraph Company concerning messages until the same are accepted at one of its transmitting offices; and if a message is sent to such' olficeby one of the Telegraph Company?╟╓s messengers, he acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender; except that when the Telegraph Companyiends a messenger to pick up a message the mes* sehger in that instance acts as the agent of the Telegraph Company in accepting the message, .the Telegraph Company assuming responsibility fr< m the time of such acceptance. . - 6. The Telegraph Company will not be liable- for damages or statutory penalties when the claim Is not presented in writing to the Telegraph Company, (a) within ninety davS after the message.is filed with the Telegraph Company for transmission in the case of a message between points within the United States (exceptIn the case of an intrastate message in Texas) or between a point'in the United StatesTjn the one hand and a point in Alaska, Canada, Mt tco, or St. Pierre-Miqiielon Islands on the other hand, or between a point in the United States and a ship at sea or in the air,: (b) within-95 days after the'cause of action, If any, shall have accrued in the case of. an intrastate message in Texas, and (c) within 1SG days after the message is filed with the Telegraph Company for transmission in the case of a. message between .a point in the United States and a.foreign or overseas point other than the points specified above in this paragraph; provided, however, that this'condition shall not apply to claims .tor'damages orovercharges within the purview of Section 4d5 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended- ?╟≤ ' 7. It is agreed that in any action by the Telegraph Company to recover the toils for any message or messages the prompt and correct transmission and delivery thereof shall be presumed, subject to rebuttal by competent evidence. , ?╟  \ 8. SpeciaVtesws governing the transmission of messages according to their classes, as enumerated below, shall apply to messages in each of such respective classes in addition to all the foregoing terms. ?√ß . . : -1 ?√ß - v- - ?╜?╟≤ - 9. Noomployee of the Telegraph Company is authorized to vary the foregoing; . CLASSES OF DOMESTSC SERVICES TELEGRAM The fastest domestic service. 1*; DAY LETTER (PL) *A deferred same-day service, at low rates. NIGHT LETTER (NL> . Economical overnight service. Accepted up?╟╓to 2 A. M. for delivery the following morning'# at rates lower than the Telegram or Day Lettef rates, SERVICE INTERNATIONAL SERVICES PULL RATE (FR) The fastest overseas service. May be written in code, cipher, or in any language ex* pressed in Roman letters. C . x LETTER TELEGRAM (LT) For overnight plain language messages, at half-rate. Minimum charge for 22 words applies. SHIP RADIOGRAM For messages to and from -ships at sea.