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ALL MESSAGES TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS: Tb guard Against mistakes or delays, the sender of a message should order it repeated, that is, telegraphed back to the originating office.-for cm n. For this. or,e-half (I ^repeated message rate is charged in addition. Unless otherwise Indicated on its face, this is" an unrepeated message and paid for as such, in consideration whereafmls agzee&betwaa* sender of the message and the Telegraph Company as follows: 1. The Telegraph Company shall not'be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any message received for transmission at the uurepeate#* Message rate beyond the sum of five hundred' dollars' nor for nflstakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any. message received for transmission at the repeats0?? Message rate beyond the sum of fiye thousanddollars, unless specially valued; nor in any case for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of its lines. __" 2, In any event the TetegrapfrCompany shall not be liable for damagesjfor mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery, of any message, whether i by the negligence of its servants or otherwise,: beyond the aefcuatloss,hot exceeding in any event.the sum of five-thousand dollars:at which amount the sender of each represents that' the message is valued, unless a greater value is stated ip writing by the sender thereof at the time the message is tendered for transmission, and unless th&re@eMed~SM3Bn0ft ?╟≤Me is paid or agreed to be paid and* an additional charge equal to onedfenth of one per cent of the amount by which su eh valuation shall exceed, five thousand dollars. 3. The Telegraph Company is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to. forward this message over the lines of any other company whe& nesasa&ey to Md m destination. . 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 lie delivery ?╜rtthtM gbe established city orcommunity limitsof the destination point. Beyond such limits, and to points motlistedin the Telegraph Company?╟╓s Directory of Stations/ the Telegraph Company dOM' Mot undertake to make delivery but will endeavor to arrange for delivery by any available means as the agentof the, sender, with the understanding that the sender authorises the eodecfeSOB ?╟≤?½g any additional charge from the. addressee'and agrees to pay such additional charge if it is hot. collected from the addressee. ' of the Telegraph Company's messengers, he sets for that purpose as the agent of the sende?·;except that when.the Telegraph Company sends a messenger to pick up a message, the ?√ß?√ß?╟ that 5. No responsibility attaches to the Telegraph Company concerning^messages until the same ait accepted at one of its transmitting offices: and if. a message is seat & bjsmm* in that instance acts as the agent of the Telegraph Company in accepting the message, the Telegraph Company assuming responsibility from the time of such aoosptanoa. 6. The Telegraph Company will not he Stable for damages or statutory penalties when the claim is not presented in writing to the Telegraph Company, (a) within ninety dJtffe After the message is filed with the Telegraph Company for transmission* in the easeola tnessagebetween points within the United States (exceptia the case of an intrastate menace in . Texas) or between a point in the United States on the one hand and a point in Alaska, Canada, Mexico, or St. Pierre-Miaueion Islands on the other hand, or between & point la 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 (e) witldn.l^O d%ys 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 (hap. Lhe points specified above in this paragraph; provided, however, that-this condition shall not apply to claims for damages or overcharges within the purview of.Section"415 of the CommqmfeatlOttl Act of 1934, as amended. . 7. It Is agreed that in any actibn by the Telegraph Company to recover the tolls for any message or messages the prompt and correct transmission and delivery (hereof shall ?║s& ?╟≤resumed, subject to rebuttal by epmpetent evidence, * 8. Special terms governing the transmission of messages according to theip classes, as enumerated below, shall apply to messages in each of such respective tifW9C6 ih Addition tl the foregoing terms. -?√ß * - \ 9. No employee of the Telegraph Company is authorized to vary the foregoing. CLASSES OF SERVICE DOMESTIC SERVICES INTERNATIONAL SERVICES TELEGRAM , . ww ' The fastest domestic service. {PAY LETTER (PL) A deferred same-day service, at low rates. ptGHT LETTER (WL) Economical overnight service. Accepted up to 2 A. M. for delivery the following morning, ?╟≤t rates lower than the Telegram or Day Letter rates. FULL *RATE (FR) The fastest overseas service. May be written la code. Cipher, O? in A&y language ?╜?√? pressed in Roman letters. LETTER TELEGRAM (LT) For overnight plain language messages, at half-rate. Minimum charge icr 22 wordsappUfiA SHIP RADIOGRAM For messages to and from ships at S