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ALL M ESS ACS ES TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMSt To 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, one-half the rinrepeatedm^agerate"l& charged In addition. Unless otherwise tadicated on its face, this is an unrepeated message and paid for as such, in consideration whereof it is agreed between the sender of the message and the Telegraph Company as follows: 1 The TelearaDh Company shaft not be liable for mistakes or delays In the transmission pr delivery, or for non-delivery, of any message received for transmission at fk?½ unrepea^ed- messageritebeyOnfthesun?S^yhundred doUare? nor for mistakes or ddays in the transmission or delivery, ot for nondelivery'.of.an*tbe re??eated* message rate beyond the stun of five thousand dollars, unless specially valued; nor in any case for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of,its lines. I 2 in ahv event the TelearaDh Comnahy shall not be liable for damages for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery, of any message, whether caused hv'the heelieehce of Its Servants or otherwise beyond the actual loss, hot exceeding in any event the sum of five thousand dollars, at which amouirt the sender of each message w,presents that the message is valued unless a greater value is stated in writing'by the sender thereof atvthe time the message IS tendered for transmission, and unless the repeated-message fate^fpSd or agreed^o^e pardand?╟╓^ad^tio^ ch^a e^iSboone-tenth of one per cent of the amount by which sueh 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 when necessary to reach its destination. 1 . 4. The applicable tariff charges on a message destined to any point In the continental UnitedStates listed Comp^y?╟╓s^Directory^ol^omDanvdoS the established cityorcommunity limits of the destination point. Beyond such limits and to points notllsted ^^S^phGompany s Dhectory of Statio^,* the Tei^rapn^om^nydoes 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 tne sender autnorizes tne couecuon of any additional charge from the addressee and agrees to pay such additional charge if it is not collected from the addressee. 5 No resDonsibilitv 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 office by one of the T^egra^^ompany?╟╓s^^<^ere, he format pilose Stoeagent of the sender; exceut that wEen ^Telegraph Comn^ pick up a message^the mes- senger 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 acceptance. 6. The Telegraph Company will not be liable for damages or statutory penalties when the claim Is not presented kitrastate umssase^n 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 Communications Act of 1934, as amended. 7. It is agreed that in any action by the Telegraph Company to recover the tolls for any message or messages the prompt and correct transmission and delivery thereof shall.be presumed, subject to rebuttal by competent evidence. 8. Special terms 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 ?√ß ?? 9. No employee of the Telegraph Company is authorized to vary the foregoing. CLASSES OF SERVICE DOMESTIC SERVICES INTERNATIONAL services TELEGRAM The fastesjt domestic service.. PAY 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 Letter rates. FULL RATE (FR) The fastest overseas service. May be written in code, cipher, or in any language ex* pressed in Roman letters. 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. I