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ALL MESSAGES TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS: To guard against mistakes or delays, the send* of a message should order it repeated, that is, telegraphed hack to the originating office for comparison. For this, one-haUHthe tmrepeated message rate is charged in addition. Unless otherwise indicated on its face, this is an unrepeated message and paid for as such, in considerate!** whereof it is agreed between the sender of the message and the Telegraph Company as follows: # rap* 1. TheTelegraph Company shall not he liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission-or delivery, or for pen-delivery, of any message received for transmission at the unrepeated- mess^ge rate beyohdrhe sum of nvebundred doHars; nor for mistake or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any message received for transmt&iotf at the repeated- message ratebeyond the sum of five thousand dollars, unless specially valued; nor in any case for-dela^s?╟╓,arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of its lines. _ 2. In any, event theTelegraph Company abalLoot be il&hie for, damages tot,mistakes. IRRRI______ I oanSed'by the negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the actual loss, not exceeding in any event tl or deiays in the. txaJQ?·miMOJU?· delivery orf<#Jlm^n-del.^ whether ?╟≤ ----?╟ he sum of five thousand dollars, at which amount the sender of each message Represents that the message is valued, unless a greater value iS stated in writing by the sender thereof at the time the message is tendered for transmission, and unless the repe^ted-i gate is paid or agreed to be paid and an additional charge euualto one-tenth of one per cent of the amoimt by which such valuation shall exceed five thousand dollars. ?√ß- 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 llsted in the Telegraph Company s Directory of Stations,* the Telegraph 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 authorizes the collection of any additional charge from the addressee and agrees to pay such additional charge if it is not collected from the addressee. * 5, No responsibility attaches to the Telegraph Company concerning messages until the same are accepted at one of Its transmitting offices: andfif a message is sent to such office by one of the Telegraph Company's messengers, he acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender; except that when the Telegraph Comoany sends a messenger to pick up a message, the mes- jn 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 in writing t'o the Telegraph Company, (a) within ninety days after the message is filed'With the Telegraph Company for transmission in the case of a message between points within the United States (except in the case of an intrastate message in , Texas) or between a;point in the United States on the one hand and a point in Alaska, Canada, Mexico, or St. Pierre-MiQuelon 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 180 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 pointy other than the 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 ?·15 of the Communications ?╟≤ Act of 1934, as>amended. . ?√ß?√ß -- . * ' 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 term All the foregoing terms. governing the transmission of according to their classes, as enumerated below, shall apply to in each of such respective classes in addition to 9. No employee of the Telegraph Company is authorized to vary the foregoing. m CLASSES OF SERVICE DOMESTIC SERVICES TELEGRAM The fastest domestic service. DAY LETTER (PL) A deferred same-day service, at low rates. WIGHT 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. INTERNATIONAL SERVICES FULL RATE (FR) The fastest overseas service. May be written in code, cipher, or in any language ex* pressed in Homan 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.