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ALL MESSAGES TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TOTHE FOLLOWING TERMS: To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a message should order it repeated, that is, telegraphed back to the originating office for com&arisQn. For this, one-half^&e unrepeated message rate is charged in addition. Unless otherwise indicated 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: ?╟??√ß ' 1 . a j . I, The TelegraphCompany 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 unrepeated* 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 at the repeated* message rate beyond the sum of five thousand dollars, unless specially valued; nor in any case for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of its lines. ?╜?╟  - 2. In any event the Telegraph Company shall not he liable for damages for mistakes or delays In the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery, of any message, whether caused byuie negligence of Ira servants or otherwise, beyond'the actual loss, not exceeding in any event the 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 repeated-rr?╟÷ 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. 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,* 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; and if 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 Coronany sends a messenger to 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 fro?? 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 point 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 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 theiegf shall be presumed, subject to rebuttal by competent evidence. git the foregoing terms. 9. No employee of the Telegraph Company is authorized to vary the foregoing. according to their classes, as enumerated below, shall apply to in each of-such respective classes in addition to CLASSES OF SERVICE DOMESTIC SERVICES INTERNATIONAL SERVICES TELEGRAM : The fastest domestic service. PAY LETTER (PL) v A deferred same-day service, at low rates. FULL RATE (ER) 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* 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. SHIP RADIOGRAM Fpr messages to and from ships at sea.