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ALL MESSAGES TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS: : J*- 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-haif ?╟≤ffifepeated message rate is charged in addition. Unless otherwise indicated on its face, this is ah unrepeated message and paid for as such, in consideration whereof ft fs agreed betwas?½ fls@ sender of the message and the Telegraph Company as followls: r 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 unrepeate?·?? Message rate beyond the sum of five hundred-collars: nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any message received for transmission at the repeat??** message rate beyond the sum of live 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 be liable for damages for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery, ??i any message, wheth&r caused by the negligence of its 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 meas*?½* ?╟≤??presents 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 therft|iee&e4*meMi?║* Osle hrpaia 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. 3. The Telegraph Company Is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward this mesS&ge over the lines of any other company when 13?½ dteetlnation. J * y 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 udthlfe ?·?½&s 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 act 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 authorises the eoUectia?½ 4f 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 ?╟≤fie of the Telegraph Company?╟╓s messengers, he acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender; except that when the Telegraph Company sends a messenger to pick up a message, the ganger in that instance acts as the agent of the Telegraph Company In accepting the message, the Telegraph Cbmpany 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, th the Telegraph Company, (a) within nipet? dASfe 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 Unites 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 She 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 point* ?╟≤peclfled 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 Communication?½ 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 ah&U ft* ?╟≤resumed, 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 tt> the foregoing terms. ?√ß 9. No employee of the Telegraph Company is authorized to vary the foregoing. * 4*64 CLASSES OF SERVICE DOMESTIC SERVICES TELEGRAM The fastest domestic service. pAV 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, ?╜t rates lower than the Telegram or Day Letter rates. INTERNATIONAL SERVICES FULL RATE (FR) The fastest overseas service. May be written tn code, cipher, or la &ny language ep?? pressed in Roman tetters. LETTER TELEGRAM (LTK gj J; For overnight plain language messages, at half-rate. Minimum charge for 22 words APPhe?½ SHIP RADIOGRAM For messages to and from ships at SM>