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Show ALL MESSAGES TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO THE 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 comparison. unrepeated message rate is charged in addition. Unless otherwise the sender of the message and this Company as follows: For this, one-half the indicated on its face, this is an unrepeated message and paid for as such, in consideration whereof itis agreed between 1. The 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 unrepeated-messaze rate beyond the sum of five hundred dollars; nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for message rate beyond the sum of five thousand dollars, unless specially vatued; nor in any case for delays arising non-délivery, of any message received for transmission at the repeatedfrom unavoidable interruption in the working of its lines. 2. In any event the Company shall not be liable for damages for mistakes or dela ys in the transmission or delivery, or for the negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the actual loss, not exceeding in any event th € Sum of five thousand dollars, at whichthe non-delivery, of any message, whether caused by amount the sender of each message that bisis valued, unless a greater value is stated in writing the agit | by the sender thereof at the ti me the message is tendered for transmission, and unless the repeated-message represents rate is paid or agreed to 6 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 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. 4. Except as otherwise indicated in connection with the listing of individual cat in the filed tariffs of the Company, the amount paid for the transmission of a domestic telegram or an incoming cable or radio message covers its delivery within the fo..o. ing limits: Nn Civies or towns of or moreinhabitanis vr rere thie Company has an office which, as shown by the filed tariffs of the Company, is not operated: through the agency of a railroad company, within two miles 5,000 of any open main or branch office of the Company: in cities or towns of 5,000 or more inhabitants where, as shown by the filed tariils of the Company, the telegraph service is performed through the agency of a railroad company, within one mile of the telegraph office; in cities or towns of less than 5,000 inhabitants in which an office of the Company is located, within one-half of the telegraph office. Beyond the limits above specified the Company does not undertake to make delivery, but will endeavor to arrange for delivery as the agent of the sender, with mile the understanding that the sender authorizes the collection of any additional charge from the addressee and agrees to pay such additional chargeif itis not collected from the addressee. There will be no additional charge for deliveries made by telephone within the corporate limits of any city or townin which an office of the Company is located. 5. No responsibility attaches to this 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 Company’s messengers, he acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender. ’ 4 6... The Company will not be liable for damages or statutory penalties in the case of any message except an intrastate to the Company within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmis Sion, and in the case of an intrastatemessage in Texas where the claim is not presented in writing message in Texas the Company will not be liable for damages or statutory penalties where the claim is not presented in writing to the Company within ninety-five days after the cause of action, if any, shall have accrued;.provided, however, that neither of these conditions shall apply to claims for damages or overcharges within the purview of Section 415 of the Communications Act of 1934. It is agreed that in any action by the Company 7 subject to rebuttal by competent evidence. 8. Special terms governing to all the foregoing terms. 9. the transmission No employee of the Company to recover the tolls for any of messages is authorized according to their classes, as enumerated to messages in each of such respective classes in addition to vary the foregoing. CLASSES DOMESTIC OF SERVICE SERVICES CABLE TELEGRAMS. SERVICES ORDINARIES A full-rate expedited service. A below, shall apply “~ 10-42 DAY message or messages the prompt and correct transmission and delivery thereof shall be presumed, The standard service, at full rates. cae bi at a lower rate. Code messages, consisting of 5-letter groups only, LETTERS deferred service at lower than the standard telegram DEFERREDS. rates. Plain-language messages, subject to being deferred in favor of full-rate messages. SERIALS NIGHT Messages sent in sections Curing the same day. LETTERS Overnight plain-language messages. NIGHT LETTERS Accepted Gubstantially up to 2 A.M. for delivery not earlier than the following lower than the standard telegram or day letter rates, morning at rates URGENTS Messages taking precedence over all other messages except government messages. |