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Show $ “ALL MESSAGES TAKEN sy@iis COMPANY ARE SUBJECT vo@2 To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a message should order it repeated, unrepeated message rate is charged in addition. Unless otherwise indicated the sender of the message and this Company as follows: FOLLOWING TERMS: that is, telegraphed back to the originating offics for comparison. For this, one-half the on its face, this i 3 an unrepeated message and paid for as such, in considcration 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-message. rate beyond the sum of five hundred dollars; nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-deiivery, of any message received for transmission at the repeatedmessage rate beyond the sum, of five thousand dollars, unless specially valued; ner in any case for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of its lines. “2. In any event the Company 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 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 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-message rate is paid or agreed to be paid, and an additional charge equa! to one-tenth of one per cent of the amount by which such valuation shall exceed five thousand dollars. . 3. The Company .@, -Except.as otherwise indicated in connection with the listing of individual gees in the filed tariffs of the Company, the amount paid for the transmission of a domestie telegram is hereby meade the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward this message over the lincs of any other company when necessary to reach its destination. or an incoming cable or radio message covers iis delivery within the foliowing limits: In cities or towns of 5,000 or moretnhahbitants where the 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 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 tarifis 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 mile 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 the understanding that the sender authorizes the collection of any additional charge from the addressee and agrees to pay such additional chargeif it is now collected from the addressee. There will be no additional charge for deliveries made by telephone within the corporate limits of any city or town in which an office of the Company is located. , 5. Wo 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. 6. The Company will not beliable for damages or statutory penalties in the case of any message except an intrastate message in Texas where the claim is not presented in writing to the Company within sixty duys after the message is filed with the Company for transmission, and in the case of an intrastate message in Texas the Company willnot beliable 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 haveaccrued; of these conditions shali apply to claims for damages or overcharges within the purview of Section 415 of the Communications Act of 1934. . 7. Itis agreed that in any action by the Company subject to rebuttal by competent evidence. 8. to recover the tolis for any provided, however, that neither message or messages the prompt and correct transmission and delivery thereof shall be presumed, : to messages in each of such respective classes in addition Special terms governing the transmission. of messages according to their classes, as enumerated below, shall apply to all the foregoing terms. §. ~ 10-42 No employee of the Company : is authorized to vary the foregoing. CLASSES OF SERVICE | | CABLE SERVICES DOMESTIC SERVICES A FULL RATE | FULL RATE TELEGRAMS DAY LETTERS | CODE A deferred service at lower than the full rate . : | Messages sent in sections during the same day. s : NIGHT a LETTERS Accepted:up to 2 A.M. for delivery not earlier than the following morning at rates substantially lower than the full rate telegram or day letter rates. rm. that can be per word. Minimum formed without condition charge of 5 words applies. or restriction, DEFERREDS (LC) Plain < language (CDE) counted at 5 characters SERIALS be written in any A fast message service consisting of words 3 sews CABLES The standard fast service at full rates. May expressed in Roman letters or in cipher. full rate expedited service, 7 language messages, messages, ; NIGHT. LETTERS subject to being deferred in favor of full rate | 7 (NLT) Overnight plain-language messages. Minimum charge of 25 words applies. and | CDE _ |