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Show ALL MESSAGES TAKEN BY@B}IS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO@PE FOLLOWING TERMS: 3 To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a message unrepeated message rate is charged in addition. the sender of the message and this Company should order it repeated, that is, telegraphed back to the originating office fcr comparison. For this, one-half the Unless otherwise indicated on its face, this is an unrepeated message and paid for as such, in consideration whereof it is agreed between 5 as follows: 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 unrepoated-message rate beyond the sum of five hundred doliars; nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any message received for transmission at the repeatedmessage 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 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 by 8. The Company 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 vaiued, unless 2 greater vatue 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 equal to one-tenta of one per cent of the amount by which such valuation shall exceed five thousand doilars. is hereby made the agentof 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 places in the filed tarifis of the Company, the amount paid for the transmission of a domestic telegram or an incoming cable or radio message covers lis delivery within the following Umits: In cities or towns of 6,000 or moreinhabitants 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 Gied tarifis of the Company, the telegranh service is performed pads da the agency of a railroad company, within one mile of the telegraph office; in cities or towns of less than 5,000 inbabitants in which an office of the Company is located, within one-half mile of the telegraph office. Beyond the limits above s ecified the Company does not undertake to make delivery, but will endeavor to arrange for delivery ag 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 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 town in 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. 6. The Company will not be liable 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 days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission, and in the case of an intrastate message in Texas the Company wiilnot 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, ifany, shallhaveaccrued; provided, however, that neither of these conditions shallapply 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. Special terms governing to all the foregoing terms. 9. the transmission No employee of the Company to recover the tolls for any message or messages the prompt and correct transmission and delivery thereof shail be presumed, of messages according to their classes, as enumerated below, shall apply to messages in each of such respective classes in addition is authorized to vary the foregoing. 10-42 | DOMESTIC CLASSES SERVICES DAY 2 ee og SERVICES SULE Rae weet CODE : letters or in cipher. expressed in Roman LETTERS . (CDE) message service consisting of words formed without condition counted at 5 characters per word. Minimum charge of 5 words applies. A 7 SERIALS fast DEFERREDS (LC) sremcsene : Messages sent in sections during the same day. Plain language messages. LETTERS Accepted up to 2 A.M. for delivery not earlier than the following substantially lower than the full rate telegram or day letter rates. CABLE The standard fast service at full rates. May be written in any language that can be . A deferred service at lower than the full rate NIGHT. SERVICE | FULL RATE TELEGRAMS A full rate expedited service OF morning at rates messages, subject NIGHT LETTERS (NLT) Overnight plain-language messages. ¢ to being deferred Minimum in favor or restriction, of full rate charge of 25 words applies. and CDE |