ALL MESSAGES TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJ ECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS: To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a sire should order it repeated, that is, telegraphed back to the originating office for comparison. For this, one-half the unrepeated message rate is charged in addition, Unless otherwi the sender of the message and this company as follows: dicated on its face, this is an unrepeated message and paid for as such, in consideration whereof it is agreed between ows: : 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-delivery, of any message received for trans message rate beyond the sum of five thousand dollars, wnless specially valued; nor in any case for delays arising from unavoi in cipher or obscure messages, ion at the repeated- dable interruption in the working of its lines; nor for errors . 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 sum of five thousand dollars, at which amount each messege is deemed to be 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 equal to one- tenth of one percent of the amount by which such valuation shali 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 SS destination. 4, Domestic messages and incoming cable messages will be delivered free within one-half mile of the company’s office in towns of 5,000 population or less, and thin one mile _ of such office in other cities or towns, Beyond these limits tle company does not undertake to make delivery, but will, without liability, at the sender’s request, as his agent and at his expan endeavor to contract for him for such delivery at a reasonable price. No responsibility atiaches 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. - The company will not be licble for damages or statutory penalties in any case where the claim is not presented in writing to the company within sixty days after the message is filed with the company for transmission; provided, however, that this condition shall not apply to claims for damages or overcharges within the purview of Section 415 of the Communi- cations Act of 1934. is agreed that in any action by the company to recover the tolls for any message or messages the prompt and correct transmission and delivery thereof shall be presumed, gf ek Bubject_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 to all the foregoing terms. . : ; 9. No employee of the company is authorized to vary the foregoing. 1-38 i DOMESTIC SERVICES TELEGRAMS A full-rate expedited service. DAY LETTERS : j A deferred service at lower.than the standard telegram rates. SERIALS Messages sent in sections during the same day. NIGHT LETTERS : Accepted up to 2 A.M. for delivery: not earlier than the following morning af ‘rates substantially lower than the standard telegram or day letter rates. : SHIP RADIOGRAMS A service to ships at sea, in all parts of the world. “Plain language or code language may be used. ‘ CLASSES OF SERVICE ; THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED R. B. WHITE, PRESIDENT CABLE SERVICES ORDINARIES: