REAP TUB GOIffDITIOltfS OP THIS I^BGBIPT. 



The Rates charged by this 

 Company for the carriage 

 of small packages of MER- 

 CHANDISE and PRINTED 

 MATTER have been greatly 

 reduced. 



Further particulars will 

 he given upon application to 

 Agents of the Company. 



Which we undertake to f or-w 

 subject expressly to the folia 

 any loss or damage, except a 

 gers of navigation, by the a 

 Government, mobs, riotiSinsU 

 dangers incident to a st™ of j^dir. 

 of any person, corporatjpn or associati; 

 delivered by this Coni|ffltoy, for 

 place or point qf^he^tablished r< 

 poration or assViia^n, is not 

 for aw5»^uch§purJose, but, onTthe contr; 

 deemed lind JpikejBL to be agent of ti 

 C^panylrec^j^^ the m><^erty above d 



jtf the/rarious Raili^^d and SteantbtJat lines 

 ideli/^ed to 



to the nearest point of destination reached by this Company, 

 ' conditions, namely : This Company is not to be held liable for 

 my loss or damage by fire, by the dan- 

 s of the Government, the restraints of 

 ?ason of any of the hazards or 

 le for any default or negligence 

 escribed property shall or may be 

 ,ny act^or duty in respect thereto, at any 

 tlii&^ompany ; and any such person, cor- 

 ' e agent of this Company 

 ^M^^^ev^o%,/f^i^opi(^lon or association shall be 

 5mi, «7)rp<y^OTiciii^r association from whom this 

 eiag understood that this Company rehes 

 country for its means of forwarding prop- 



wardersanly, nor 

 Ggiji<<rfof the 



'US, nil 

 Nor s! 



pmani 



forwarded, it is agreetir bhat it shall not be liable for any damage to said 

 caused byahe detention of any train 6t cars or of any steamboat upon which said prop- 

 slj#fll be pla(g€d for transportation ; nor by the neglect or refusal of any Railroad Company 

 BkvcihoBxJeo receive and forward the said property. 

 It is fwjimeT agreed that this Company is not to be held liable or responsible for any loss of, 

 or damage to, said property, or any part thereof, from any cause whatever, unless in every case 

 the saiiKloss or damage be proved to have occurred from the fraud or gross negligence of said 



Company or their servants : nor in any event shall this Company be held liable or responsible • 

 nor shall any demand be made upon them beyohd the sum of Fifty Dollars at which sum sai(f 

 property is hereby valued, unless the just and true value thereof ia stated herein ; nor upon any 



consignee on delivery of the above described property, and the same is not paid within thirty 

 days from the date hereof, the shipper agrees that this Company may return said property to him 

 at the expiration of that time, subject to the conditions of this receipt, and that he will pay the 

 charges for transportation both ways, and that the liability of this Company for such property 

 while in its possession for the purpose of making such collection, shall be that of Warehousemen 

 only. In no event shall this Company be liable for any loss or damage unless the claim thereof 

 shall be presented to them in writing at this office within ninety days after this date, in a state- 

 ment to which this receipt shall be annexed. And it is also understood that the stipulations con- 

 tained herein shall extend to, and inure to, the benefit of each and every company or person to 

 whom, through this Company, the above described property may be intrusted or delivered for 

 transportation. Deliveries at all points reached by this Company are only to be made within the 

 delivery limits established^ this Company at such points at the time of shipment, and prepay- 

 ment in such cases shall j^lvYc>v*^Tj3laces within such delivery limits. The party accepting this 

 receipt hereby agrees tjrt^#cf)ndjjjnQfiLa^ hergp^ontained. 



For the Company, 



SPECIAL RATES for packages of seven pounds or less, also prmted matter, between nearly 6,000 offices of this Co. and to offices of nearly all connecting Expresses. 



