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See. 1. The carrier or party in possession of any of the property herein described 
Jball be liable for any lose thereof or damage thereto, except as hereinafter provided. 
No carrier or party in possession of any of the property herein described shall be 
liable for any loss thereof or damage thereto or delay caused by the act of God. the 
public enemy, quarantine, the authority of law, or the act or default of the shipper of 
owner, or for differences in the weights of grain, seed, or other commodities caused by 
natural shrinkage or discrepancies in elevator weights. For loss, damage, or delay caused 
by fi-e occurring after forty-eight hours (exclusive of legal holidays) after notice of the 
arrival of the property at destination or at port of export (if intended for export) has 
been duly sent or given, the carrier's liability shall be that of warehouseman only. 
Except In case of negligence of the carrier or party in possession (and the burden to 
prove freedom from such negligence shall be on the carrier or party in possession ) , the 
carrier or party in possession shall not be liable for loss, damage, or delay occurring 
while the property is stopped and , held in transit upon request of the shipper owner, or 
party entitled to make such request ; or resulting from a defect or vice in the property 
or from riots or strikes. When in accordance with general custom, on account of the 
nature of the property, or when at the request of the shipper the property Is transported 
in ofwi cars, the carrier or party in possession (except in case of loss or damage by ft re, 
in which case the liability shall be the same as though the property had been carried 
in closed cars* shall be liable only for negligence, and the burden to prove freedom 
from such negligence shall be on the carrier or patty dr possession. 
See. 2 . In issuing this till of lading this comp a* .y a {pees to trs.* sport only over 
its own line, and except as otherwise provided by law acta cab' as agent with respect 
to the portion of the route beyond its own. line. 
No carrier shall bo liable for lo*3, damage, or injury not occurring on It* own road 
er its portion of the through route,, nor after said property has hern delivered to tb.® 
next carrier, except as such liability i 3 or may be imposed by law, but nothing con- 
tained in this bill of lading shall, b© deemed to exempt the initial carrier from any 
such liability so imposed. 
Sec. 3. No carrier is bound to transport ssM property by any particular train or 
vessel, or in time for any particular market or otherwise than with reasonable dispal-qh, 
unless by specific agreement indorsed hereon. Every carrier shall have the right in 
care of physical necessity to forward said property by any railroad or route between toe 
point of shipment and the point of destination; but if such diversion shall be from a 
rail to a water route the liability of the carrier shall be the same &b though tbs entire 
carriage were by rail. 
The amount of any loss or damage for which any carrier is liable shall be computed 
on the basis of the value of the preparty (being the bona-fide invoice price. If any, to 
trie consignee, including the freight, charges, if prepaid) at the place and lime of ship- 
ment under this bill of lading, unless a lower value has been represented in writing by 
the shipper or has been agreed upon or is determined by the classification or tariffs upon 
which the rate is based, in any of which events such lower value shall be the maximum 
amount to gorera such computation, whether or not ouch loss or damage occurs from 
negligence. 
Claims for loss, damage, or delay must be made in writing to the carrier the 
point of delivery or at the point of origin within four month® after delivery of the 
properly, or, in case of failure to make delivery, then within four months after a 
reasonable time for delivery has elapsed. Unless claims are so made the carrier shall 
not be liable. 
Any carrier or party liable on account of loss of or damage to any of said property 
shall have tire full benefit of any insurance that may have been effected upon or on 
account of said property, so far as this shall not avoid the policies or contracts of 
insurance. 
Sec. 4, All property shall be subject to necessary cooperage and baling at owner's 
cost. Each carrier over whoso route cotton is to be transported hereunder shall have 
the privilege, at its own cost and risk, of compressing the kme for greater convenience 
in handling or forwarding, and shall not be held .responsible for deviation or unavoidable 
delays in procuring such compression. Grain in bulk consigned to a point where there 
is a railroad, public, or licensed elevator, may (unieas otherwise expressly noted herein. 
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and then if if, Is not promptly unloaded) be there delivered and placed with other graba 
of the same kind and trade without respect to ownership, and if so delivered shall bt 
subject to a den for elevator charges in addition to all other charges hereunder. 
Sec. 5. Property not removed by the party entitled t# receive .it within forty -right 
hours (exclusive of legal holidays) after notice of its arrival has been duly sent or given 
may be kept in car. depot, o? place of delivery of the carrier, or warehouse/ subject, to a 
reasonable charge for storage and to carrier's responsibility as warehouseman only, or 
may be, at the option of the carrier, removed to and stored in a public or licensed 
warehouse at the cost of the owner ind there held at rh* owner's rink and without lia- 
bility on the part of the carrier, «r i subject to a lien for all freight and other lawful 
charges, including a reasonable charge for storage.. ... . 
The canier may make a ream -able charge for the detention of any vessel or car, 
or for the use of tracks after the car has been held to rty -.eight hours (exclusive of 
legal holidays ; , for leaving or undos dirig. and may add such charge to all other charge® 
hereunder and held such property subject to a lien therefor. Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as lessening the time allowed by law or as setting arid® any local 
rul® affecting car service or storage * 
Property destined to or taken Pom a station, wharf, or landing at which there Is 
no regularly appointed agent dauvU foe entirely at risk ’‘of owner; after unloaded from, 
cars or vessels or until loaded into cars or vessels, and when received from or delivered 
on private or other sidings, wharves, or landings shall bo at owner’® risk until the cam 
are attached to and after they are detached from trains. 
ftfcc. fi. No carrier w-T. oi 1:« liable in my way for ft say documents, wpecie, 
or for any articles of extraordinary value cot specifically rated in the published classi- 
fication fit tariffs, unless a special agreement to do ,80 and a stipulated value of the 
articles are indorsed hereon. . 
Sec. 7. Every party, whether principal or agent, shipping explosive or dangerous 
goods, without previous full written disclosure to tbs carrier of their nature, shall be 
liable for all .loss or. damage caused thereby, and such goods ma.v be warehoused at 
owner’s risk and expense or destroyed without compensation. 
Sec. S, Tile owner ©r consignee shall pa? the freight and til other lawful charges 
accruing on said property, and. if required, shall pay the aam* before delivery. .If upon 
inspection it is ascertained that the articles shipped are not those described in this, 
bill of lading, the freight charges must be paid upon the articles actually 3hipped 
S>c. 9. Except in case of diversion from rail to water routs, which is provided 
for in section 3 hereof, if all or any part of said property is carried by water over any 
pari of said route, such water carriage shall be performed subject to the liabilities, 
limitations, and exemptions provided by statute and to the conditions contained in this 
bill of lading not inconsistent with such statutes or this section, and subject also to 
the condition that no carrier or party in possession shall be liable for any loss or 
damage resulting from the perils of the lakes, sea, or ether waters; or from explosion, 
bursting of boilers, breakage of shafts, or any latent defect in hull, machinery, or. ap- 
purtenances ; or from collision, stranding or other accidents of navigation, or from pro- 
longation of the voyaga. Ami any vessel carrying any or all of the property herein de- 
scribed shall have the Liberty to call at intermediate ports, to tow and be towed, and 
assist vessels to distress, and to deviate for the purpose of earing life or property. - 
The term "water carriage" in this section shall not be construed a* including 
lighterage across rivers or in Inks or other harbors, and the liability fqr such lighterage 
shall be governed by the other sections o: this instrument. 
If the property is being carried under a tariff which provides that any carrier or 
carriers party thereto shall be liable for loss from perils of the sea, then as to such 
carrier or carriers the provisions of this section shall bo modified in accordance with 
the provisions of the tariff, winch shall be treated as incorporated mto the conditions 
of this bill of lading. 
Sec. 10. Any alteration, addition or erasure Ja this bill of lading which shill be 
made without an indorsement thereof hereon, signed by the agent of the carrier issuing 
this bill of lading, shall be without effect, and this till of lading shall i* eaforceabU 
according to its orl£iu&i. tenor. 
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