mhaV B T: }‘ . 1 Th ® CArrier , <* Party in possession of any of the sporty herein de bribed 
lut)a J ° r aar loss thereof or damage thereto, except a a hereinaf ,>r provided. 
„ 0 carrier or party in possession of any or the property herein described shall be 
, „ for Ioss thereof or damage thereto or delay caused by the act of Cod, the 
pun a enemy, quarantine, the authority of law. or the act or default of the shipper or 
owner or ior differences in the weights of grain, seed, or other commodities caused by 
na ura shrinkage or discrepancies in elevator weights. For loos, damage, or delay caused 
-s f? c, cctnring alter forty-eight hours (exclusive of legal holidays) after notice of the 
aniva of the property at destination or at port of export (if intended for export) has 
du f ly sent or 2iven, the carrier’s liability shall be that of warehouseman only, 
jxcep . in case of negligence of the carrier or party in possession (and the burden do 
pf jve freedom from such negligence shall be on the earrie • or party in possession), (lie 
car .er or party in possession shall not be liable for loss, damage, or delay oe urring 
w .ue t ie property is stopped and held in trmsit unon reep cst of the shipper, owner, or 
pait.. entitled to naake such request ; or resulting from a defect or vice in the property 
m ^ rum J’b ts or strikes. When in accordance with general custom on account of the 
. Ml ii 01 f - ie Property, or when at the request of the shipper the property is transported 
,‘ n " .' c . n cars ’ carrier or party in possession (except ho case of loss or damage by fire, 
ni '.iiirh case the liability shall be the- game as though t->e property bad been carried 
in closed curs) shall be liable onlv for negligence, and the burden to provs freedom 
from such negligence shall be on the carrier or party in pr>:- ession. 
Sec. 2 . In issuing this hill of lading this compare At ' . .. » transport only over 
c nvn line, and except as otherwiao provided hy law acU only as agent with respect 
to tb? portion, of the route beyond its own Him®. 
No carrier shall be liable for ioss, damage, or .'raj my not occurring on it® ovm road 
or its portion of the through route, nor after said property has boon delivered to tfca 
next carrier, except as such liability it or may b* imposed by law, but nothing con- 
tained in this bill of lading shall bo deemed to exempt the initial carrier froia any 
stub liability so imposed. 
n>?c. d. No carrier is bound to transport said proinsrty by any particular train or 
vessel, or in time for any particular market or otherwise than with reason hi ?> dispatch, 
unless by specific agreement Indorsed hereon. Every carrier shall have tht right in 
case of physical necessity to forward said property by any railroad or route botwosn the 
point of- shipment und the point, of destination; but if such diversion Bha.il he from a 
rail to a water route the liability of the carrier shall be till same as though the entire 
carriage were by rail. 
Die amount of any loss or damage for which any carrier Is liable shall be computed 
on the basis ot the value of the property (being the bona-fide invoice price. If any, to 
the consignee, including the freight charges, if prepaid) at the place and time 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 clasrtification or taring up. -a 
which the rate is based, in any of which events such lower value shall b» the maximum 
amount to go r era such computation, whether or not such loss or damage occurs from 
negligence. 
Claims for lose, damage, or delay must be mad* in writing tc the carrier at the 
r>u” t f delivery or at the point of origin within four months after delivery of the 
property, or, in c*3d ol failure to make delivery, then within four months afrer a 
reasonable time for delivery has elapsed. Unless claims are so made the carrier shall 
iw>l be Ha bio. 
Any carrier or party liable on account of loss of or damage to any of said property 
shall have the full benefit of any insurance that may have been ejected upon or- on 
account of said property, so far as this shall not avoid the policies or ccntiacts of 
insurance. 
Sed, &4 All property shall ba xubjivt to nedessai iperage and hal 
cost. Each carrier over whose route cotton is to lie transported hereunder shall have ' 
the privilege, at its own cost and risk, of compressing the same for greater commit ace 
In handling or forwarding, and shall not be held ges cnsi i ■ deviation .-r nua- ui 1 - ra 
delays in procuring such compression. Grain in bulk consigned to a point where there 
ij & railroad, public, or licensed elevator, may (unless otherwise exyre&slj noted In era, 
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"■id the*-, if it 53 not promptly unloaded) bo there delivered and placed with other grata 
of he viia: 'I’.'n: *n.i trmle w it?, r respect to ownership, and if bo delivered shall be 
sub.it c to ti i ii for < level ur 1: u s \n addition to ail other charges hereunder. 
Sec. 5 . Property not removed y the party entitled ts receive it within forty- tight 
hours (exclusive of legal holidays) after notice of its arrival has been duly gent or given 
may be kept in car. depot, or place of delivery of the carrier, or wareho use, subject Ut a 
reasonable ch rge for storage and to carrier’s responsibility a* warehouseman only, or 
may he, at the option of the carrier, removed to and stored In a public or licensed 
warehouse at the cost, of tho owner and there held at the ovmcr'a risk and Without lia- 
h'dty on the part of the carrier, and eubject to a lira for ail freight and other lawful 
charges, including a reasonable charge for storage. 
'iho carri-.T may make ?. reasonalrie charge tor the detention of any vessel or ear, 
or for the i’sa of track after the car has been held forty-eight hours {exclusive of 
legal holiday'?), l'or loading or unloading, and may add ouch chaige to all other charges 
hereunder and hold Bitch property subject to a lien therefor. Nothing in this section 
aturif bo ■'•uhstmo; -»s tnr Fine allowed by law or as selling aside any local 
ruio aiTectlog car service or storage. 
Property dcriiaed o or Uken from * station, wharf, or lauding at which there la 
no regularly appointed egont ahall be entirely at risk o? owner after unloaded from 
cam or Teasels or until 1 2 led Into cars or vessels. and when received from or delivered 
on private or o ver .' dings, •vhares, or lav. » gs shall \*> at cwser’i* risk until the care 
aw attached to vn,.* they cr» detached from trains. 
1* vc. S. No carrier will carry or be liable m ar-y way for acy documents, wpecie, 
or for acy articles 01 extraordinary value not specifically rated in the published classi- 
fication or tariffs, uni bus ; special agreement to do ao aad a stipulated value of the 
articles are indorsed hereon. I 
Kec. 7. Every party, whether principal or went, ihlppinx? explosive or dangerous 
ootids, without previous full written disclosure to ?ht carrier of their nature, shall be 
hublo for *il has or damage caused thereby, aild such gfiods may he warehoused at 
owner's risk and expense or destroyed without compensation. 
ot conairnae shall pay* “tiro freight and ail other lawful charges 
accr dug on said property, and, if required, shall puy the camo before delivery. If upon 
inspection it Ij ascertained that the articles shipped are pot those described lu this 
hiil of lading, tho i reight chargee must' be paid upon the articles actually shipped. 
®ec. p Except in case of diversion from raii to water route,, .which is., provided 
for in Rsctlnii 3 hereof }.{ all or any part ol eaid property is carried, by water over any 
pi’-ri of aald route, such water carriage shall be performed subject to the liabilities, 
limitations, and -reeruptiona provided hr etatule tad to tlie con'litions contained in this 
bill of lading not inconsistent w.h such atatuito or this section, and subject also to 
thy condinori that no carrier or party in pos&sssiot shall be liable for any loss or 
damage resulting from the pariJ.-t of the lak.ee, sea, or othvr waters; or from explosion, 
bursting ct boilers, breakage of haftc. or any latent defect in hull, machinery, or ap- 
purten^nceg ; or from ooiii rt a. stranding or other accidents of navigation, or from pro- 
iongxtl.cn of the veyxg* And any vesrri carrying t n- a: sJ( of property herein at- 
;h?: A.'*** too flberty c f 4 'l sc l i ectnecllafe perta, to tow and be towed, and 
aasjat asaeis in distroia, and to deviate for tde purpose of saving life or property. 
The term "water carriage” in riiis section shall not be construed as including 
lighter.^ across rir«.ra a: w> htko or otuer harbors, r.nd the liability for euch lighterage 
sEa.il be governed by the other .v-ctiona of k tMs instrument. 
If [lie '(foperty is being carried under u tarifiT which provides that any carrier or 
carriers yar;y thereto ehad b? liable for less from perils of the sea, then as to suen 
carrier or carriers tho .pruvisiona of t’.Lo section sliad ha modified in accordance, .with 
tue provisions of the and, whtrh shall be treated as incorporated into the conditions 
of tins. hill of lading. 
Sec. 10 . Any alteration, addition or erasure In this bill of lading which shall be 
macio without an nidorri. ■ jent thereof hereon, signed by the agent of the carrier issuing 
this bill of lading. ba.iI be without effect, and this biii of lading *h*n be enforceable 
according to its original tenor. 
