TEitiSS AND 
1. The provisions of this receipt shall inure to the benefit of and be binding 
upon : the consignor, the consignee and all carriers handling this shipment and 
snail apply to .any reeonsignment, or return thereof. 
2. In consideration of the rate charged for carrying sr. id- property, \yiiieh is 
dep^deii^r mpon the value thereof and is based upon an agie&d valuation of not 
exc&iifg.^^itil for any shipment .of 100 pounds or Jess, >an,d not exceeding 
fiftyf^^cents^per pohnd, actual weight, dor any shipment in excess of 100 pounds. 
Unless a greater value is declared at the time of shipment, the shipper agrees that 
the company shall not be liable in any event for more than fifty dollars for any 
shipment of 100 pounds or less, or for more than fifty cents per pound, actual 
weight, for any shipment weighing more than 100 pounds, unless a greater value 
is stated herein. Unless a greater value is declared and stated herein the shipper 
agrees that the value of the shipment is as last above set out and that the liabil¬ 
ity of the company sh^ll in no event exceed such value. 
3. Unless caused by its own negligence or that of its agents, the company shall 
not be liable for— 
a Difference in weight or quantity caused by shrinkage, leakage, or evaporation. 
b The death, injury or escape of live freight. 
c Lose of money, bullion, bonds, coupons, jewelry, precious stones, valuable 
papery or other matter of extraordinary value, unless such articles are 
enumerated in the receipt. 
4. Unless caused in whole or in part by its own negligence or that of its agents, 
the company shall not he liable for loss, damage or delay caused by— 
a The act or default of the shipper or owner. 
b The nature of the property, or defect or inherent vice therein. 
c Improper or insufficient packing, securing, or addressing. 
'-d The Act pf Uod, pub lie enemies, authority of law, quarantine, riots, 
strikes, . perils of navigation, the hazards or dangers incident to a state of 
wari,or becUrrence in customs warehouse. 
e The^'^examination by, or partial delivery to the consignee of O. 0. D. 
sbipta^nts* ^ ^ 
f Delivbly under instructions of consignor or consignee at stations where 
th^re is po agent of the company after such shipments have been left at 
, such stations, y . 
6. Packaged containing fragile articles or articles consisting wholly or in part 
of glas^ ihu&t. be so marked and be packed so as to insure safe transportation by 
exp^cis^ Ordinary care. 
6. When consigned to a place at which the express company has no office, 
shmments must be marked with the name of the express station at which delivery 
will be accepted or be marked with forwarding directions if to go beyond the 
exptela company’s Une by a carrier other than an express company. If tjnot so 
marked shipments will be refused. 
Cor^DITiOMS 
7. As conditions precedent to recovery claims must be made in writing to the 
originating or delivering carrier within nine months after delivery of the property 
or, in case of failure to make delivery, then within nine months and fifteen days 
after date >of shipment; and suits shall be instituted only within two years and 
one day after the date when notice in writing is given by the carrier to the 
claimant that the carrier has disallowed the claim or any part or parts thereof. 
81 If any C. 0. D. is not paid Within thirty days after notice of non-delivery has 
been mailed to the shipper the company may at its option return the property to 
the consignor. 
9. Free delivery will not be made at points where the company maintains no 
delivery service; at points where delivery service is maintained free delivery will 
not be made at addresses beyond the established and published delivery limits. 
Special Additional Provisions as fo Shipments Forwarded by Vessel from 
the United States to Places in Foreign Countries. 
10. If the destination .specified in this receipt is in a foreign country the 
property covered hereby shall, as to transit over ocean routes and by their foreign 
connections to such destination, be subject to all the terms and conditions of the 
receipts or bills of lading of ocean carriers as accepted by the company for 
the shipment, and of foreign carriers participating in the- transportation, and 
as to such transit is accepted for transportation and delivery subject to the acts, 
ladings,, laws, regulations, and customs of oversea and foreign carriers, custodians, 
and governments, their employees and agents. 
11. The company shall not be liable for any loss, damage, or delay to said 
shipments over ocean routes and their foreign connections, the destination of 
which is in a foreign country, occurring outside the boundaries of the United 
States, which may be occasioned by any such acts, ladings, laws, regulations, or 
Customs. Claims for loss, damage or delay must be made in writing to the carrier 
at the port of export or to the carrier issuing this receipt within nine months 
after delivery of the property at said port or in case of failure to mak«^ such 
delivery then within nine months and" fifteen days after date of shipment; and 
claims so made against said delivering or issuing carrier shall be deemed to have 
been made against any carrier which may be liable hereunder. Suits shall ^be 
instituted only within two years and one day after the date when notice in writing 
is given by the carrier to the claimant that the carrier has disallowed the claim 
or any part or parts thereof. Where claims are not so made, and/or suits are 
not instituted thereon in accordance with the foregoing provisions, thek,,carrier 
shall not be liable. • ^ 
12. It is hereby agreed that the property destined to such foreign couti%Heg, 
and assessable with foreign governmental or customs duties, taxes or charges, 
may be stopped in transit at foreign ports, frontiers or depositories, and there 
held pending examination, assessments and payments, and such duties and 
charges, when advanced by the company shall become a lien on the property. 
