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I1!AILwAY ExPREss AGENCY
IitCOnPOORATED
UNIFORM EXPRESS RECEIPT-NON-NEGOTIABLE-TERMS AND CONDITIONSA U!e vra alfnt of lilts receipt shall Inure to the benefit of anid lfe
[tn'aittlg upon, tht Conslgr the consignee and all carriers handling this
shlpment'and shall apply to any reconsignment, or return thereof.
2, In conslderatlon of the rate charged for carrying said property.
WhIich is dependent upon the value thereof and is based upon an agreed
Ialuation of not exceeding ,(fy dollars for any shipment of 100 pounds or
less and not exceeding 11fty'Melfs per pound. actual weight, for any ship-
Inent 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 thanrffty 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
ana that the liability of the company shall In no event exceed such vacua.
3. Unless caused by. its own negligence or that of Its agents, the
Company shall not be liable for-
o Difference In weight or Quantity caused by shrinkage, leakage,
or evaporation.
g The death, Injury, or escape of live freight.
Q Loss of money, bullion, bonds, coupons, jewelry, precious
tones, valuable papers, or other matter of extraordinary value, -
onless such articles are enumerated in the receipt.
4, Unless caused in whole or in part by Its own negligence of that
*ttts agents the company shall not be liable for loss, damage or delay
Itiie by-
* a h a tet or default of the shipper or owner.
he nature of the property, or defeat or inherent vice therein,
Improper or Insufi cient packing, securing, or addressing.
The Act of Clod, public enemies, authority of law, quarantine,
tints, strikes, Perils of navigation, the hazards or dangers in.
Client to a state of war, or occurrence in customs warehouse.
10 The examination by. or partial delivery Yo the consignee of
'O D shipments.
gellvery tinder instructions of consignor or consignee at sta-
tions where there to no agent of the company after such ship.
i inents have been left at such stations.
15 tagta containing fragile articles or articles consisting wholly
tp n part of glass must be so marked and be packed so- as to insure
pare transportation by express with ordinary care.
& When consigned to s' pl4ce at which the express company has no
fioe. shipments must be marked with the name of the express station
E 'which delivery will be accepted or be marked with forwarding direc-
Sno df'to go beyond the express company's line by a carrier other tban
express company. If not so marked shlments w be refused.
To Destination OfDes
ConsigneeStreet Address or Non Agency Destination
-Name of Forwarding
Piece-s 2 3 H) Leaguc Ciipto(y, Tex.()
Shipper
7. As condition& precedent to recovery claims must be made
WeIltlg 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 thtg
carrIer has disallowed the claim or any part or parts thereof.
8. If any C. O. D. is not paid within thirty days after notice of none
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 atpoints where the company main.
rins no delivery service; at points where delivery service is maintained
ree delivery will not be made at addresses beyod the established and
published delivery limits.
Special Additional Provisions as to Shipments Forwarded by Vessel from
the United States to Places in Foreign Caustrino.
10. If the destination specified in this .receipt is in a.foreign country,
the property covered hereby shaii, as to transit over ocean routes and by
their foreign connections to such destination, he subject to all the terms
and conditions of the receipts or bIlls of lading of ocean carriers as acs
cepted by the company for the shipment, and of foreign carriers partiti.
. paying' in the transportation, and as to such transit is accepted for trans-
portation and delivery subject to the acts, ladings, laws, regulations, and
customs of oversea and foreign carriers, custodiana..and sgvernmaenta.
their. ennployees and agents.
11 'The company shall not be able -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 bound.
aries of.the United States, which may be occasioned by any such acts,
ladings, laws, regulations, or customs. Clalms for loss, damage or delay
must be made in writing-to tne 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 make 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.
Suite 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 than
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 as-
cordance with the foregoing provisions, the carrier hall not be liable.
12. It is hereby agreed that the property destined to such foreign
countries, and assessable with foreign governmental' or customs duties,
taxes or charges, may be stopped in trany at foreign ports, frontiers or
depositories, and there held pending exastoation, assessments and pay.
mets. and such duties and charges, whaen advanced by the company shalt
become a lien on the property.Enter Date Shipped
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Receipt Number25-19-2
I Declared Value ,Weight
Class Paid Beyond
I XY/-
Value Charges
Express Charges
- 16Shipper's Street Address pR EPA D ca o Rae'er.e. -
(Original) 0
SHIPPER'S PREPAID RECEIPT C..D. rvlceC*erg
NOTE--The Company will not pay over $50, in case of loss, or 50 cents per pound, actual weight, for any X
shipment in excess of 100 pounds, unless a greater value is declared and charges for such greater value paid. (Form 5084-C)
RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY
INCORPORATED
Received shipment described hereon, subject to the Classifications and Tariffs in effect on the date hereof, value
herein declared by Shipper to be that entered in space hereon reading "Declared Value," which the Company
agrees to carry upon the terms and conditions printed hereon, to which the Shipper agrees and as evidence
thereof accepts this receipt.Number Pieces
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For the Company
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Railway Express Agency, Incorporated. [Receipt for Railway Shipments], text, December 18, 1952; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1030637/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library.