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Financial receipts and expenditures, 1900

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  • 3r.iela.:d i-Kzai comtract. DUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY, (NOT NEGOTIABLE.) c_^ ^ :■ LL OF LADINO.) A L <^Z S... tctixtzd xrft _ „ Valued at 7 - Dollars and for which amcVint the Charges are made by said Company, [fiarkedz£^jAz..Y--LA7r^A^ Which .■ s mutually agreed is to be forwarded to our Agency nearest or most convenientYc. destination only, and there delivered to other parties to complete the transportation. It is^part of the consideration of this contract, and it is agreed, that the said Express Company ARE FORWARDERS ONLY, and are not-to be held liable or responsible for any loss or damage to said property while being conveyed by the CARRIERS to whom the same may be by said Express Company entrusted, or arising from the dangers of Railroads, Ocean or River Navigation^ Steam, Fire in Stores, Depots, or in Transit, Leakage, Breakage, or from any cause whatever, unless, in every case the same be proved to have occurred fr«m the fraud or gross negligence of said Express Company, or their servants, unless spefially insured by it and so specified t» this receipt, which insurance shall constitute the limit of the liability of the SOUTLH.RN EXPRESS COMPANY'in any event; and if the value of the property above described is not stated by the shipper at the time of shipment and specified inJhis receipt, the holder hereof will not demand of the SOUTHERN EXPRffi3Sp>S.ViPANY a sum exceeding Fifty Dollars for the loss ofCTu^arastge to, tlfejffipment herein receipted for. Nor shall the said CompaireJfeJneJfCfesponsloie for the safety of said property after its arrival at its plaf5e^desTmation./\ Arid if the same is entrusted or de&v&red to any ofner Express Company or Agent {which said Sou/hern Express Company arehereby authorized to do), such Company or person so selected shall be regarded exclusively as the agent of the shipper or ownei\jmd, as such, alone liable, and the Southern Express Company shall not beymahy event, responsiUiJor the negligence or non-perform ance of any stfch Company or pers&h~;jm^ the shipper and owner hera ally ^gree^tnat all the stipulatio^sxand conditions in ihis receipt^ shallCe^end to and innure to thebenefit of each and every Company <5r person ' to whom the Southern Express Company may entrust or deliver the above de-/ scribed property for transportation, and jiall define and limit the liability therefor of such other Company or person. In no event shall the Southern Express Company be liable for any loss or damage unless the claim therefor shall be presented to them in writing, at this office, within thirty days after this date, in a statement to which this receipt shall be annexed. All articles of GLASS, or contained in Glass, or any of a fragile nature, will be taken at Shi]g>ersy risk only, and the Shipper agrees that the Company shall not be held responsible icr. any injury, by breakage or otherwise, nor for damage to goods not proper!j packed and secured for transporation. It is further agreed, that said Company shall not, in any event, be liable for any loss, damage or detention caused by the acts of God, Civil or Military Authority, or by Insurrection or Riot, or the dangers incident to a time of war. If any sum of money, besides the charge for transportation, is to be collected from the consignee on delivery of the above described property, and the same is not paid within thirty days from the date thereof, 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 prop "lile in its possession fojMie purpose of making such collection, shal.
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Object’s are ‘parent’ level descriptions to ‘children’ items, (e.g. a book with pages).