Messages containing the same subject-matter addressed to different stations are charged as separate messages.
Secret or cipher messages can be sent by government only.
Replies at full rates can be prepaid; but should the reply contain more than the number of words specified and paid for, the sender of the reply must pay for the excess as a fresh message.
Messages can be repeated by payment of double charge at the time they are sent, the words “Repetition paid” being inserted after receiver’s address, and charged for.
All complaints respecting irregularity in the transmission or delivery of messages must be made by THE SENDER, and in cases of delay or error the complaint must invariably be accompanied by the RECEIVER’S COPY of the message. Complaints from the receivers of messages will not be entertained.
RULES OF THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
The minimum tariff is for a message of ten words. No charge is made for address, signature, or date. After the first ten words the rate is so much per word, the amount being proportional to the rate for the first ten.
All words are counted as one which are found so written in the dictionaries. No extra charge is made for messages written in cipher, and no restrictions are placed upon their transmission.
Replies can be prepaid if desired, and no charge is made for inserting this information in the sender’s message.
Messages can be repeated by the payment of one half the regular charge in addition, and the company agrees to be responsible for any mistakes which may occur in repeated messages, to the amount of fifty times the sum received for sending the same.