Excerpts from the Uniform Straight Bill Of Lading contract and carrier tariff provisions pertaining to the processing and disposition of lost, damaged, or refused shipments are contained herein. For further information please refer to

the current National Motor Freight Classification ICC NMF series and carrier’s governing tariffs, which are incorporated herein with like force and effect as if they were written at length herein, and all such terms and conditions so

incorporated and agreed by shipper to be binding. Unless the shipper and carrier have a separate written agreement, all common carriage performed by carriers participating in this tariff shall be subject to the terms and conditions

of this bill of lading and the bills of lading shown in the ICC NMF 100 series (NMFC B/L’s). This bill of lading shall apply when in conflict with provisions contained in the NMFC B/L’s.

Sec. 1 (a) The carrier of the party in possession of any of the property described in this bill

of lading shall be liable as at common law for any loss thereto, or damage thereto, except as

hereinafter provided.

Sec. 1 (b)

1. No carrier or party in possession of all or any portion of the property described in this

bill of lading shall be liable for any loss of or damage to the said property or for any delay caused by

an Act of God, the public enemy, the authority of law, or the act or default of the shipper or owner.

Further, no carrier or party in possession of all or any portion of the said property shall be liable for

any natural shrinkage of the property.

2. The carrier shall be liable solely as a warehouseman for loss, damage or delay

resulting from fire occurring after the expiration of free time (if any) allowed by the tariffs lawfully on

file (such free time shall be computed as provided in said tariffs) where such loss, damage or delay

occurs:

(a) after notice of the arrival of the property at the destination (or, if the property is

intended for export after notice of the arrival of said property at the port of export) has

been duly sent or or given, and

(b) after placement of the property for delivery at destination or tender of delivery of

the property to the party entitled to receive it has been made.

3. Except in the case of negligence of the carrier or the party in possession, the carrier or the

party in possession shall not be liable for country damage to cotton, or for loss, damage or

delay which results:

(a) when the property is stopped and held in transit upon request of the shipper, owner or

party entitled to make such a request or

(b) from a defect or vice in the property, or

(c) from riots or strikes

The burden to prove freedom from such negligence is on the carrier or the party in possession.

4. Except in the case of negligence of the carrier, no carrier or party in possession of all or any

portion of the property described in this bill of lading shall be liable for delay caused by highway obstruction,

by faulty or impassable highway, or by lack of capacity of any highway bridge or ferry. The burden to prove

freedom from such negligence is on the carrier or party in possession.

Sec. 2 (a)

1. No carrier is bound to transport said property by any particular schedule, train, vehicle or

vessel, or in time for any particular market, or in any manner other than with reasonable dispatch. Every

carrier shall have the right, in case of physical necessity to forward said property by any carrier or route

between the point of shipment and the point of destination.

2. In all cases not prohibited by law, where a lower value than the actual value of the said

property has been stated in writing by the shipper or has been agreed upon in writing as the released value

of the property as determined by the classification or tariffs upon which the rate is based, such value plus

freight charges if paid shall be the maximum recoverable amount for loss or damage, whether or not such

loss or damage occurs from negligence.

Sec. 2 (b)

Articles of extraordinary value will not be accepted for transportation. Should an article or articles of

extraordinary value be inadvertently accepted by the carrier, the shipper agrees and declares that the value

of the property is released to a value not exceeding $25.00 per pound per package except when otherwise

provided in the current National Motor Freight Classification ICC NMF 100 Series on this carrier’s

governing tariffs. Where shipper pays appropriate excess valuation charges as provided in carrier’s

governing tariff, carrier’s liability may be increased accordingly up to a maximum of (a) $50.00 per pound

per package or (b) $100,000 for the aggregate of all articles tendered to carrier by a shipper and

transported in a unit of carrier’s equipment.

Articles of Extraordinary Value means (a) articles having a value exceeding $50.00 per pound per

package or (b) the aggregate of all articles tendered to carrier by a shipper for transport in a unit of carrier’s

equipment having a value in excess of $100,000.

Unit of Carrier’s Equipment means any motor truck or other self-propelled highway vehicle, trailer,

semi-trailer or any combination or set of such highway vehicles or trailers operated by the carrier.

 that if there is sufficient time to notify the consignor or owner of the refusal of the.

Where the provisions of other tariffs apply, and these provisions specify a limitation of the

carrier’s liability absent a release value declaration by the shipper, the carrier’s liability shall be

limited to the extent provided by such applicable provisions where the shipper does not make the

requisite or specified release or value declaration.

(2) Shippers who choose to use their own bills of lading shall be considered to possess the

sophistication and transportation knowledge necessary to be conversant in tariffs provided by motor

carrier. Therefore the annotation provided in paragraph (1) will not be required on shipper furnished

bills of lading and the notice of limited liability provided herein shall be deemed sufficient public

notice.

Sec. 4 (c) Where perishable property transported to the destination stated in this bill of lading

is refused by consignee or party entitled to receive it, or said consignee or party entitled to receive

the property fails to receive it promptly, the carrier may, in its discretion, to prevent deterioration or

further deterioration, sell the property to the best advantage at private or public sale:

PROVIDED:

property or the failure to receive it and to request for disposition of the property, such notification

shall be given, in such manner as the exercise of due diligence required, before the property is

sold.

Unless a greater value is declared herein, the shipper agrees and declares, that the

value of the property is released to a value not exceeding $25.00 per pound per package

except when otherwise provided in the current National Motor Freight Classification, ICC

NMF 100 series, or this carrier’s governing tariffs.

PROPERLY IDENTIFIED SHIPMENTS

(1) As shipper, the customer agrees to identify all “foodstuffs”, edible materials, drugs that

are ingested or injected intravenously, or otherwise taken internally when tendered to the carrier by

insertion on the bill of lading the work “foodstuff”. This item shall apply on foodstuffs, edible

materials and drugs used by humans and animals. Initials and acronyms are not acceptable. As

consignee or third party to the shipment, customer agrees to indemnify carrier if foodstuffs are not

identified by the shipper as stated above and carrier will not be liable for improper loading

violations on any shipments where foodstuffs are not identified as indicated

(2) The customer agrees as shipper to clearly identify on the Bill of Lading all shipments

containing materials classified by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations as poisons. Initials

and acronyms are not acceptable. As consignee or third party to the shipment, customer agrees to

indemnify carrier if poisons are not identified by the shipper as indicated, and carrier will not be

liable for improper loading violations on any shipments where poisons have not been properly

identified.