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1935 July - McHenry Telephone Directories, July 1935, Page ii

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REGULATIONS of Applications.-Applications for original establishment service must be made on the Telephone Company's standard application forms. Requests from subscribers for additional service, equipment, etc., may be made orally or in miting, and upon approval, or installation of the service, become a part of the original application. An applicant for service must pay all previous indebtedness to the Company for telephone service be' fore service will be furnished. Establishment of Credit.-In order to insure the paymend the minimum rate for the telephone facilities and of service affected by the interruption, Ior such time interruption. class as the interruption continues. No other liability shall attach to the Company in consideration of such service Telephone Numbers,-The subscriber has no property of all charges due for its service, the Telephone Company may require any subscriber to establish and maintain his credit in one of the Iollowing ways: right in the telephone number or any right to continuance of service through any particular central office. The Telephone Company may change the telephone number or the central office designation, or both, oI a subscriber whenever it deems conduct oi its business so to do. it desirable in the (1) By furnishing references phone Company. acceptable to the Tele' (2) By providing a suitable guarantee (3) By means of a cash deposit. The Telephone Company may require the subscriber to increase the amount of, the deposit at any time if, in its opinion, the charges billed against the subscriber are found to warrant such an increase. Interest at the rate of not less that 5/e per annum shall be paid by the Company on all deposits made for the purpose of establishing credit. Service may be discontinued for failure to establish credit, as authorized above, within five days after the Company has served or mailed notice requiring the subscriber so to do. Where service has been discontinued for failure to establish credit as authorized by these Regulations, the regular restoral charge will be made and collected by the Company. ownership and Use of the Equipment.-Equipment, instruments and lines on subscriber's premi.ses, furnished by the Telephone Company, shall be and remain the property oI the Telephone Company, whose agents and employees have the right to enter said premises at any reasonable hour for the purpose of installing, inspecting, or repairing the instruments and lines or for the purpose of making collections from coin boxes and, upon in form prescribed by the Telephone Company. in writing, nished to subscribers are the property of the Telephone Company, are loaned to subscribers only as an aid to the use of the telephone service, and are to be returned to the Telephone Company upon request or when new directories are issued, The Telephone Company shall have the right to make a charge for directories issued in replacement of directories lost, destroyed, defaeed, Telephone Directories.-Directories regularly fur- or mutilated while in possession of subscriber. No liability arising from rrors or omissions in the making up or printing of its directories shall attach to the company except in the case of charge listings, in connection with ;hich its liability shall be limited to a refund at the monthly rate for each listing for the time an error or omission continues after reasonable notice in writing to the Company, Use of Service.-Subscriber telephone service is furnished only for use by the subscriber, his family, em' ployees, or business associates, or persons residing in the subscriber's household, except as the use oI the service may be extended to joint users or.to persons temporarily subleasing a subscriber's residential premises. The Telephone Company has the right to refuse to install subscriber service or to permit such service to remain on premises of a public or semi'public char' acter when the instrument is so located that the public in general or patrons of the subscriber may make use of the service. termination of the service, for the purpose of removing such instruments and lines, Such equipment is not to be used for performing any part of the work of transmitting, delivering or collecting any telephone message where any to be paid any party other than the Telephone Company, without the written consent of the Telephone Company. Subscribers must not use or permit to be used any electrical or mechanical apparatus or device in connection with the equipment or facilities furnished by the Telephone Company without the written consent of the Telephone Company, or permit the attachment of any advertising devices, exeept upon the approval of the Telephone Company. In case any instrument, apparatus, or device of any kind other than that furnished or approved by the Telephone Company is attached to or connected with any part oI the Tele- toll or consideration has been or is Payment for Service'-The subscriber is required to pay, in accordance with the Telephone Company's estab' iislld tariffs, collection and billing practices, all charges for exchange service and equipment, and for all toll messages oi service rendered to his station, incl lding messages on which the charges have been reversed and accepted by any party at his statiou' All bills are due when rendered and are payable at the all toll Telephone Company's business ofrces. In the event that any sum due (except as provided below) is not paid on or before the 14th day after the issuance of the bill, a written notice may be sent to the subscriber, calling attention to the lact that the amount is duel and, if payment is not made within seven days thereafter, the Coripany may deny service without further notice. When the service of a subscriber has been denied in phone Company's property, the Telephone Company shall have the right to remove such instruments, apparatus, or devices or to suspend the service so long as such instruments, apparatus, or devices are so attached or connected, or to terminate the service. Interruptions io Service,-When requested by the subscriber, if serviee is interrupted for more than 24 hours, and for causes other than the negligence or willful act of the subscriber, an allowance shall be made, at accordance with the preceding paragraphs, but the service has not been terminated or the order to remove the service has not been completed, if such service is restored, a Restoral of Service Charge of $1.00 will bc made. in case service has been denied, in addition to the restoral of service charge, the subscriber will be required to pay all service charges up to the- time of resioral of sirvice. Subsequent to the completion of an order to terminate the service, it will be reestablished only upon the basis of a new service application' The Regulations Herein Stated are Excerpts from the Official Regulations ol this Company as on File with the Illinois Commerce Commissio,n June 11, 1935' ll ldcIIory

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