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regulated by the by-laws of the corporation, which shall be substantially complied with in all cases, without prejudice, however, to any award from merely formal irregularity. The said Committee shall have power to apply to any Justice of the Peace for the city of Baltimore, to issue subpoenas and other compulsory process to procure the at- tendance of witnesses before it, and all Justices so applied to in writing, signed by the chairman or
acting chairman of said Committee, shall issue such process forthwith, the costs of the same and of the attendance of the witnesses so summoned to be the same as in civil suits before such Justices, and to be collectable from the parties on whose behalf the said witnesses shall be summoned and attend, in the same manner and by the same means as if adjudged to be paid by a judgment of the Justice who shall act in the premises in a civil suit be- tween the same parties depending before him. A majority of said Committee may act in all cases,	Issue process.
and a majority of such majority shall have power to render an award in the name of and as the act of the Committee. No dissenting award or opin- ion shall be rendered or placed among the pro- ceedings or upon the records of the Committee or the Corporation; the award of the Committee rendered in conformity herewith, and as prescribed	Award
by the by-laws, shall be conclusive on all parties to the submission. It shall in all cases be in writing, signed by the members of the Committee who agreed upon it, and filed among the proceed- ings of the Committee, hut copies shall be given by the Secretary, with his attestation and the seal of the corporation attached, to the respective par- ties as soon as may be after said award shall have been rendered.	Conclusive.
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That if the parties to any submission shall agree to do so, they may stipulate as part of said submission, in writing, that the award of the Committee rendered in con- formity herewith and with the by-laws, shall stand and avail as against them to the same effect as a judgment or decree of a Court of competent juris- diction, in which case either party desiring and entitled to the enforcement of said award, may file a copy of the same and of the submission, attested under seal by the Secretary of the Cor-	Submission.