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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if mediation cannot be

Formation of a
board of ar-

effected as provided for in Section I of this Article, the Chief

bitration.

of the Bureau of Industrial Statistics, or such person officially

connected with said Bureau as may be by him deputized . in

writing, may, at his discretion, endeavor to secure the consent

of the parties to the controversy or dispute to the formation

of a board of arbitration, which board shall be composed of

one employer and one employee engaged in the same or similar

occupation to the one in which the dispute exists, but who are

not parties to the controversy or dispute, and to be selected

by the respective parties to the controversy ; the third arbitrator

may be selected by the two first-named arbitrators, and said

third arbitrator so selected shall be president of the board of

arbitration; and upon the failure of the two first-named arbi-

trators, as aforesaid, to agree upon the third arbitrator, then

Chief of Bu-

the Chief of said Bureau of Industrial Statistics shall act as

reau of Indus-
trial Statistics

third arbitrator, or he may deputize, in writing, some person

officially connected with said Bureau to so act, and the said

Chief, or the person who may be so deputized by him, shall

act as president of said board.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the president of the said

Power to sum-
mon wit-

board, provided in Section 2 of this Article, shall have power

nesses, etc.

to summon witnesses, enforce their attendance and admin-

ister oaths and hear and determine the matter in dispute, and

within three days after the investigation render a decision

thereon, a copy of which shall be furnished each party to the

dispute, and shall be final.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in all such cases of dispute,

Agreements to

as aforesaid, as in all other cases, if the parties mutually agree

be valid.

that the matter in dispute shall be arbitrated and determined

in a mode different from the one hereby prescribed, such

agreement shall be valid, and the award and determination

thereon by either mode of arbitration shall be final and con-

clusive between the parties. It shall be lawful in all cases

for an employer or an employee, by writing under his hand,

to authorize any person to act for him in submitting to arbi-

tration and attending the same.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the board of arbitration shall

Clerk of board

employ a clerk at each session of the board, who shall receive

of arbitra-
tion.

three dollars per day for his services, to be paid, upon the

approval of the Chief of the Bureau of Industrial Statistics,

out of the funds appropriated for the expenses of the Bureau

of Industrial Statistics.