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such agreement shall be valid, and the award and determination thereon
by either mode of arbitration shall be final and conclusive between the
parties.

1904, art. 7, sec. 5. 1888, art. 7, sec. 5. 1878, ch. 379, sec. 5.

5. It shall be lawful in all cases for any employer or employee, by
writing under his hand, to authorize any person to act for him in sub-
mitting to arbitration and attending the same.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1888, art. 7, sec. 6. 1878, ch. 379, sec. 6.

6. Every determination of dispute by any judge or justice of the
peace shall be given as a judgment of the court over which said judge
presides, and of the justice of the peace determining the same; and the
said judge or justice of the peace shall award execution thereon as upon
verdict, confession or non-suit; and every award made by arbitrators
appointed by any judge or justice of the peace under the provisions of
this article shall be returned by said arbitrators to the judge or justice
of the peace by whom they were appointed; and said judge or justice
of the peace shall enter the same as an amicable action between the
parties to the same in the court presided over by said judge or justice
of the peace, with the same effect as if said action had been regularly
commenced in said court by due process of law, and shall thereupon
become a judgment of said court, and execution thereon shall be awarded
as upon verdict, confession or non-suit; and in all proceedings under
this article, whether before a judge or justice of the peace, or arbi-
trators, costs shall be taxed as are now allowed by law in similar pro-
ceedings, and the same shall be paid equally by the parties to the dis-
pute; such award shall remain four days in court during its sitting,
after the return thereof, before any judgment shall be entered thereon;
and if it shall appear to the court within that time that the same was
obtained by fraud or malpractice in or by surprise, imposition or decep-
tion of the arbitrators, or without due notice to the parties or their
attorneys, the court may set aside such award and refuse to give judg-
ment thereon.