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selected shall be president of the board of arbitration; and upon the
failure of the two first-named arbitrators, as aforesaid, to agree upon
the third arbitrator, then the chief of said bureau of industrial statistics
shall act as 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.

An. Code, sec. 5. 1904, sec. 5. 1904, ch. 671, sec. 3.

6. The president of the said board, provided in section 4 of this sub-
title, shall have power to summon witnesses, enforce their attendance and
administer 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.

An. Code, sec. 6. 1904, sec. 6. 1904, ch. 671, sec. 4.

7. In all such cases of dispute, as aforesaid, as in all other cases, if
the parties mutually agree 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 conclusive between the parties.
It shall be lawful in all cases for an employer or employe, by writing under
his hand, to authorize any person to act for him in submitting to arbitration
and attending the same.

An. Code, sec. 7. 1904, sec. 7. 1904, ch. 671, sec. 5.

8. The board of arbitration shall employ a clerk at each session of the
board, who shall receive 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.

An. Code, sec. 8. 1904, sec. 8. 1904, ch. 671, sec. 6.

9. Should the chief of the bureau of industrial statistics or the person
deputized by him, as aforesaid, fail to mediate or secure the consent of
the parties to the controversy or dispute to submit the matter to arbitration,
then the said chief of the bureau of industrial statistics or the person'
deputized by him, as aforesaid, shall proceed to thoroughly investigate the
cause of the dispute or controversy; he shall have the authority to summons
both parties to appear before him and take their statements, in writing or
under oath, and having ascertained which party is, in his judgment, mainly
responsible and blameworthy for the continuance of said controversy or
dispute, shall publish a report in some daily newspaper, assigning such
responsibility or blame, over his official signature.

An. Code, sec. 9. 1904, sec. 9. 1904, ch. 671, sec. 7.

10. For the purposes of the investigation, as aforesaid, the chief of said
bureau of industrial statistics or such person as he may deputize in writing,