ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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bers of said organization or said members and other persons as

may be voluntarily submitted to the said committee of arbitration,

and such members and persons may by an instrument in writing

signed by them and attested by a subscribing witness agree to

submit to the decision of said committee any such controversy so

arising as might be the subject of an action at law or equity, ex-

cept claims of title to real estate.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the mode of proceeding of said

arbitration committee shall be 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 sub-

poenas and other compulsory process, to procure the attendance

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 cost of the same and the

attendance of the witnesses so summoned to be the same as in

civil suits before such justices, and to be collected from the par-

ties on whose behalf the said witnesses shall be summoned and

attend, in the same manner and by the same means as adjudged

Proceed-
ings.

to be paid by a judgment of the justice who shall act in the

premises in a civil suit between the same parties depending before

him; a majority of said committee shall act in all cases, and a

majority of such majority shall have power to render an award

in the name and as the act of the committee, no dissenting award

or opinion shall be rendered, and the award rendered as pre-

scribed by the by-laws shall be conclusive on all parties subject

thereto; it shall in all cases be in writing signed by the mem-

bers of the committee who agreed upon it, and filed among the

proceedings of the committee; but copies shall be given by the

secretary with his attestation and the seal of the corporation at-

tached, to the respective parties as soon as may be after said

award shall have been rendered.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That if the parties to any submis-

sion shall agree to do so, they may stipulate as part of said sub-

mission in writing that the award of the committee rendered

in conformity herewith, and with the by-laws, shall stand and

avail as against them to the same effect as a judgment or decree

of court of competent jurisdiction; 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 the seal

Effect.

by the secretary of the corporation for record, with the clerk of

any court of this State having jurisdiction of the subject matter,

and the person against whom said enforcement is sought, and

thereupon it shall be the duty of said court, on motion or appli-

cation exports, at any time after ten days from the filing of the