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which the last agreement was terminated or to be changed, the
recommendations of the Emergency Board shall be retroactive to
such date on each issue on which such retroactivity is possible; or,
in the event the parties shall neglect or refuse for a period of 15 days,
or such greater period not in excess of 60 days as may be mutually
agreed to by the parties, after seizure of the public utility pursuant
to the provisions of this sub-title, to effect settlement of their dispute,
either by voluntary agreement or submission to binding arbitration,
then the Governor shall, by his order, direct the formation of an
Emergency Board of Arbitration as herein provided, and the sub-
mission of such dispute thereto for determination, which determina-
tion shall be binding upon the parties in accordance with its
terms [.] , provided, however, that the order of the Emergency
Board shall not extend the binding effect of such determination for
a period in excess of one year following termination of seizure under
this sub-title.

12K. Appointment of Emergency Board of Arbitration. When-
ever the appointment of an Emergency Board of Arbitration is re-
quired under this sub-title, the parties shall respectively designate
the management member and the labor member of the Emergency

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The members thus named
shall meet to choose the member representing the general public. In
the event the partisan members shall have failed within ten (10) days
to choose the member representing the general public, -fa list of five
(5) names shall be obtained from the American Arbitration Associa-
tion. The partisan members shall thereupon have an opportunity to
strike names alternately until one name remains. The remaining
person shall be the member representing the general public and

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shall act as chairman of the
Emergency Boards PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN THE
EVENT, WITHIN A PERIOD OF FIVE DAYS AFTER NOTICE
TO DO SO BY THE GOVERNOR, EITHER OR BOTH OF THE
PARTIES SHALL FAIL OR REFUSE TO MAKE ANY APPOINT-
MENT, OR AN APPOINTEE OR APPOINTEES SHALL FAIL
OR REFUSE TO STRIKE FROM A LIST AS HEREINBEFORE
PROVIDED, THEN AND IN ANY OF SUCH EVENTS, THE
GOVERNOR SHALL PROMPTLY APPOINT A MEMBER OR
MEMBERS FOR THE PARTY OR PARTIES SO FAILING OR
REFUSING TO APPOINT OR SHALL APPOINT A MEMBER OR
MEMBERS TO SERVE THEREAFTER IN THE PLACE AND
STEAD OF ANY MEMBER OR MEMBERS WHO SHALL FAIL
OR REFUSE TO STRIKE FROM A LIST AS HEREINBEFORE
PROVIDED.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall apply to
arbitration following any seizure which has heretofore or which may
hereafter occur under the provisions of Chapter 41 of the Laws of
Maryland of 1956.