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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1063. 1888. 503 Provided, That the said tribunal of arbitration shall have power to PT°'¥$°—*· limit the number of witnesses in each case where fees shall be paid by Lum` the United States. And provided further, That the fees and compensa- Fee accounts. tion of the arbitrators, clerks, stenographers, marshals, and others for service of process, and witnesses under this act shall be examined and certified y the United States district judge of the district in which the arbitration is held before they are presented to the accounting officers of the Treasury Department for settlement, and shall then be subject to the provisions of section eight hundred and forty-six of R·S-soc. 846, D-159. the Revised Statutes of the United States; and a sufhcient sum of money to pay all expenses under this act and to carry the same into effect is hereby appro riated out of any money in the Treasury not Appropriation. otherwise appropriated. And provided likewise not more than five Mmmm. thousand dollars shall be expended in defraying the costs of any single investigation by the commission hereinafter provided for. — Sec. 6. That the President may select two commissioners, one of Appointment or whom at least shall be a resident of the State or Territory in which Y>({LL§£{f’"°” by °h° the controversy arises, who, together with the Commissioner of Labor, shall constitute a temporary commission for the purpose of examining` the causes of the controversy, the conditions accompany- ing, and the best means for adjustin it; the result of which examination shall be immediately reported to the President and Congress, and on the rendering of such report the services of the two commis- Reporcmcougms. sioners shall cease. The services of the commission, to be ordered at the time by the President and constituted as herein provided, may be tendered by the President for the purpose of settling a controvers such as contemtplated, either upon his own motion, or upon the application of one o the parties to the controversy, or upon the ap lication of the executive o a State. ' §EC. 7. That the commissioners rovided in the preceding section Compensation. shall be entitled to receive ten dollars each per day for each day’s » service rendered, and the expenses absolutely incurred in the performance of their duties ; and the expenses of the Commissioner Expenses. of Labor, acting as one of the commission, shall also be reimbursed to him. Such compensation and expenses shall be paid by the Treasurer of the United States, on proper vouchers, certihed to by the Commissioner of Labor and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 8. That upon the direction of the President, as hereinbefore Iuvegrsgariou or provided, the commission shall visit the locality of the pending dis- °°"°S° p“°°S‘ pute, and shall have all the powers and authoritfy given 111 Section 2, to a board of arbitration, and shall make care u inquiry into the cause thereof, hear all persons interested therein who may come before it, advise the respective parties what, if anything, ought to be done or submitted to by either or both to adjust such dispute. and make a written decision thereof. This decision shall at once be made public, shall be recorded upon proper books of record to be kept in Record of decision. the office of the Commissioner of Labor, who shall cause a copy thereof to be filed with the secretary of the State or Territory, or States or Territories, in which the controversy exists. Sec. 0. That in each case the commissioners who may be selected as m_;>¤¤¤¤f¤¤mr¤¤is¤i¤¤— rovided shall, before entering upon their duties, be sworn to the ‘ Faithful discharge thereof. The Commissioner of Labor shall be chairman ex officio of the commission, and may appoint one or more clerks or stenographers to act in each controversy only, which clerks Cl"’k’·» "‘°· or stenographers shall be compensated at a rate not exceeding USIX dollars per day each, and actual expenses incurred shall be reimbursed. Sec. 10. The Commissioner of Labor shall, as soon as possible after Rules 0* P¤>¤°d¤*`°· the passage of this act, establish such rules of procedure as shall be approved by the President; but the commission shall permit each party to a controversy to appear in person or by counsel, and to