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 426 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 370. 1898. Qggjjgim mtv_ equity so far as the powers of a court; of equity permit: Provided, That ics. ry no injunction or other legal process shall be issued which shall compel the performance by any laborer against his will of a contract for per- _ sonal labor or service. ,,j`f,°j;°_{,r‘;§uf°'m*““‘ Fourth. That employees dissatisfied with the award shall not by ` reason of such dissatisfaction quit the service of the employer before the expiration of three months from and after the making of such award without giving thirty days’ notice in writing of their intention so to quit. Nor shall the employer dissatisfied with such award dismiss any employee or employees on account of such dissatisfaction before the expiration of three months from and after the making of such award without giving thirty days’ notice in writing of his intention so to discharge. tbfcg$)t;Qvjjj*°° in Fifth. That said award shall continue in force as between the parties ' thereto for the period of one year after the same shall go into practical operation, and no new arbitration upon the same subject between the same employer and the same class of employees shall be had until the expiration of said one year if the award is not set aside as provided __e;¤•§j{‘5*§_Lu°;:P*:g; in section four. That as to individual employees not belonging to the imma by award. labor organization or organizations which shall enter in to the arbitration. the said arbitration and the award made therein shall not be binding, unless the said individual employees shall give assent in _ writing to become parties to said arbitration. . mfn¥d‘f°P*'°"“ "° Sec. 4. That the award being filed in the clerk’s office of a circuit court of the United States, as hereinbefore provided, shall go into practical operation, and judgment shall be entered thereon accordingly at the expiration of ten days from such tiling, unless within such ten days either party shall file exceptions thereto for matter of law apparent upon the record, in which case said award shall go into practical operation and judgment be entered accordingly when such exceptions shall have been finally disposed of either by said circuit court or on appeal therefrom. m·:gP;;;IfIQej,§f°°*° At the expiration of ten days from the decision of the circuit court upon exceptions taken to said award, as aforesaid, judgment shall be entered in accordance with said decision unless during said ten days ·—¤¢°°¤*- either party shall appeal therefrom to the circuit court of appeals. In such case only such portion of the record shall be transmitted to the appellate court as is necessary to the proper understanding and consideration of the questions of law presented by said exceptions and to be decided. -.1¤»¤g¤¤·>¤r· The determination of said circuit court of appeals upon said questions shall be final, and being certified by the clerk thereof to said circuit court, judgment pursuant thereto shall thereupon be entered by said circuit court. ` entered setting aside the award. But in such case the parties may agree upon a judgment to be entered disposing of the subject-matter of the controversy, which judgment when entered shall have the same force and eflect as judgment entered upon an award. m£°***¤ °Y **'b“”· Sec. 5. That for the purposes of this Act the arbitrators herein pro- ` vided for, or either of them, shall have power to administer oaths and afiirmations, sign subpoenas, require the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of such books, papers. contracts. agreements, and documents material to a just determination of the matters under investigation as may be ordered by the court; and may invoke the aid of the United States courts to compel witnesses to attend and testifyand to produce such books, papers, contracts, agreements and documents to the same extent and under the same conditions and pen- "·**-?*—¤*·*”· alties as is provided for in the Act to regulate commerce, approved $3;-gg ij- February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and the am ud- "' ‘` _ ments thereto. m;}f_'*"""““‘ t" “""' SEV- *5- That €V€1‘y agreement of arbitration under this Act shall be acknowledged by the parties before a notary public or clerk of a district
 * Sj_;Q¤¤*°¤° ‘*Y °&"°°· If exceptions to an award are finally sustained, judgment shall be