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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 91. 1920. 469 be used as e revolving fund for the purpose of makin the loans =‘¤—¤·¤¤*¤m¤¤¤ gre provided for in this section, and for paying the judgmeriis, decrees, ruiirii °i me mg and awards referred to in subdivision (e) of section 206, A»¢¢.r>-46?- (f) A carrier may issue evidences of indebtedness to the United m,§§s‘§§U‘§jjt,‘§d§,l§E‘?:gj States pursuant to this section without the authorization or approval of any authority, State or Federal, and without compliance with any requirement, State or Federal, as to notification. EXECUTION or rownns or rnnsrnnnr. eridgrgirggwus Sec. 211. All powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the m’2§d°‘}§,‘j“°" l’°°°“’g' President by the preceding sections of this Act, except the designa- Ezgjvtifgl tion of the agent under section 206, may be executed by him through P0.!*l,’]§)]i. nhs, mss, such agency or agencies as he may determine. “°"· TITLE III.—DISPUTES BETWEEN CARRIERS AND THEIR R"“’°°d d"*’“'°°“· EMPLOYEES AND SUBORDINATE OFFICIALS. Sec. 300. When used in this title—— (1) The term "carrier" includes any express company, sleeping ¥§§,§_B"°'m" car company, and any carrier by railroad, subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, except a street, i.uterrn·ban, or suburban electric railway not operating as a part of a general steam railroad system of transportation; H (2) The term "Adjustment Board" means any Railroad Board of Bga$g’j "tm °°t Labor Adjustment established under section 302; (3) The term "Labor Board" means the Railroad Labor Board; “L°b°' B°°'d·” (4) The term "commerce" means commerce among the several “C°“””°'°°·" States or between any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia and any foreign nation, or between any Territory or the District of Columbia an any State, or between any Territory and any other Territory, or between any Territory and the District of Co umbia, or_with1n any Territory or the District of Columbia, or between points in the same State but through any other State or any Territory orj_the District of Columbia or any forei nation; and (5) The term "subordinate official' inclurils officials of carriers of c,:,€?"°"‘“”“‘° °m' such class or rank as the Commission shall designate by re lation formulated and issued after such notice and hearing as the gdinmission may prescribe, to the carriers, and employees and subordinate officials of carriers, and organizations thereof; directly to be affected by such regulations. Sec. 301. It shall be the duty of all carriers and their officers, ,,,.{,’}f,‘Yd,s‘{;‘,{{’,j§,‘°§*¤,,f,‘f employees, and agents to exert every reasonable effort and adopt rg§£¤s ¤r>¤¤»¤i<>¤¤ ¤f every available means to avoid any interruption to the operation of r ` any carrier growing out of any dispute between the carrier and the Mum, mmmms employees or subordinate officials thereof. All such disputes shall between carriers and be considered and, if possible decided in conference between repre- °“‘Pl°Y°°“ t° °°°‘d°‘ sentatives designated and authorized so to confer by the carriers, or the employees or subordinate officials thereof, directly interested in _ _ the dispute. If any dispute is not decided in such conference, it ,;§rm%,§€g‘§§€?“”° shall be referred by the parties thereto to the board which under the provisions of this title is authorized to hear and decide such dispute. Bums Ofmm M_ Sec. 302. Railroad Boards of Labor Adjustment may be estab- memes;. t and lished by agreement between any carrier, grou of carriers, or the carriers as a whole, and any employees or suliiordinate officials of carriers, or organization or group of organizations thereof. _ Dspueeseeee mee. Sec. 303. Each such Adjustment Board shall, (1) upon the appli- %gg’:*¤f“"“m°¥ cation of the chief executive of any carrier or organization of cm(pl0§’9€S Hwmgs atc by or subordinate officials whose members are directly intereste rn the seems. ’ diSp11t•3,_(2)11p0n the written petition s` ed lg not less than IQO unorgiasmzed employees or subordinate ogiiials irectly interested rn, the pute, (3) upon the Adjustment Boards own motion, or (4)