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 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. I. Cn. 347. 1926. 579 (e) Shall stipulate that decisions of adjustment boards shall be m§•,$'L;*(,,•'§,'&'·° *’° °¤** final andbinding on both parties to the dispute; and it shall be the duty of both to abide by such decisions; _ __ (f) Shall state the number of representatives of the employees and m}§gf,§§,_F°b“ °"Y¥? the number of representatives 0 the carrier or carriers on the pldgipldgpentld board, which number of representatives, respectively,, Q O _ I (g) Shall provide for the method of selecting members and filling B°‘°°“°“· vacanc1es· i th (li) Shiill prpiytide for the portion of expenses to be assumed by E¤v¤¤¤¤· e respective 18S’ · (i) hall stilpulateythat a majority of the adjustment board mem-— wgwgg bY¤*¤¤5°’“Y bers egdliall be competent to make an award, unless otherwise mutually D ' agr · ~ (j)hShall stipéilsite that  bogrds shall meet regularly M°°“¤¤¤· at suc times an aces as designed · an (k) Shall provide for the method df advising the employees and dxiiyg °°m°° °f carrier or carriers of the decisions of the board. Second. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit an m§§‘§§§,‘§{‘;‘mh,b,“,§,f‘$° individual carrier and its employees from agreeing upon the settle- ment of disputes through such machinery of contract and adjustment as they may mutually establish. BOARD OF MEDIATIQN Board of Mediation. Sac. 4: First. There is hereby established, as an independent d,,§§,‘§Z§},§h°d,§“°é§,“,§§é agency in the executive branch of the Government, a board to be nge-. known as the Board of Mediation and to be composed of live mem- ¤pp¤°iZi°$ii£i° °’° bers appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent T of the enate. he terms of oilice of the members first taking oiiice poiliifi °f mt “" ihall expirp, tis  bg tthe Preddenttaphthe tgpmef 051 nominlpg iononea eeno e rsyearonea eeno eseoo yeari, onel at the eng of téie phgld ypfsilii, one at gi: end of theifourth S bm t M A r an one at t een o e·~ ear a r Januar 1 1926. “ “°“ "° Tells ’terms of office of all successors shalkgixpire live yearsyafter the mmm expiration of the terms for which their p _ ecessors were appointed; but any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of his predecessor. Vacancies in the board shall not impair the ppwers nor aifect the duties of the board nor of the remaining mem rs of the board; JA majority of the members in oilice shall constitute a quorum for the saw me wm transaction of the business of the board. » Each member of the “‘,‘?,§_“§,$·,0,,_ board shall receive a Salary at the rate gf $i2£1000 per annum, together · with necessary trav ing expenses an su 'stence expenses, or r. diem allowance in lieu thereof, sulglect to the provisionssof. gw. applicable thereto, while away from e principal oihce of the board ,' ', on business required by this Act. No person in the employment of naqumnmsm if or whois pecumarily or otherwise interested in any organization of §‘,§*,g"§,_ “"’ ’°”°'”“ employees oiéeanyfcphniggasrléah enter upon the duties o or continue to e a mem r o e. . . _ A member of the board may be removed bg the President for ineili- ,0’§‘,‘§,",§§’é§§§,c,f°§‘,;_‘“°d ggemy, nleglect of duty, ma feasance in o ce, or ineligibility, but r no ot ercause. i . » » . Second. The board shall annually designate a member to act.as 0,,§£¤*;g¤¤- r>*i¤<=!¤¤¤ chairman. —The_board shall •IIl&.l11i3&lI1fl.$ principal o&ce inthe Dis- ' grict of Columbia, burthit xkr:grg1eet·atdany other place. whenevgr it eems it necessar . e may esignate one jor more o its members to exercise the functions of the board in mediation pro-