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 580 SIXTY-NIN TH CONGRESS. Sass. I. Cn. 347. 1926. °£;_*:°_°• •*¤‘¤**°* ceedings. Each member of the board shall have power to administer oaths and adirmations. The board shall have a seal which shall be mpmml sa., aa-’ The board may (1) appoint such explerts and assistants °‘°"‘°°‘  act in a confidential capacity and, subject to t e provisions of the (3171]. service laws, such other oilicers and emtpsloyees, and (2) in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923 the salary of such ,,¤§,;°'§°;;_“°” °“’°"” experts, assistants, oilicers, and employees, and (3) make such expenditures (including expenditures for rent and personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere, for law books, eriodicals, and  of reference, and for printing and binding, and) including expendituresi for salames; md _00IIl 10I.l, lpecetgsary trgvetlilng expenses an expenses ac u y incur or su sis nce an o er necessary expenses of boards of arbitration, in accordanbe with the the functions vemed in the board, or in the boards of arbitration, and as may be provided for by the Congress from time to time. ·*°°°“¤“°* All expenditures of the board shall be allowed and paid on the pres- entation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman. "°¤°“°¤°°‘B°°’“· » rmwrrons or scrum or unorarron _,<%:g_“°°° °° "° °°°‘ Sno.? First. The pariéies, oi either piarty, to_ a dispute bclgzwggn an emp o ee or group o cmp oyeesan ar carrier may mvo e e services of the Board of Mediation created by this Act or the Board of Mediation may protfer its services, in any of the following cases: mg”g*£·g,¤dégd_§g; - (a) A dispute arising out of grievances or out of the inte‘:·1preta— •¤¤l:¤¤°°¤· par§%, in respect to changes in rates of pay, rules, or working con 1 ons; V t Other dhmutes not. . . asaasamwnumaa (c) Any other dispute .not decided H1 conference between the arties. £li¤i guess;  In either event the said board shall promptly put itself in com4 ••¤¤¤¤•¤*· munication with the_parties to such controversy, and shall use its best eforts, by mediation, to bring them to agreement. If_ such a¤gs ig2Z eforts to bring about an amicable adjlustment through mediation l*¤‘°“°¤ shall be unsuccemful, the said board s all at once endeavor as its ¥$r°°¤?¤°m` final required action (exce t as Xrovided in paragraph third of this tlieii coiitroversy to arbitration in accordance wi the PIOVISIODS o is ‘ ct. ,,.0},,,,* °°“°'¥, by Second. Inan case in which a controversy arises over the mean- ¤wm•¥»¤u°&i°§°£ ing or the appligation of any agreement reached through mediation by m°` under the provisions of this Act eitherxparty to the said agreement, or both, may apply to the Board of M 18t10D for an interpretation ¤··=¤·¤·¤¤*¤*·¤· V 1' ‘ f h t Th 'db d °‘°“"°“· Sill $i`§Ji'.‘°......“”"’§.°§f“£’.£’.i.°“.Ef1’.‘}.§t .‘$1$s§ii?$§$ti.. a°5f;‘ c..Y&€.- vlersy, sind after a hearing of both sides give its interpretation within t irty a . · }.§,E}§“,‘3_‘““°‘· Third. The Board of Mediatiop Shall have She followiiég mgutliles with rewect to the arbitration o isputes un er section o t `s Act: · ,,,;",‘£,§:,_’°“’°*“‘ (a) On failure of the arbitratorspnamed by the parties to agree on theremammg arbitrator or arbitrators withm the time set _by B, H section 7 of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Board of Mediation ' to name such remaining arbitrator or arbitrators. It shall be the duty of the board in naming such arbitrator or arb1trators to appo1nt
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 * ’°"·P·“°· section and in section 10 of this ct), to induce the t-parties to submit