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 1194 Composition and ap- pointment thereon. Terms of first ap- pointees . Successors. Vacancies. Salary and ex penses. Disqualification if baving any personal in- ter est. Removals. Chairman to be des- ignated. Principal office. One or mor e mem- bers may act as medi- ator. Administering oaths. Report to Congress. Appointment of ex- perts, etc. Other officcrs and employees. Books of reference. Travel expenses. Payments. 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 691 . JU NE 21, 1934. Mediation Board', to be composed of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party. The terms of office of the members first appointed shall begin as soon as the members shall qualify, but not before thirty days after the approval of this Act, and expire, as designated by the President at the time of nomination, one on February 1, 1935, one on February 1, 1936, and one on February 1, 1937 . The terms of office of all suc- cessors shall expire three years after the expiration of the terms for which their predecessors 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 powers nor affect the duties of the Board nor of the remaining members of the Board. Two of the members in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the Board. Each member of the Board shall receive a salary at the rate of $10,000 per annum, together with necessary traveling and subsistence expenses, or per diem allowance in lieu thereof, subject to the provi- sions of law applicable thereto, while away from the principal office of the Board on business required by this Act. No person in the employment of or who is pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organiza tion of emplo yees or any c arrier shall e nter upon the duties of or continue to be a member of the Board. "All cases referred to the Board of Mediation and unsettled on the date of the approval of this Act shall be handled to conclusion by the Media tion B oard . "A member of the Board may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, or ineligibility, but for no other cause. " Second. The Mediation Board shall annually designate a member to act as chairman . The Board shall maintain its principal office in the District of Columbia, but it may meet at any other place whenever it deems it necessary so to do . The Board may designate one or more of its members to exercise the functions of the Board in mediation proceedings. Each member of the Board shall have power to admin- ister oaths and af firmati ons . The Boa rd s hall hav e a seal whi ch s hall be judicially noticed . The Board shall make an annual report to Congr ess . " Third. The Mediation Board may (1) appoint such experts and assistants to act in a confidential capacity and, subject to the pro- visio ns of t he civ il-serv ice law s, suc h other office rs and employ ees as are essential to the effective transaction of the work of the Board (2) in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, fix the sal ari es of such experts, assistants, officers, and employees ; and (3) make such expenditures (including expenditures for rent and personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere, for law books, periodicals, and books of reference, and for printing and binding, and including expenditures for salaries and compensation, necessary traveling expenses and expenses actually incurred for subsistence, and other necessary expenses of the Mediation Board, Adjustment Boar d, Reg ional Adjus tment Boards estab lishe d unde r para graph (w) of section 3, and boards of arbitration, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 3 and 7, respectively), as may be necessary for the execution of the functions vested in the Board, in the Adjustment Board and in the boards of arbitration, and as may be provided for by the Congress from time to time. All expend- itures of the Board sha ll be allowed and paid on the presentati on of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman.