or difference arose, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the State Board and entered upon its records. Each of such arbitrators shall be entitled to receive from the treasury of the county in which the controversy or difference that is the subject of the arbitration exists, if such payments shall be approved by the commissioners of said county, the sum of three dollars for each day of actual service, not exceeding ten days for any one arbitration. Whenever it is made to appear to the mayor of any city or two commissioners of any county, that a strike or lockout such as described hereafter in this section is seriously threatened or actually occurs, the mayor of such city, or said commissioners of such county, shall at once notify the State Board of the fact. Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the State Board, either by notice from the mayor of a city or two or more commissioners of a county, as provided in this section, or otherwise, that a strike or lockout is seriously threatened or has actually occurred in any city or county of this State, involving an employer and his present or past employes, if at the time he is employing or up to the occurrence of the strike or lockout was employing not less than twenty persons in the same general line of business in any city, town or county in this State, it shall be the duty of the State Board to put itself in communication as soon as may be with such employer and employes, and endeavor by mediation to effect an amicable settlement between them, or to endeavor to persuade them, providing that a strike or lockout has not actually occurred or is not then continuing, to submit the matters in dispute to a local board of arbitration and conciliation as above provided, or to the State Board; and said State Board may, if it deems it advis able, investigate the cause or causes of such controversy, and ascertain which party thereto is mainly responsible or blameworthy for the existence or continuance of the same, and may make and publish a report finding such cause or causes, and assigning such responsibility or blame. The Board shall have the same power for the foregoing purposes as are given it by section thirty-three hundred and thirty-three of this Code. Witnesses summoned by the State Board shall be allowed the sum of fifty

cents for each attendance, and the further sum of twenty-five cents for each hour of attendance in excess of two hours, and shall be allowed five cents a mile for travel each way from their respective places of employment or business to the place where the Board is in session. Each witness shall certify in writing the amount of his travel and attendance, and the amount due him shall be (see section nine of Massachusetts act and make such provisions as deemed best) certified to the State Board of Examiners for auditing, and the same shall be paid as other expenses of the State from any moneys in the State treasury. (Section 3337. Act approved March 15, 1895.)

§ 3338. The arbitrators hereby created must be paid five dollars for each day of actual service and their necessary traveling expenses and necessary books of record, to be paid out of the treas ury of the State, as by law provided.

MICHIGAN.

An Act to provide for the amicable adjustment of grievances and disputes that may arise between employers and employes and to authorize the creation of a State Court of Mediation and Arbitration.

Section 1. The people of the State of Michigan enact, That whenever any grievance or dispute of any nature shall arise between any employer and his employes, it shall be lawful to submit the same in writing to a Court of Arbitrators for hearing and settlement, in the manner hereinafter provided.

§ 2. After the passage of this act the Governor may, whenever he shall deem it necessary, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a State Court of Mediation and Arbitration, to consist of three competent persons, who shall hold their terms of office, respectively, one, two and three years, and upon the expiration of their respective terms the said term of office shall be uniformly for three years. If any vacancy happens by resignation

or otherwise he shall, in the same manner, appoint an arbitrator for the residue of the term. If the Senate shall not be in session at the time any vacancy shall occur or exist, the Governor shall appoint an arbitrator to fill the vacancy, subject to the approval of the Senate when convened. Said Court shall have a clerk or secretary, who shall be appointed by the Court, to serve three years, whose duty it shall be to keep a full and faithful record of the proceedings of the Court and also all documents, and to perform such other duties as the said Court may prescribe. He shall have power, under the direction of the Court, to issue subpoenas, to administer oaths in all cases before said Court, to call for and examine all books, papers and documents of any parties to the controversy, with the same authority to enforce their production as is possessed by the courts of record, or the judges thereof, in this State. Said arbitrators and clerks shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, and be sworn to the due and faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices before entering upon the discharge of the same. An office shall be set apart in the capitol by the person or persons having charge thereof, for the proper and convenient transaction of the business of said Court.

§ 3. Any two of the arbitrators shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and may hold meetings at any time or place within the State. Examinations or investigations ordered by the Court may be held and taken by and before any one of their number, if so directed. But the proceedings and decisions of any single arbitrator shall not be deemed conclusive until approved by the Court or a majority thereof. Each arbitrator shall have power to administer oaths.

§ 4. Whenever any grievance or dispute of any nature shall arise between any employer and his employes, it shall be lawful for the parties to submit the same directly to said State Court, and shall jointly notify said Court or its clerk, in writing, of such grievance or dispute. Whenever such notification to said Court or its clerk is given, it shall be the duty of said Court to proceed, with as little delay as possible, to the locality of such grievance

or dispute, and inquire into the cause or causes of grievance or dispute. The parties to the grievance or dispute shall thereupon submit to said Court, in writing, succinctly, clearly and in detail, their grievances and complaints, and the cause or causes thereof, and severally agree in writing to submit to the decision of said Court as to matters so submitted, and a promise or agreement to continue on in business or at work, without a lockout or strike, until the decision of said Court, provided it shall be rendered within ten days after the completion of the investigation. The Court shall thereupon proceed to fully investigate and inquire into the matters in controversy, and to take testimony, under oath, in relation thereto, and shall have power, by its chairman or clerk, to administer oaths, to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers, to the same extent as such power is possessed by courts of record, or the judges thereof, in this State.

§ 5. After the matter has been fully heard the said board, or majority of its members, shall within ten days, render a decision thereon in writing, signed by them, or a majority of them, stating such details as will clearly show the nature of the decision and the points disposed of by them. The decision shall be in triplicate, one copy of which shall be filed by the clerk of the Court in the clerk's office of the county where the controversy arose, and one copy shall be served on each of the parties to the controversy. § 6. Whenever a strike or lockout shall occur or is seriously threatened, in any part of the State, and shall come to the knowledge of the Court, it shall be its duty, and it is hereby directed to proceed, as soon as practicable, to the locality of such strike or lockout and put itself in communication with the parties to the controversy, and endeavor by mediation to effect an amicable settlement of such controversy; and, if in its judgment it is deemed best, to inquire into the cause or causes of the controversy, and to that end the court is hereby authorized to subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, and send for persons and papers, in like manner and with the same powers as it is authorized to do by section four of this act.

§ 7. The fees of witnesses shall be one dollar for each day's attendance, and seven cents per mile traveled by the nearest routes in getting to and returning from the place where attendance is required by the Court, to be allowed by the board of State auditors upon the certificate of the Court. All subpoenas shall be signed by the secretary of the Court, and may be served by any person of full age authorized by the Court to serve the same.

§ 8. Said Court shall make a yearly report to the Legislature, and shall include therein such statements, facts and explanations as will disclose the actual working of the court, and such suggestions as to legislation as may seem to them conducive to harmonizing the relations of and disputes between employers and the wage-earners.

§ 9. Each arbitrator shall be entitled to five dollars per day for actual service performed, payable from the treasury of the State. The clerk or secretary shall be appointed from one of their number, and shall receive an annual salary not to exceed twelve hundred dollars, without per diem, per year, payable in the same

manner.

§ 10. Whenever the term "employer" or "employers" is used in this act it shall be held to include " firm," "joint stock association," "company" or "corporation," as fully as if each of the last named terms was expressed in each place.

Approved July 3, 1889.

IOWA.

An Act to authorize the creation and to provide for the operation of tribunals of voluntary arbitration to adjust industrial disputes between employers and employes.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

Section 1. That the district court of each county, or a judge thereof in vacation, shall have power, and upon the presentation of a petition or of the agreement hereinafter named, it shall be the duty of said court, or a judge thereof in vacation, to issue, in