during the proceedings on the reference the arbitrators or umpire may require. g. The witnesses on the reference shall, if the arbitrators or umpire thinks fit, be examined on oath or affirmation. h. The award to be made by the arbitrators or umpire shall be final and binding on the parties and the persons claiming under them respectively. i. The costs of the reference and award shall be in the discretion of the arbitrators or umpire, who may direct to and by whom and in what manner those costs or any part thereof shall be paid, and may tax or settle the amount of costs to be so paid or any part thereof, and may award costs to be paid as between solicitor and client. STATUTES BEARING ON THE QUESTION OF ARBITRATIONS. SPACE will not allow, in a work of these dimensions, of copious extracts from Acts of Parliment, but it is hoped that the following table, naming the principal Acts which bear upon the subject, will be found useful as tending to facilitate reference :— An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the arbitration of disputes between masters and workmen, 1824 (5 Geo. IV. c. 9). An Act to amend an Act of the 5th year of his Majesty King George IV. for consolidating and amending the laws relative to the arbitration of disputes between masters and workmen, 1837 (7 Will. IV. & 1 Vict. c. 67). An Act for consolidating in one Act certain provisions usually inserted in Acts with respect to the constitution of companies incorporated for carrying on undertakings of a public nature (known as the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act), 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16). An Act for consolidating in one Act certain provisions usually inserted in Acts authorising the taking of lands for undertakings of a public nature (known as the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act), 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 18). An Act for consolidating in one Act certain provisions usually inserted in Acts authorising the making of railways (known as the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act), 1848 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 20). An Act for promoting the public health (known as the Public Health Act), 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 63). An Act to amend the procedure in Courts of General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace in England and Wales, and for the better advancement of justice in cases within the jurisdiction of those Courts, 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 45). An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to bankrupts, 1849 (12 & 13 Vict c. 107). An Act to amend the laws relating to the construction of build ings in the metropolis and its neighbourhood (known as the Metropolis Building Act), 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 122). An Act to amend the Public Health Act, 1848, and to make further provision for the local government of towns and populous districts (known as the Local Government Act), 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 98). An Act to enable railway companies to settle their differences with other companies by arbitration (known as the Railway Companies Arbitration Act), 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 59). An Act for consolidating in one Act certain provisions frequently inserted in Acts relating to railways (known as the Railway Clauses Act), 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 92). The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1868 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 18). difference between me and the said C. D.; and I do hereby discharge and prohibit the said X. Y. from making any award, or from any further proceeding in the said arbitration. As witness my hand (if the submission be by bond or deed say, "hand and seal"), this A.D. Witness, O. P. day of A. B. (if by deed, L.S.) 1 SIR, FORM XX. NOTICE OF REVOCATION TO ARBITRATOR. I hereby give you notice that by a writing under my hand (or “hand and seal"), made on A.D. day of , I have revoked, annulled, and made void your authority as arbitrator; and I hereby discharge and prohibit you from further proceeding in the matters of the arbitration between me and C. D. I hereby give you notice that I have made and published my award in writing respecting the matters in difference between Mr. A. B. and Mr. C. D., referred to me, and that it lies at my chambers (or other place specified) ready to be delivered. The charges amount to £ Your truly, X. Y., To Mr. A. B. and Mr. E. F., for Mr. A. B.; |