The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-05
NO. 1870.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A
STATE BOARD OF CANCELLATION
AND ARBITRATION.

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STATE BOARD OF CANCELLATION
AND ARBITRATION
1t Is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section i. There shall be state
board of Cancellation and arbitration
consisting of three persons. One
member of said board shall be an
employer. and one shall be selected
from a labor organization and shall
not be an employer of labor.
The governor shall, on or before
March /. 1913. appoint the aforesaid
members. The term of office of one
of said members shall be one year
and of the other, two years. The
third member of said board shall be
appointed upon the recommendation
of the other two members of said
board for term of three years. If
the two appointed members do not,
at least thirty days prior to the eX-
piration of the term, or within thirty
days after the happening OF va
cancy, agree upon the third member,
he shall then be appointed by the
governor.
Each member shall. before enter
ing upon the duties of his office, be
sworn.
On or before March l, annually, a
person shall be appointed in the man
ner aforesaid for the term of three
years to fill the vacancy caused by
the expiration of the term of Office
of any of said members.
Said board shall choose from its
members a chairman. and may APP
point and remove at pleasure a secre-
tar. of said board,
The compensation of said secretary
shall be fixed by said board, with
the approval of the auditor of ac-
counts.
Said board shall, froi time to time.
establish rules of procedure and shall
on or before the first Wednesday of
each biennial session make report
to the governor. No member of the
board shall be qualified to act in any
matter in which said member may be
directly or indirectly interested. and,
in case of the disqualification of a
member of said board, the other two
members may select a third person to
act with said lJlrd. who shall not
be directly or indirectly interested
in the matters In dispute.
Sec. .. If il appears to the mayor
of a city or to the selectmen of a
town that a strike or lockout de-
scribed in this section is seriously
threatened or actually occurs, he or
they shall at once give notice to
said board and such notice may be
given by the employer or by the en-
| ployes concerned in the strike or lock-
out If. when said board has knowl-
edge that strike or lockout, which
/ involves an employer and his present
or former employees, is seriously
/ threatened or has actually occurred,
/ such employer. at that time. is en-
( ploying, or upon the occurrence Of
] the strike or lockout, was employing,
( not less than ten persons in the same
! general line of business in any town
! in the state. the board shall. forth
it'll, communicate with such employ
er and employees and endeavor by
/ mediation to obtain an amicable set
/ Element or endeavor to persuade them.
! If strike or lockout has not actual
( ~ occurred or is not then continuing.
| TO submit the controversy to said
board. Said board shall investigate
the cause of such controversy and as
certain which party thereto is main
! ly responsible or blameworthy for the
/ existence or continuance of the same.
/ and may make and publish a report
/ finding such cause and assigning such
/ responsible. or blame. Said board
shall. upon the request Of the COVER
nor investigate and report upon a
controversy il I'm his opinion II ser
iously affects. or threatens seriously
| TO affect. the public welfare The
board shall have the same powers for
the foregoing purposes as are given
to 1t by tn provisions Of the four
following sections
Sec. 3. II controversy which
does not involve questions which may
be the subject of an action at law
or suit In equity exists between an
employer. whether an individual. a
partnership or corporation employ
/ ing not less than ten persons in the
same general line of business. and his
employees. the board shall. upon ap-
I plication as hereinafter provided, and
as soon 8 practicable. visit the place
where the controversy exists and
make careful inquiry into fits cause.
and may. with the consent OF the gov.
ernor. conduct such inquiry beyond
the limits of the state. The board
shall hear all persons interested who
come before II. advise the respective
parties what ought to be done or sub.
mitted TO by either or both 10 adjust
] ~.s oh
F. decision thereof which shall az once
be made public. shall he open to pub.
Tic inspection and shall be recorded
by the secretary OF said board A
short statement thereof may. in the
discretion Of the board. he published
In the annual report. and the board
shall cause copy thereof TO be filed
with the clerk ~ the town in which
such business Is carried on. Such
decision shall for six months. be
binding upon the pcrties who Join in
such application. or until the expira-
tion Of sixty DAYS after either party
has given notice In writing to the
/ other party and To the board OF his
intention not 10 be bound thereby.
Z Such notice may be given TO said en-.
ployes by posting Il in three conspicu.
Gus places in the shop OF factory
where they woTk
See. & such application snail be
signed by the employer OF by a ma.
jority Of his employees in the depart
| ment Of the business in which the
/ controversy exists. OF By their duly
authorized aEenl. - IL both parties.