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requiring him to act, fails to act, the proceedings shall begin afresh, 
as if no referee had been appointed : 
(3.) If the parties do not concur in the appointment of a single referee, 
each of them shall appoint a referee : 
(4.) If before award one of two referees dies or becomes incapable of 
acting, or for seven daj's after notice from either party requiring him 
to act fails to act, the party appointing him shall appoint another 
referee : 
(5.) Notice of every appointment of a referee by either party shall be 
given to the other party : 
(6.) If for fourteen days after notice by one party to the other to appoint 
a referee, or another referee, the other party fails to do so, then, on 
the application of the party giving notice, the County Court shall 
within fourteen days appoint a competent and impartial person to be 
a referee : 
(7.) Where two referees are appointed, then (subject to the provisions of 
this Act) they shall before they enter on the reference appoint an 
umpire : 
(8.) If before award an umpire dies or becomes incapable of actmg, the 
referees shall appoint another umpire : 
(9.) If for seven days after request from either party the referees fail to 
appoint an umpire, or another umpire, then, on the application of 
i either party, the County Court shall within fourteen days appoint a 
competent and impartial person to be the umpire : 
(10.) Every appointment, notice, and request imder this section shall be 
in writing. 
Bequisition for Appointment of Umpire by Lidosure Commissioners, &c. 
23. Provided, that where two referees are appointed, an umpire may be 
appointed as follows : 
(1.) If either party, on appointing a referee, requires, by notice in writing 
to the other, that the umpire shall be appointed by the Inclosure 
Commissioners for England and Wales, then the umpire, and any 
successor to him, shall be appointed, on the application of either 
party, by those Commissioners : 
(2.) In every other case, if either party, on appointing a referee, requires, 
by notice in writing to the other, that the umpire shall be appointed 
by the County Court, then, unless the other party dissents by notice 
in writing therefrom, the umpire, and any successor to him, shall,> 
on the application of either party, be so appointed, and in case of 
such dissent, the umpire, and any successor to him, shall be ap- 
pointed, on the application of either partj% by the Inclosure Com- 
missioners for England and Wales. 
Exercise of Powers of County Court. 
24. The powers of the County Court under this Act, relative to the appoint- 
ment of a referee or tmipire shall be exercisable by the Judge of the Court 
having jurisdiction, whether he is without or within his district, and may, by 
consent of the parties, be exercised by the Registrar of the Court. 
Mode of Submission to Reference. 
25. The delivery to a referee of his appointment shall be deemed a sub- 
mission to a reference by the party delivering it ; and neither party shall have 
power to revoke a submission, or the appointment of a referee, without the 
consent of the other. 
