Title 45RailroadsRelease 119-73

§163 Repeal of prior legislation; exception

Title 45 › Chapter CHAPTER 8— - RAILWAY LABOR › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 163

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Chapters 6 and 7, which covered mediation, conciliation, and arbitration, and any laws that conflict with them are canceled. The people serving on the Railroad Labor Board on May 20, 1926 — members, the secretary, officers, employees, and agents — must be paid their regular salaries for 30 days after that date, just as if the new chapter had not been passed.

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Title 45, §163

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Chapters 6 and 7 of this title, providing for mediation, conciliation, and arbitration, and all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this chapter are repealed, except that the members, secretary, officers, employees, and agents of the Railroad Labor Board, in office on May 20, 1926, shall receive their salaries for a period of 30 days from such date, in the same manner as though this chapter had not been passed.

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Chapters 6 and 7 of this title, referred to in text, were in the original references to the act of July 15, 1913, and title III of the Transportation Act, 1920, respectively.

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45 U.S.C. § 163

Title 45Railroads

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73