CXXXIVArbitrator and Umpire to make Declaration.
Before any Arbitrator or Umpire shall enter into the Consideration of any Matters referred to him he shall, in the Presence of a Justice, make and subscribe the following Declaration; that is to say,
And such Declaration shall be annexed to the Award when made; and if any Arbitrator or Umpire, having made such Declaration, shall wilfully act contrary thereto, he shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor.