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206.2 Signature of orders and complaints. The Secretary of the Board, or in the event of his absence or disability, the Assistant Secretary of the Board, is hereby authorized to sign all orders of the Board, and sign and issue all complaints authorized to be issued by the Board. (Sec. 6 (a), 49 Stat. 452; 29 U.S.C., Sup., 156) [Art. VI, sec. 2, R. & Regs., ser. 1 as amended, Apr. 27, 1936, 1 ̊F.R. 281]

PART 207-CONSTRUCTION OF RULES

Section 207.1 Rules to be liberally construed. The rules and regulations in this chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes and provisions of the Act. (Sec. 6 (a), 49 Stat. 452; 29 U.S.C., Sup. 156) [Art. VII, sec. 1, R. & Regs., ser. 1 as amended, Apr. 27, 1936, 1 F.R. 281]

PART 208-AMENDMENTS

Section 208.1 Amendment or rescission of rules. Any rule or regulation may be amended or rescinded by the Board at any time. (Sec. 6 (a), 49 Stat. 452; 29 U.S.C., Sup., 156) [Art. VIII, sec. 1, R. & Regs., ser. 1 as amended, Apr. 27, 1936, 1 F.R. 281]

PART 209-APPENDIX

Section 209.1 Regional Offices

Region

Territory

1 Maine; New Hampshire; Vermont; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Windham, New London, Tolland, Hartford, and Middlesex Counties in Connecticut.

2

3

Litchfield, New Haven, and Fairfield Counties
in Connecticut; Clinton, Essex, Washington,
Warren, Saratoga, Schenectady, Albany,
Rensselaer, Columbia, Greene, Dutchess,
Ulster, Sullivan, Orange, Putnam, Rockland,
Westchester, Bronx, New York, Richmond,
Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties
in New York State; Sussex, Passaic, Bergen,
Warren, Morris, Essex, Hudson, Union, Mid-
dlesex, Somerset, Monmouth, and Hunterdon
Counties in New Jersey.

New York State, except for those counties in-
cluded in the Second Region.

4 Mercer, Ocean, Burlington, Atlantic, Camden,
Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, and Cape
May Counties in New Jersey; New Castle
County in Delaware; all of Pennsylvania lying
east of the eastern borders of Potter, Clinton,
Centre, Mifflin, Huntingdon, and Franklin
Counties.

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Location

Old South Building,
Boston, Mass.

560 Woolworth Building, New York City.

Federal Building,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Bankers Securities
Building, Philadel-
phia, Pa.

32 South Street, Baltimore, Md.

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Region

6

7

8

9

10

Territory

All of Pennsylvania lying west of the eastern
borders of Potter, Clinton, Centre, Mifflin,
Huntingdon, and Franklin Counties; Hancock,
Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Monongalia,
Marion, Harrison, Taylor, Doddridge, Pres-
ton, Lewis, Barbour, Tucker, Upshur, Ran-
dolph, Webster, and Pocahontas Counties in
West Virginia.
Michigan, exclusive of Gogebic, Ontonagon,
Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga, Iron, Dickin-
son, Marquette, Menominee, Delta, Alger,
Schoolcraft, Luce, Chippewa, and Mackinac
Counties.

Ohio, north of the southern borders of Darke,
Miami, Champaign, Union, Delaware, Lick-
ing, Muskingum, Guernsey, and Belmont
Counties.

West Virginia, west of the western borders of
Wetzel, Doddridge, Lewis, and Webster Coun-
ties and southwest of the southern and western
borders of Pocahontas County; Ohio, south of
the southern borders of Darke, Miami, Cham-
paign, Union, Delaware, Licking, Muskingum,
Guernsey, and Belmont Counties; Kentucky,
east of the western borders of Hardin, Hart,
Barren, and Monroe Counties.
South Carolina; Tennessee; Georgia; Alabama,
north of the northern borders of Choctaw,
Marengo, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery,
Macon, and Russell Counties.

11 Indiana, except for Lake, Porter, La Porte, St.
Joseph, Elkhart, Lagrange, Noble, Steuben,
and De Kalb Counties; Kentucky, west of the
western borders of Hardin, Hart, Barren, and
Monroe Counties.
Wisconsin; Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton,
Keweenaw, Baraga, Iron, Dickinson, Mar-
quette, Menominee, Delta, Alger, Schoolcraft,
Luce, Chippewa, and Mackinac Counties in
Michigan.

12

13

14

Lake, Porter, La Porte, St. Joseph, Elkhart,
Lagrange, Noble, Steuben, and De Kalb
Counties in Indiana; Illinois, north of the
northern borders of Edgar, Coles, Shelby,
Christian, Montgomery, Macoupin, Greene,
Scott, Brown, and Adams Counties.
Illinois, south of the northern borders of Edgar,
Coles, Shelby, Christian, Montgomery, Ma-
coupin, Greene, Scott, Brown, and Adams
Counties; Missouri, east of the western bor-
ders of Scotland, Knox, Shelby, Monroe,
Audrain, Callaway, Osage, Maries, Phelps,
Dent, Shannon, and Oregon Counties.

15 Louisiana; Arkansas; Mississippi; Florida; Ala-
bama, south of the northern borders of Choc-
taw, Marengo, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery,
Macon, and Russell Counties.

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Region

16 Oklahoma; Texas...

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Territory

Missouri, west of the western borders of Scotland, Knox, Shelby, Monroe, Audrain, Callaway, Osage, Maries, Phelps, Dent, Shannon, and Oregon Counties; Kansas; Nebraska. 18 Iowa; Minnesota; North Dakota; South Dakota.

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21

22

Washington; Oregon; Idaho; Territory of Alaska
Nevada; California, north of the southern bor-
ders of Monterey, Kings, Tulare, and Inyo
Counties; Territory of Hawaii.

Arizona; California, south of southern borders of
Monterey, Kings, Tulare, and Inyo Counties.

Montana; Utah; Wyoming; Colorado; New Mex-
ico.

Location

Federal Court Build-
ing, Fort Worth,
Texas.

Scarritt Building,
Kansas City, Mo.

New Post Office Building, Minneapolis, Minn. Dexter Horton Building, Seattle, Wash. 1095 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif.

Pacific Electric Build-
ing, Los Angeles,
Calif.

Central Savings Bank
Building, Denver,
Colo.

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Section 301.1 General duties. First. It shall be the duty of all carriers, their officers, agents and employees to exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, and working conditions, and to settle all disputes, whether arising out of the application of such agreements or otherwise, in order to avoid any interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier growing out of any dispute between the carrier and the employees thereof. Second. All disputes between a carrier or carriers and its or their employees shall be considered, and, if possible, decided, with all expedition, in conference between representatives designated and authorized so to confer, respectively, by the carrier or carriers and by the employees thereof interested in the dispute.*+

*88 301.1 to 301.9, inclusive, issued under the authority contained in sec. 3, 48 Stat. 1189; 45 U.S.C. 153.

†The source of §§ 301.1 to 301.9, inclusive, is Circular 1, National Railroad Adjustment Board, Oct. 10, 1934.

301.2 Classes of disputes. The disputes between an employee or group of employees and a carrier or carriers growing out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, or working conditions, including cases pending and unadjusted on the date of approval of this Act (June 21, 1934, 48 Stat. 1185; 45 U.S.C. 151-162), shall be handled in the usual manner up to and including the chief operating officer of the carrier designated to handle such disputes; but, failing to reach an adjustment in this manner, the disputes may be referred by petition of the parties or by either party to the appropriate division of the Adjustment Board with a full statement of the facts and all supporting data bearing upon the disputes.

No petition shall be considered by any division of the Board unless the subject matter has been handled in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, approved June 21, 1934.*†

301.3 Organization. The National Railroad Adjustment Board was organized as of July 31, 1934, in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, approved June 21, 1934. The said Adjust

**For statutory and source citations, see note to § 301.1.

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