Section 137. Appointment of appraisers

If  the  amount  of  salvage  and
  expenses on property saved shall not be adjusted  by  agreement  of  the
  parties,  the  owner  or  consignee  of  such property, or the master or
  supercargo, having charge thereof at the time the same was wrecked, or a
  claimant having an order for its delivery, may apply to the county court
  of the county or the city court of a city in which such  property  shall
  be, for the appointment of suitable persons as appraisers, to adjust the
  amount  of such salvage and expenses; and such court shall, by an order,
  appoint three disinterested freeholders of the county,  not  inhabitants
  of  the  town in which the property shall have been saved to adjust such
  salvage and expenses, who, before they shall enter upon the  performance
  of  their  duties,  shall be sworn to perform faithfully and impartially
  the duties of their trust. They shall have  power  to  issue  compulsory
  process  for the attendance of witnesses, and to administer oaths to all
  witnesses who shall attend or be produced; and the written  decision  of
  the  appraisers,  or  any  two  of them, as to the amount of salvage and
  expenses, and the sum to be paid to each person  entitled  to  share  in
  such  salvage, or claiming such expenses, shall be final and conclusive.
  The fees and expenses of the appraisers shall be paid by the person upon
  whose application they shall have been appointed, and shall be a  charge
  upon  the  property  saved.  Each  appraiser  shall  be entitled to five
  dollars for each day's necessary attendance and expenses.