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(b) Changes in place of residence subsequent to the initial changes caused by the merger and which grow out of the normal exercise of seniority in accordance with working agreements are not comprehended within the provisions of this Section.

Section 9(a). The following provisions shall apply, to the extent they are applicable in each instance, to any employee who is retained in the service of the carriers involved in this merger (or who is later restored to such service from the group of employees entitled to receive a dismissal allowance) who is required to change the point of his employment as a result of such merger and is therefore required to move his place of residence.

1. If the employee owns his own home in the locality from which he is required to move, he shall at his option be reimbursed by the carrier for any loss suffered in the sale of his home for less than its fair value. In each case the fair value of the home in question shall be determined as of a date sufficiently prior to the merger to be unaffected thereby. The carrier shall in each instance be afforded an opportunity to purchase the home at such fair value before it is sold by the employee to any other party.

2. If the employee is under a contract to purchase his home, the carrier shall protect him against loss to the extent of the fair value of any equity he may have in the home and in addition shall relieve him from any further obligations under his contract.

3. If the employee holds an unexpired lease of a dwelling occupied by him as his home, the carrier shall protect him from all loss and cost in securing the cancellation of his said lease.

(b) Changes in place of residence subsequent to the initial change caused by the merger and which grow out of the normal exercise of seniority in accordance with working agreements are not comprehended within the provisions of this Section.

(c) No claim for loss shall be paid under the provisions of this section which is not presented within three years after the effective date of the merger.

(d) Should a controversy arise in respect to the value of the home, the loss sustained in its sale, the loss under contract for purchase, loss and cost in securing termination of lease, or any other question in connection with these matters, it shall be decided through joint conference between the representatives of the employees and the carrier, and,