After the arbitrators have made their findings, the referee shall furnish each of the parties with a copy thereof. The original shall be entered on the minutes of the court authorizing the arbitration; it shall have all the force and effect of a judgment or decree of the court and may be enforced in the same manner at any time after the adjournment of the court. For the entering of the findings upon the minutes of the court, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fees allowed by law for the entering of judgments in other cases, to be paid by the parties as provided in the submission.
(Code 1933, § 7-420, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 2270, § 2; Code 1981, §9-9-129; Code 1981, §9-9-79, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1988, p. 903, § 3.)