The arbitrators and referee shall have such compensation for their services as may be agreed upon by the parties in the submission.
(Code 1933, § 7-423, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 2270, § 2; Code 1981, §9-9-132; Code 1981, §9-9-82, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1988, p. 903, § 3.)