The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-10-19

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witness. subpmnaod except one whose
fees and mileage may be paid from the
funds OF the commission, may. at the
time OF service, demand the fee to
which he is entitled for travel to and
from the place at which he II required
to appear and one days attendance. II
such witness demands such fees at the
time OF service and they are not at
that time paid or rendered, no shall
not be required to attend before the
commission or commissioner as direct
ed In the subpoena All fees or mile
age to which any witness is entitled
under tho provisions OF this section
may be collected by action therefor
Instituted by the person TO whom such
fees are payable. No witness furnished
with. free transportation shall receive
mileage for the distance he may have
Travelled on such free transportation.
90 The district court In and for the
county. or city and county. In which
any inquiry. investigation. hearing or
proceeding may be held by tho com
mission or any commissioner shall have
the power to compel the attendance
OF witnesses. the giving OF testimony
and the production OF papers. including
way bills. books, accounts and docu-
ments, as required by any subpoena
Issued by the commission or any com
missioner.
The commission or the commissioner
before whom the testimony is to be
given or produced. In case OF the re-
fusal OF any witness to attend or tcs-
tlty or produce any papers required by
such subpoena, may report to the ais
trict court in and for the county. or
city and county. In which the proceed
Ing is pending, by petition. setting
forth that due notice has been given
OF the time and place of attendance
said papers. and that the witness has
been summoned In the manner pre-
scribed In this act and that the wit
ness has failed and refused to attend
or produce the papers required by the
subpoena, before the commission or
commissioner. In the cause or proceed
"a a - hA not saU HNNV..
or has refused to answer questions
propounded to him in the course of
such proceeding, and ask an order OF
said court. compelling the witness to
attend and testify or produce SAID pa
pers before the commission. The court.
upon the petition OF the commission or
der directing the witness to appear be-
fore the court at a time and place to
be fixed by the court In such order. the
time to be not more than ten days
from the date of the order and then
and there show cause why he has not
attended and testified or produced said
papers before the commission. copy
of said order shall be served upon said
witness. If 1t shall appear to the court
that said subpoena was regularly and
lawfully Issued by the commission or
commissioner, the court shall there
upon enter an order that said witness
appear before the commission or said
commissioner at the time and place
fixed In said order and testify or pro-
duce the required papers, and failure
to obey said order. said witness shall
be dealt with as for contempt OF court.
The remedy provided In this subsec-
tion Is cumulative. and shall not be
construed to impair or Interfere with
the power of the commission or COM
missioner to enforce the attendance of
witnesses and the production OF papers.
(c) The commission or any commits
sioner or any party may In any In
vestigation or hearing before the com
mission, cause the deposition OF wit
nesses residing within or without the
state to be taken In the manner pre-
scribed by law for like dispositions in
civil actions In the district courts of
this state and to that end may compel
the attendance of witnesses and the
production of books way bills. docu-
ments, papers and accounts.
Section 46. la Copies of all official
documents and orders filed or depos-
tied according to law In the office OF
the commission, certified by commits
sioner or by the secretary under the
official seal OF the commission to be
true copies of the originals. shall be
evidenced In like manner as the orig
lnals.
(b) Every order. authorization or
certificate issued or approved by the
sections 40 or AZ OF this act, shall be
In writing and entered on the records
of the commission.
Section Al. The commission shall
charge and collect the following fees:
For copies OF papers and records not
required to be certified or otherwise
authenticated by the commission, ten
cents for each folio; Tor certified
copies OF official documents and orders
filed In its office, fifteen cents for
each folio and one dollar for every
certificate under seal affixed thereto.
for certifying a copy of any report
made by public utility. two dollars;
for each certified copy of the annual
report of the commission. one dollar
and fifty cents. for certified copies OF
evidence and proceedings before the
commission, fifteen cents for each
folio: for certificate authorizing an Is
sue of bonds. notes or other evidences
of Indebtedness, one dollar for each
one thousand dollars of the face value
OF the authorized issue or fraction
thereof up to one million dollars, and
ffty cents for each one thousand dol
lars over one million dollars and up to
ten million dollars, and twenty-five
cents for each one thousand dollars
over ten million dollars, with a mini
mum fee in any case OF Two hundred
and fifty dollars: provided, that no Zee
shall be required when such issue Is
made for the purpose Of guaranteeing,
taking over, refunding, discharging or
retiring, any bond. note or other evi,
of the Issue guaranteed, taken over.
refunded. discharged or retired. No
fees shall be charged or collected Tor
copies OF papers, records or official
documents, furnished to public officers
for use In their official capacity. or
for the annual reports OF the commits
sion In the ordinary course OF dlstribu-
tion, but the commission may Fix rca-
sonable charges for publications Is
sued under Its authority All fees
charged and collected under this sec
tlon shall be paid, at least once each
week. accompanied by detailed state
ment thereof. into the treasury OF the
state to the credit OF n fund to be
known as the public Service Commits
sion Fund" which fund Is hereby Gre
ated.
Section As. The commission may re-
quire, by order served on any public
utility In the manner provided herein
for the service OF orders, the produce
tton within this state ut such time and
place as II may designate, Of any
books, accounts, papers or records kept
by said public utility In any office or