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1904, art. 15, sec. 7. 18S8, art. 15, sec. 7. I860, art. 15, sec. 7. 1780, ch. 33, sec. 3.

7. The said commissioners, or a majority of them shall give notice
of the time and purpose of their meeting, by advertisements to be set
up at the door of the court house of their county, and such other public
places as they may judge most effectual, thirty days at least before such
meeting.

Ibid. sec. 8...1888, art. 15, sec. S. 1860, art. 15, sec. 8. 1786. ch. 33, sec. 3.

8. Each commissioner shall, before he proceeds in the execution of
the commission, otherwise than by giving such notice and issuing sum-
monses for witnesses as herein provided, take an oath before a justice
of the peace, or some other of the commissioners, that he will settle and
adjust the location of the land mentioned in the commission, most
agreeably to the true original location thereof, according to the evi-
dences and circumstances which shall be offered or appear to him, with-
out favor, affection, or partiality, according to the best of his experience
and judgment, and will make a true return thereof.

Ibid. sec. 9. 1888. art. 15, sec. 9. 1860, art. 15. sec. 9. 1786, ch. 33, sec. 4.

9. The said commissioners shall meet on the land agreeably to the
notice given by them, and may cause the lands mentioned in the com-
mission, as well as any other lands they may think proper, to be sur-
veyed by the surveyor of the county, or such other skilful person as
they shall think fit to appoint.

Ibid. sec. 10. 1888, art. 15, sec. 10. 1860, art. 15, sec. 10. 1786, ch. 33, sec. 4.

10. Summonses for witnesses may issue out of the court issuing
the commission, or by the said commissioners, or a majority of them;
and witnesses summoned shall attend, and be subject to punishment by
the said court for not attending, in the same manner as on summonses
issued by and returnable to said court.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1888. art. 15. sec. 11. 1800, art. 15. sec. 11. 1793, ch. 70, sec. 3.

11. If any witness shall not attend when summoned, the commis-
sioners, or any two of them, shall apply to the clerk of the said court
for an attachment, which shall issue accordingly to compel his attend-
ance.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1888, art. 15, sec. 12. 1860, art. 15, sec. 12. 1786, ch. 33. sec. 4.

12. The commissioners may administer an oath to the surveyor,
and also to the chain carriers, to execute their respective duty as sur-
veyor or chain carrier, faithfully and impartially, according to the best
of their skill; and shall also administer an oath to every witness, that
the evidence he shall give to the commissioners in the matter depending
in question, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1888, art. 15. sec. 13. 1860. art. 15, sec. 13. 1793, ch. 70. sec. 2.

13. The commissioners shall take the depositions of the witnesses,
touching their knowledge of the boundaries to be perpetuated, and shall