428 ARTICLE 15.

An. Code, sec. 7. 1904, sec. 7. 1888, sec. 7. 1786, 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.

An. Code, sec. 8. 1904, sec. 8. 1888, 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 summonses
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 loca-
tion of the land mentioned in the commission, most agreeably to the true
original location thereof, according to the evidences and circumstances
which shall be offered or appear to him, without favor, affection, or par-
tiality, according to the best of his experience and judgment, and will make
a true return thereof.

An. Code, sec. 9. 1904, sec. 9. 1888, 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 commis-
sion, as well as any other lands they may think proper, to be surveyed by
the surveyor of the county, or such other skilful person as they shall think
fit to appoint.

An. Code, sec. 10. 1904, sec. 10. 1888, sec. 10. 1786, ch. 33, sec. 4.

10. Summonses for witnesses may issue out of the court issuing the
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.

An. Code, sec. 11. 1904, sec. 11. 1888, 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 attendance.

An. Code, sec. 12. 1904, sec. 12. 1888, 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 surveyor 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.

An. Code, sec. 13. 1904, sec. 13. 1888, sec 13. 1793, ch. 70, sec. 2.

13. The commissioners shall take the depositions of the witnesses, touch-
ing their knowledge of the boundaries to be perpetuated, and shall make
return thereof, with their other proceedings, to the court, to be recorded;