The commissioners shall have powers of amicable compounders, and shall have the right to subpoena witnesses and documents, and to punish for failure to appear or present the documents, in the same manner as is now provided in such cases before courts, under existing laws.
La. R.S. 41:1134
Powers of commissioners
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