Arbitrators - Power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and take depositions.

The arbitrators, or either of them, have power to subpoena witnesses at the request of either of the parties and to administer all oaths which may be necessary in the progress of the case and must, on the application of either party, issue commission to take the deposition of any witness residing out of the county, which must be taken in the same manner as depositions in the circuit court.

(Code 1852, §2717; Code 1867, §3156; Code 1876, §3544; Code 1886, §3229; Code 1896, §516; Code 1907, §2916; Code 1923, §6164; Code 1940, T. 7, §837.)