When the attendance of any person shall be required as a witness before the commissioners in any matter or claim of which they shall have jurisdiction, it shall be the duty of their secretary, upon application, to issue subpoenas signed by him and directed to the persons whose attendance shall be required when such persons reside or shall be found in the county where such matters or claims may be pending. The summons shall express the cause and the party at whose action it is issued and shall be served as subpoenas of courts of record of this state are served at least 24 hours before the meeting of the commissioners to which it shall be returnable; but the subpoenas may be served by a messenger of the commissioners or by any sheriff or constable and the return of the messenger, sheriff, or constable shall be evidence of the service thereof.
History. Laws 1832, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 45; Code 1863, § 1476; Code 1868, § 1533; Code 1873, § 1527; Code 1882, § 1527; Civil Code 1895, § 1675; Civil Code 1910, § 1921; Code 1933, § 80-201; Ga. L. 1945, p. 279, § 16.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft
Chapter 6 - Pilots and Pilotage
§ 52-6-30. Qualifications for Pilot’s License
§ 52-6-33. Form of License; Oath of Pilot
§ 52-6-34. Pilots’ Bonds — Generally
§ 52-6-36. Revocation of License for Conducting or Piloting Vessel Arrested Under Court Process
§ 52-6-39. Issuance of Subpoenas
§ 52-6-40. Failure of Witness to Answer Subpoena
§ 52-6-41. Taking of Interrogatories and Depositions From Nonresidents and Seamen
§ 52-6-42. Appeal to Superior Court — Generally
§ 52-6-43. Appeal to Superior Court — Use of Interrogatories and Depositions
§ 52-6-44. Fees Relating to Hearings Before Commissioners
§ 52-6-46. Pilotage Fees — Fees for Coastwise Vessels
§ 52-6-47. Pilotage Fees — Time of Payment; Security for Payment
§ 52-6-49. Liabilities and Penalties for Failure to Take Pilot or Pay Pilotage Fees
§ 52-6-50. Fees of Pilots Aiding Vessel in Distress
§ 52-6-51. Right of Pilot Boat to One-Third of Inward and Outward Pilotage Fee
§ 52-6-52. Liability for Detaining Pilots on Vessels
§ 52-6-53. Compulsory Retirement of Pilots
§ 52-6-54. Acting as Pilot Without License; Interfering With or Disturbing Licensed Pilot