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     237.15 Investigation and hearing; authority delegated. 

    The department shall whenever it deems the same necessary 
 determine the value of all the property of any telephone company 
 devoted to the public use, and in so doing it shall, after 
 notice to the telephone company, hold such public hearing as 
 will give all interested parties a chance to furnish evidence 
 and be heard.  For the purpose of this chapter the department is 
 authorized to appoint engineers, examiners, experts, clerks, 
 accountants, and other assistants as it may deem necessary at 
 such rates of compensation as it may prescribe.  

    In the discharge of their duties such appointees shall have 
 every power, of any inquisitorial nature granted in this chapter 
 to the department.  The department may conduct any number of 
 investigations contemporaneously through its individual members 
 or appointees, and may delegate to its individual members and 
 employees the taking of all testimony on any investigation or 
 hearing.  

    HIST: (5298) 1915 c 152 s 12; 1919 c 183 s 3; 1971 c 25 s 67 

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