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. Each witness who appears by order of the commission or a
commissioner shall receive for his attendance the same fees and
mileage allowed by law to a witness in civil cases, which shall be
paid by the party at whose request the witness is subpenaed. When any
witness who has not been required to attend at the request of any
party is subpenaed by the commission, his fees and mileage shall be
paid from the funds appropriated for the use of the commission in the
same manner as other expenses of the commission are paid. Any
witness subpenaed except one whose fees and mileage may be paid from
the funds of the commission, may, at the time of service, demand the
fee to which he is entitled for travel to and from the place at which
he is required to appear, and one day's attendance. If such witness
demands such fees at the time of service, and they are not at that
time paid or tendered, he shall not be required to appear. All fees
or mileage to which any witness is entitled under the provisions of
this section may be collected by action therefor instituted by the
person to whom such fees are payable. No witness furnished with free
transportation shall receive mileage for the distance he may have
traveled on such free transportation.