Cap. 12 чл. 668By whom fee of referee is to be provisionally paid.

(1) The decree ordering the reference shall state the party by whom the fee of the referee shall provisionally be paid or deposited.

(2) When the reference is required by the plaintiff to prove some fact upon which he relies for his claim, the fee of the referees shall provisionally be paid or deposited by the plaintiff.

(3) In all other cases, it shall be in the discretion of the court to determine whether, and if so, in what proportion, each of the parties shall provisionally bear a part of such fee, regard being had to the respective interest of the parties to the action.