Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 668

668. (1) The decree ordering the ref erence shall state the party by whom the fee of the referee s hall provisionally be paid or deposited. (2) When the reference is required by the plaintiff to prove some fact upon which he relies fo r his claim, the fee of the re ferees shall provisionally be paid or deposited by the plaintiff. (3) In all other cases, it shall be in the discretion of the cou rt to determine whether, and if so, in what proportion, each of the p arties shall provisionally bear a part of such fee, regard being had t o the respective interest of th e parties to the action. Court may order deposit of fee due to referee. Amended by: IV .1862.13; XV .1913.130. Substituted by: XXIV .1995.255.