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but the Commission may, in its discretion, if public\nnecessity or the convenience of the parties require, hold public sessions\nelsewhere in the Commonwealth, and may order any notice, writ, or process to be\nmade returnable to the place of any such session; and for the holding of any\nsuch session the Commission may occupy the courtroom of the courthouse of the\ncity or county wherein such session may be held, if such courtroom shall not at\nthe time be in use for the sessions of the court of any such city or county.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 12-5; 1971, Ex. 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