1. All hearings shall commence promptly at the time scheduled.2. Hearings shall be conducted by the Chairman with decorum in full compliance with judicial proceedings. Witnesses shall be sworn in the customary manner. Testimony shall be taken through the same procedures and decorum as used before the Court of Common Pleas. Testimony before a Board of Arbitrators is not transcribed unless by special request and at the expense of the requestor.3. Boards of Arbitrators shall conduct hearings with due regard to the law and rules of evidence. Boards of Arbitrators shall have the general powers of the Court including administering oaths or affirmations, determining admissibility of evidence, permitting testimony to be offered by deposition and deciding the law and the facts of the case submitted.