311 - Powers of commissioner upon appeals or petitions, et cetera.

§ 311. Powers  of  commissioner  upon appeals or petitions, et cetera.  The  commissioner,  in  reference  to   such   appeals,   petitions   or  proceedings, shall have power:    1. To regulate the practice therein.    2.  To  determine  whether  an  appeal  shall  stay  proceedings,  and  prescribe conditions upon which it shall or shall not so operate.    3. To decline to entertain or to dismiss  an  appeal,  when  it  shall  appear  that  the appellant has no interest in the matter appealed from,  and that the matter is not a matter of  public  concern,  and  that  the  person  injuriously  affected  by  the  act or decision appealed from is  incompetent to appeal.    4. To make all orders, by directing the levying of taxes or otherwise,  which may, in his judgment, be proper or necessary to give effect to his  decision.