§ 5-13-116 — Powers generally; expenses of judges when acting in a circuit court or in a district court

(a) In exercising the jurisdiction granted under W.S. 5-
13-115, the chancery court may:
(i) Preserve and enforce order in its immediate
presence and in the proceedings before it according to the
Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure for Chancery Courts;
(ii) Compel obedience to its judgments, orders and
processes;
(iii) Except as otherwise provided, control the
conduct of its ministerial officers and of all other persons in
any manner connected with judicial proceedings before it;
(iv) Issue summonses, subpoenas or other process in
chancery court cases;
(v) Administer oaths and affirmations and take
acknowledgments, affidavits and depositions;
(vi) Amend and control its process and orders to make
them conformable to law and justice;
(vii) Proceed to nonjury trial, render judgment and
grant writs of execution to carry into effect any order or
judgment of the court; and
(viii) Punish for contempt in the same manner as
district court.
(b) A judge of the chancery court may hear any case or
proceeding assigned to the chancery court by a district court in
accordance with W.S. 5-3-112(a) or a circuit court in accordance
with W.S. 5-9-131.
(c) The expenses of any chancery court judge holding court
in any circuit court pursuant to assignment under W.S. 5-9-131
or in any district court pursuant to assignment under W.S. 5-3-
112(a), including the judge's traveling expenses, and the
judge's expenses while holding court, shall be charged to the
fund of the court where the judge is holding court pursuant to
assignment under W.S. 5-3-112(a) or 5-9-131.