Depositions may be taken within or without the state of Kansas in the manner provided for by the code of civil procedure for the taking of depositions in matters pending in the district courts of this state. Said depositions shall be returnable to the clerk of the district court of the county wherein said hearing before the board is pending, and said clerk shall deliver said depositions to the board upon request, and said depositions may be opened by the parties to said proceedings the same as is provided for in matters pending before the district courts. The district court shall, upon request of any interested party in any proceeding before the state board, issue commissions for the taking of depositions in the same manner as is provided for the issuance of commissions for the taking of depositions in matters pending before the district courts of this state.