Chapter 4 ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT.

Section 4-5 ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION OF BOOKS AND PAPERS

The Council or any Committee thereof when especially authorized, shall have the power to require the attendance of any person as a witness and the production by any person of all proper books and papers when, in the opinion of such body, such attendance or such production is necessary and proper.  Summons to attend as witnesses or produce books or papers shall be in writing signed by the presiding officer of the Council or committee thereof and shall be served by the Chief of Police in the same manner as a process to commence an action at law.  Such witnesses shall be sworn by the officer presiding at such investigation and shall be liable for perjury or false testimony given at any such investigation.  Any person failing or refusing to testify or produce such books or papers may be summoned before the County Court and, upon failure to give a satisfactory excuse, shall be fined a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days.  A right of appeal shall lie to the Circuit Court of the county as in cases of a misdemeanor.