The Council shall have power, by resolution, to authorize inquiries
and investigations to be conducted by the entire body or by any of
its committees in aid of its powers and functions.
The Council may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production
of books, papers or other evidence at any meeting of the Council,
and for that purpose may issue subpoenas, signed by the President
of Council, and cause the same to be served in any part of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. In the event any witness, having been properly subpoenaed,
fails or neglects to comply with the subpoena, Council is authorized
to apply to the court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of
its subpoena.
The presiding officer of the Council or of any of its committees
shall have the power to administer oaths to witnesses.
No person residing outside the Borough and subpoenaed as aforesaid
shall be required to respond to the same until mileage and/or witness
fees, equal to those then established by the General Assembly for
witnesses in the Court of Common Pleas, shall have been first tendered
to the witness.
