The Board 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 legislative powers and functions.
The Board may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production
of books, papers and other tangible evidence at any meeting of the
Board or any committee thereof. For that purpose, subpoenas may be
issued, signed by the President of the Board or the Chairman of the
committee in any pending case of inquiry or investigation and the
same may be served in any part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Said subpoenas shall be enforceable by action in the Court of Common
Pleas of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
Any member of the Board shall have the power to administer oaths
to witnesses.
A person residing outside the Township and subpoenaed as aforesaid
shall not be required to respond to the same until mileage and witness
fees, equal to those then established for witnesses whose attendance
has been required by the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, shall
have been first furnished to the witness. All witnesses required to
provide information shall be accorded the same privileges and immunities
as witnesses whose attendance has been required by the Count of Common
Pleas of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
