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, or Council's designee in aid of its legislative
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 or
any committee thereof, and for that purpose may issue subpoenas, signed
by the Mayor or the chairman of the committee, and cause the same
to be served in any part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Mayor or chairperson of a special committee shall have the
power to administer oaths to witnesses.
No person residing outside the City of Latrobe and subpoenaed
as aforesaid, shall be required to respond to the same until mileage
and witness fees, equal to those then established by the Court of
Common Pleas, shall have been first furnished to the witness.
