The Board shall have power, by resolutions, 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 or other evidence at any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof, and for that purpose may issue subpoenas, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the Chairman of the Committee, and cause the same to be served in any part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The presiding officer of the Board or of any of its committees shall have the power to administer oaths to witnesses.
No person residing outside the Township 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.