Sec. 19.
Whenever the council, or any committee of the members thereof, are authorized to compel the attendance of witnesses for the investigation of matters which may come before them, the presiding officer of the council or chairman of such committee for the time being, shall have power to administer the necessary oaths.
History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 3080 ;-- CL 1915, 2996 ;-- CL 1929, 1920 ;-- CL 1948, 88.19