§ 14. Subpoena Powers.  


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  • The presiding officers of the boards and commissions of the city shall have the power to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses before the respective bodies over which they preside, by the issuance of subpoenas and the administration of oaths in the manner and according to the rules governing the same in courts of justice, and when it shall be necessary to secure the attendance of witnesses before said boards or committees, the respective chairman shall have the right to apply to the proper authority for the issue of a capias ad testificandum for that purpose, as provided in number 461 of the special acts of 1907.