§ 37. INVESTIGATIONS BY COUNCIL.

The Council or any committee thereof duly authorized by the Council so to do may investigate the financial transactions of any office or department of the City government, and the official acts and conduct of any City official relative to any matter upon which the Council may act and by similar investigations may secure information upon any matter upon which the Council may act. In conducting such investigations, the Council or any committee thereof may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and other evidence, and for that purpose may use subpoenas or attachments which shall be signed by the presiding officer of the Council or the chairman of such committee, as the case may be, which may be served and executed by an officer authorized by law to serve subpoenas and other processes. If any witness shall refuse to testify to any facts within his knowledge, or to produce any papers or books in his possession or in his control, relating to the matter under inquiry before the Council or any such committee, the Council shall have the power to cause the witness to be punished as for contempt.

(Amendment adopted by electorate 11-4-80)