R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-14

Current through 2024 Public Law 457

Section 45-5-14 - Subpoena of witnesses

Every town council, city council, school committee, or any committee of any of these bodies, may, by their presiding officers, issue subpoenas to witnesses to testify in any manner pending before them, may administer oaths to these witnesses, may compel their attendance, and may punish them for nonattendance by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).

C.P.A. 1905, § 360; G.L. 1909, ch. 292, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 342, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 537, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 45-5-14.