The State’s Attorney for Garrett County, in the conduct of the duties of his or her office and in any investigations which he or she may make from time to time relative to violations of law, shall have the same power which is now vested in Clerks of the Courts and District Courts of this state to administer oaths and to examine witnesses under oath.
(1986 Code, § 96-1) (P.L.L., 1888, Art. 12, § 217; 1930, § 502; 1957 Code, § 505; 1888, Ch. 471; 1890, Ch. 9, § 217; 1918, Ch. 115, § 217)