The City Council shall have the authority to appoint committees to investigate any department of the city government and any office thereof, and the committees of Council shall have the same power which a magistrate has to compel the attendance of witnesses and to require them to give evidence under oath in the same manner as in the courts of the state.
(1985 Code, § 2-48)
Statutory reference:
Authority, see S.C. Code § 5-7-100