CHAPTER 608

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 30-10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
the powers of committees of the General Assembly to compel the
attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence.

(S 276]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

Bay That § 30-10 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 30-10. When the Senate or House of Delegates, a joint committee
thereof, or any committee of either house authorized to send for persons
and papers, shall order the attendance of any witness, or the production
of any paper as evidence, a summons shall be issued accordingly by the
clerk of such house or committee, directed to the sheriff, sergeant, or other
officer of any county or corporation, and, when served, obedience thereto
may be enforced by attachment, fine and imprisonment in jail, at the
discretion of the house which, or the committee of which, caused the
summons to issue, or in the case of a joint committee, at the discretion of
such joint committee or as the two houses may determine by joint resolu-
tion.