Sec. 5.
Any senator or representative while acting as a member of a committee of the legislature, or either branch thereof, shall have authority to administer oaths to such persons as shall be examined before the committee of which he is a member.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 2 ;-- CL 1857, 21 ;-- CL 1871, 24 ;-- How. 41 ;-- CL 1897, 38 ;-- CL 1915, 51 ;-- CL 1929, 18 ;-- CL 1948, 4.85