West Virginia Code § 29-5A-2

Powers and duties of secretary; penalty for false swearing, etc.; biennial
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reports of commission.
It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a full and true record of all proceedings of said
commission, to preserve all its books, documents and papers, to prepare for service such
notices and other papers as may be required of him or her by the commission and to perform
such other duties as the commission may prescribe; and he or she may at thee direction of the
commission issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses before the commission with the
same effect as if they were issued in an action in any circuit court of thre state and may
administer oaths in all matters pertaining to the duties of his or her office or connected with
the administration of the affairs of the commission. The subpoenas shall be on forms
prescribed by the commission and served by the sheriff's department of the county in which
the individual being subpoenaed resides. Such subpoenas shtall be signed by at least two
members. Disobedience of such subpoena and false swearing before such secretary shall be
attended by the same consequences and be subject to the same penalties as if such
disobedience or false swearing occurred in an action in any circuit court of the state. The
commission shall make to the Legislature biennial reports of their proceedings for the two
years ending with the last day of the preceding December and may submit with such report
such recommendations pertaining to its affairs, as to it shall seem advisable.

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