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May summon Witnesses and examine them upon Oath.
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CXLI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners for general Purposes to summon in like Manner any Person or Persons, whom they shall think able to give Evidence or Testimony respecting the Assessment made or to be made on any such Person or Persons, to Appear before them to be examined, and to examine all such Persons who shall so appear before them on Oath or Affirmation (except the Clerk, Agent, or Servant of the Person or Persons to be charged, or other Person confidentially intrusted or employed in the Affairs of such Party or Parties to be charged, and who shall respectively be examined, in the same Manner, and subject to the same Restrictions, as are herein-before provided for the viv[html] voce Examination of any Party or Parties, touching the Assessments to be charged on him, her, or them); which Oath or Affirmation any One or more of the said Commissioners is and are hereby empowered to administer, and which Oath or Affirmation shall be, that the Testimony or Evidence to be given by him, her, or them, shall contain the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth, in respect of the Matter in question, concerning which such Evidence or Testimony is to be given; and every such Oath or Affirmation shall be subscribed by the Person taking the same.
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