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23 ~ Council 121.11 who fails to demand such fee at the time of service. of a subpoena upon him shall be deemed to have waived such fee. .Such fees and mileage shall~be paid from the C,eneral Fund of the Municipality upon the authorization of the chairman of the committee which issued the subpoena. (e) Administering Oaths. The' chairman or a member of a committee of Council may administer oaths to any person testifying before such committee. (f) Effects of Failure to Appear or Testify. Whoever willfully fails to appear in obedience to a subpoena provided for in this section or whoever appears and refuses to answer a question pertinent to a matter properly before the committee, or whoever declines upon demand of such, committee to produce a paper, book or record in his possession or control, may, upon majority vote of the members of Council be adjudged guilty of contempt for each such act or refusal. The chairman of the committee before which such person fails to appear or refuses to answer or produce a paper, book or record, on order of the committee, shall report the facts to Council, and shall issue a warrant for the axrest and appearance before Council of the person to answer for the contempt. Any member of the Police Department of the Municipality is authorized to execute such warrant. Council, upon adjudging such person guilty of contempt, may punish such person for each act of contempt by levying a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), payable to the Municipal Treasury, or by committing him to jail for not more than ten days, or both, or may commit such person to jail until he complies with the. order of the committee or purges himself of contempt. (Ord. 619. Passed 2-17-58.) 121.10 CONTROL OF MUNICIPAL MOTOR VEHICLES. (a) No motor vehicle titled in the name of the Municipality, regardless of its value, shall be sold, transferred or otherwise encumbered without first obtaining the express permission of Council. (b) For purposes of this section, "motor vehicle" means any vehicle propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power or power collected from overhead electric wires. (Ord. 80-34. Passed 5-19-80.) 121.11 DISPUTES BETWEEN COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MAYOR; RESOLUTION PROCEDURE. (a) Council hereby determines that from and after the effective date of this section any question, uncertainty or dispute concerning the division of duties and authority between the President of Council and the Mayor shall be decided by Council as •a whole after first receiving a legal opinion from the Director of Law. (b) Such decision of Council shall be final and binding on both the President of Council and the Mayor and shall be introduced by legislation at the next regular meeting of Council. (Ord. 82-32. Passed 4-23-82. ) 1990 Replacement