352 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

where the hearing is in any of the counties, shall be the same
as allowed by the Circuit Court of the county in which the
hearing takes place, for attendance of witnesses before it, and
the disbursements made in the payment of such fees shall be
duly audited in accordance with a due and satisfactory method
of auditing and bookkeeping, and shall be included in and
paid in the same manner as is provided for the payment of
other expenses of the Commission. It shall be the duty of every
public officer, without exacting or receiving charge or fee of
any kind, to furnish to the Commission, upon its application, a
certified copy of any document, or part thereof, on file in his
office, and no public officer shall be entitled to receive from the
Commission any fee for entering, filing, docketing or recording
any document required or authorized by law to be filed in his
office.

If a person subpoenaed to attend before the Commission or
a Commissioner fail to obey the command of such subpoena,
without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance before
the Commission or a Commissioner shall, without a reasonable
cause, refuse to be sworn or to be examined, or answer a ques-
tion, or to produce a book or paper when ordered to do so by
the Commission or a Commissioner, or to subscribe or swear
to his deposition after it has been correctly produced in writ-
ing, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be prosecuted
therefor in any court of competent criminal jurisdiction.

If a person in attendance before the Commission or a Com-
missioner refuse, without reasonable cause, to be examined, or
to answer a legal and pertinent question, or to produce a book
or paper when ordered to do so by the Commission or Com-
missioner, the Commission or Commissioner may apply to any
Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City or of the Cir-
cuit Court for any county, upon proof by affidavit of the fact,
for a rule or order returnable in not less than two nor more
than five days, directing such person to show cause before
the Judge who made the order, or any other Judge aforesaid,
why he should not be committed to jail; upon the return of
such order, the Judge before whom the matter shall come on
for a hearing shall examine under oath such person, and such
person shall be given an opportunity to be heard; and if the
Judge shall determine that such person has refused, without
reasonable cause or legal excuse, to be examined or to answer
a legal and pertinent question, or to produce a book or paper
which he was ordered to bring or produce, he may forthwith
commit the offender to jail, there to remain until he submits
to do the act which he was so required to do, or is discharged
according to law.