61 - Subcommittees.

§ 61. Subcommittees. Whenever any committee of either house or a joint  committee of both houses of the legislature shall be required to make an  inquiry  or  investigation, such committee may appoint a subcommittee of  not less than  three  of  its  own  members  to  make  such  inquiry  or  investigation,  and  to  take  testimony  in  relation thereto; and such  committee or subcommittee and the chairman  thereof  shall  respectively  have  all  the powers and authority, which are conferred by law upon any  committee which is authorized to send for persons or papers, or upon the  chairman thereof. No subcommittee shall have the power to take testimony  at a private hearing or at a public hearing unless at least two  of  its  members are present at such hearing.