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_ f..---~ CHARTER Ch. 14, § I corporate surety, as may be required by general law, by this Charter or by ordinance or resolution of the council, and file the same with the circuit court clerk before entering upon the discharge of their duties. The city shall pay the premiums on such bonds. Sec. 5. Investigations. The council, the city manager, and any officer, board or Commission authorized by them or either of them, shall have power to make investigation as to city affairs, and for the purpose to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the production of books and papers. Any person refusing or failing to attend, or to testify or to produce such books and papers, may by summons issued by such board or officer by [be] summoned before the general district court of the said city' by the board or official making such investigation, and upon failure to give satisfactory explanation of such failure of [or] refusal, may be fined by the general district court not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment [imprisoned] not exceeding thirty (30) days, and such person shall have the right to appeal to the Circuit Court of the City of Martinsville. Any person who shall give false testimony under oath at any such investigation shall be liable to prosecution for perjury. (Acts 1982, Ch. 193, § 1) Sec. 6. Working prisoners. Subject to the general laws of the state regulating the working of those convicted of offenses against the state, the council shall have the power to provide by ordinance for the employment or the working of prisoners, either within or without the city limits, or within or without any city prison or jail, for the violation of the laws of the State of Virginia, or the or{iinances of the City of Martinsville. Sec. 7. Penalty for officers failing to perform duties. If any officer of the City of Martinsville, whether he be elected by vote of the people or by the council, or appointed by the council, or the city manager, shall fail or refuse to perform any of the duties required of him by this chapter or by ordinance or resolution of the city council, he shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense, and he and his sureties on his official bond shall be liable for all damages which may accrue to the city or any other person by reason of such failure or refusal. CHAPTER 14. MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 1. Adoption of ordinances in conflict with ABC Act. Nothing in this act [Charter] shall authorize the adoption of any ordinance in conflict with any of the provisions of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. 29