Examination of representative under oath

The clerk or commissioner may, and, when it seems to the clerk or commissioner necessary, shall examine the accounting party, upon oath, touching the representative's receipts and disbursements. Code 1858, § 2299 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 125, § 4); Shan., § 4035; Code 1932, § 8248; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1105. The clerk or commissioner may, and, when it seems to the clerk or commissioner necessary, shall examine the accounting party, upon oath, touching the representative's receipts and disbursements. Code 1858, § 2299 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 125, § 4); Shan., § 4035; Code 1932, § 8248; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1105.