§ 261. Subpoena on application for executive clemency. The governor
shall have the power in any matter pertaining to an application for
clemency, to issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a person
before him at a time and place designated in said subpoena; and he shall
also have the power to compel the production of any book, paper or
writing by a subpoena duces tecum, directed to a person in whose custody
either may be, at a time and place designated in said subpoena. But the
provisions of this article shall not apply to any book, paper or writing
filed in any office of record in any civil division of this state.