All contracts and bonds shall be taken in the name of, and run to, the city. No contract shall be binding upon the city, nor shall any work contracted for be commenced, or any materials or supplies be delivered thereunder, until the contract, in the requisite number of copies, has been duly executed. Of every contract one executed copy shall be filed and kept in the office of the chief procurement officer, another in the office of the comptroller, and one shall be given to the contractor. The number of executed copies shall be more than three when necessary.
(Prior code § 26-5; Amend Coun. J. 7-19-00, p. 38206, § 1)