It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of building, constructing or repairing sidewalks or curbs within the city unless such firm shall be the holder of a valid unsuspended certificate as a bonded sidewalk and curb contractor.
Upon the filing with the clerk of a bond in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) with the approval of the mayor and city attorney endorsed thereon, and upon the payment to the treasurer of a fee of five dollars ($5.00), the clerk shall issue to the person filing such bond and paying such fee, a certificate as a bonded sidewalk and curb contractor which certificate shall expire on December 31 of the year in which the same is issued.
The bond provided for in this section shall run to the city or shall be signed by at least two (2) resident freeholders within the city or by some bonding company authorized to transact business in this state, and such bond shall be conditioned so as to save harmless the city, and all persons for whom sidewalks and curbs shall be constructed or repaired by such contractor while said while said certificate shall remain valid and outstanding from any or all loss or damage by reason or on account of any such sidewalk or curb becoming defective or unsafe within two (2) years from the date of the construction thereof on account of materials used therein or workmanship thereon.
Action may be maintained upon said bond by either the city or by any person whomsoever, who shall suffer any loss or damage by reason of or on account of any sidewalk or curb constructed by such bonded sidewalk and curb contractor becoming unsafe or defective within two (2) years from the date of the construction of such sidewalk or curb on account of materials used therein or workmanship thereon 1 . (Ord. 97, 8-5-1910)
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| 1 | 1. See also section 9-1-5 of this chapter. |