Any person desiring a license as a house mover shall make application for such license to the Clerk, and make payment of an annual license fee of $25, and shall furnish a bond to the city in the sum of $1,000, conditioned as herein set forth, and after approval of the bond by the Council, the Clerk shall issue to the applicant a license as house mover expiring on the first day of May next thereafter. The bond of $1,000 shall be conditioned among other things that the applicant for such license will pay for any and all damage which he or she, in any of his or her operations as a house mover, shall cause to any tree, pavement, street or sidewalk, or any other city property whatsoever, whether inflicted by himself or by his agents or employees, and further conditioned to save and keep harmless the city from any and all suits, judgments, costs, liabilities, or expenses whatsoever which may in any wise accrue or be alleged against the city in consequence of the granting of such license or permit and/or any operations thereunder, and conditioned further, that the applicant will in all things comply with the provisions of this code, applicable thereto.
(1963 Code, § 3-3-2)