Nonresident persons not having resided in the city for 6 months, and itinerant solicitors; including persons, firms, associations, and corporations, except traveling salespeople or drummers taking orders for merchandise to be delivered to retail dealers only; who solicit applications for sales of real estate, sales of clothing, merchandise, magazines, equipment, photography, or other articles and who do not maintain a regular place of business upon which a business license fee or occupation tax is paid under this code or other ordinance of the city, shall, in addition to payment of the license fee or occupation tax at the rates prescribed in applicable provisions of this code or any other ordinance of the city prior to engaging in the soliciting, provide and furnish a bond in the sum of $200 to the city for the faithful performance of the service authorized and for the use and benefit of any person who may suffer damages growing out of any transaction had with the solicitor to be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the person suffering the damage, together with an attorney’s fee as may be allowed by the court, the bond to be in full force and effect for the period of 1 year after its execution and delivery.
(1981 Code, § 19-4) Penalty, see § 111.99