Sec. 554. Examination of plumbers and gas fitters.
Any plumber or gas fitter wishing to do business in connection
with the city water works, sewers and gas works shall, during
the first week in February of each year, apply in person to the
Board of Examiners, as set forth in the foregoing section, and
stand an examination on practical and scientific plumbing and
gas fitting, and deposit with the chairman of the Board a fee of
$1, said fee to be turned into the city treasury and credited to the
Water and Sewers Department. Said applicants shall not only
be subject to and conform to all and singular, the laws, rules and
regulations and penalties which now exist, or may be hereafter
passed by the Council, but shall enter into a bond with security
satisfactory to the Mayor in a penalty of $500, to indemnify
and save harmless the city and its citizens, from all accidents,
damage and losses which said city or its citizens may sustain by
reason of his failure to comply with its laws, rules and regulations
which are now and may hereafter be passed by the City
Council, or from neglect or carelessness in his work; such bond
shall be renewed annually and put into the hands of the City
Auditor, on or before the first day of May of each year.
