Safeguarding Persons and Property and Promoting the Welfare of the Public: Creating the Office of Warm Air Heating etc.

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Class "D" Dealers License Authorizing the sale of (Underwriters Laboratories or American Gas Association) approved devices, apparatus or appliances designed for the attachment to or installation of any Heating, Air Conditioning or Ven- tilating equipment. Any person, firm or corporation who sells or offers for sale (At Retail) any Heating, Air Conditioning or Ventilating device, apparatus or equipment, designed for the attachment to or installation on any heating, airconditioning or ventilating duct, pipeing or system for heating, air conditioning or ventilating, must have a license for each place of business conducted by such person, firm or corporation; pro- vided that such licenseQ(ma make a temporary demonstration on such articles elsewhere than at Its licensed place of business without having license for such place of temporary demonstration. The (retail) sale of furnaces, space heaters, stokers, oil burners, air conditioners, ventilating equipment and devices shall be reported to the Inspector within forty -eight hours after sale: SECTION 10. FEES FOR LICENSES AND EXPIRATION Any firm, person or corporation applying for a Class A License as required by this Ordinance shall before being granted a license, give, execute and deliver a surety bond to the City of South Bend, in the penal sum of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars to be approved by the City Attorney and conditioned upon the faithful compliance with the Ordinance and laws regulating heating, air conditioning and ventilating work and apparatus, with an agreement to pay all damages, costs and expenses that may be caused by the negligence of such person, firm or corporation through failure to comply with the provisions of said Ordinance. Before a license is granted to any Class "A" applicant a fee of One Hundred ($100) Dollars shall be paid and before any Class "A" expiring license is renewed, a fee of Twenty -Five ($25) Dollars shall be paid. A yearly fee of Two ($2.00) Dollars shall be paid for each employee of any Class "A" Contractor. A fee of Twenty -five ($25.00) Dollars shall be paid for a Dealers License and before any Dealer's license is re- newed a fee of Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars shall be paid. All licenses shall expire yearly on the 31st day of December and must be renewed before January 11th to remain valid. SECTION 11. APPLICATION FOR LICENSES. Each application for a Class A license shall be made in writing to the Board thirty (30) days before the examination date, stating the class of license applied for, the name and place of business of the applicant and the names.of the representatives of the applicant responsible for the cork to be done under the license. An examining fee of Ten ($10.00) Dollars shall be paid when application is made. SECTION 12. EXAMINATIONS. The person designated by the application for a Class A license shall be examined by the Board as to his knowledge of the rules and regulations for the installation of Heating, Air Conditioning and Ventilating equip- ment as set forth in the Ordinance and in the current manuals of National Warm Air Heating and Air Conditioning Association, 145 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio, The American Gas Association "Guidefor Installers" and rules, regulations and statutes of the State Fire Marshall and to deter- mine the general qualifications and fitness of the applicant for executing the class of work covered by the license applied for. In order to obtain a license in Class "A" the person applying therefor must furnish satisfactory evidence to the Board that he is of good character and sufficient education, must not be less than twenty -one (21) ,years old for a Class "A" license, and has not had less than four (4) years experience in the installation, repair and /or maintenance of Heating, Air Conditioning and Ventilating equipment, apparatus and appliances, and shall secure a grade of-not less than seventy -five (75 %) percent in a