Providing Regulation, Examination & Licensing of Plumbing Contractors & Repealing Section 22 of Ordinance No. 1880

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a satisfactory examination may re-apply for another examination after the expiration of sixty (60) days by filing another application and pay- ing the prescribed fee. If any applicant should feel that he has been discriminated against by the examining board he may appeal their decision *ithin ten (10) days to the Board of Health, which Board may, in its discretion, arrange for a special' examination of said applicant. Section 4. Every applicant for a plumbing contractor' s license having passed a satisfactory examination hereunder shall receive from the Board of Health a certificate of recommendation to the Controller of said City for the issuance to said applicant of an annual license upon payment of the sum of Fifteen (15.00 ) Dollars to said City, but before such license is issued to said applicant he shall furnish a bond with surety to the approval of the Controller of said City in the penal sum of Two Thousand (4,000.00) Dollars, conditional to reimburse 'said City of South Bend for all damages caused by any act or omission of said plumbing contractor, or any of his agents, to any property which the city may own or for which it may be repponsible, and to hold said City of South Bend free and harmless from all claims for damages on account of the negligence or misfeasance of the plumber, and from all cost and expense growing out of the defense of such claims. Said bond is to be in force from the date of its acceptance and the issuance of license by said Controller for a term of one year, and both licenses and bond must be renewed annually, and no other bond shall be required of such plumber by any other department of the City, except for making excavations in the street. Section 5. That each member of the Examining Board excepting the City Plumbing inspector shall receive as compensation for services in connection with such examination the sum of 62. 50 for the examination of each applicant. Said sum to be payable same as other contractual ob- lifations of said City are now payable. The fee of 1;;;5.00 payed by the applicant at time of filing application for examination shall be deposited by the Board of Health same as other receipts by said Board are now dep- osited. Section6. The provisions of this ordinance as to examination shall not apply to any plumbing contractors, commonly known as master plumbers, now duly licensed and qualified under the provisions of any ordinance or plumbing code now in effect. -2-