The Daily Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 18??-189?, 1896-03-02
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
notwithstanding

upon said bond his approval i'- Of
! the form thereof. Such bond and the
sureties thereon, shall be subject to ap-
! prevail by the mayor and comptroller but
| they shall not approve any such bond I'M
less the said corporation counsePs
| approval Of the form thereof be Endorsed
thereon, nor unless the sureties on such
bond appear personally before the mayor
and comptroller if required, and are by
| them examined, touching their fitness and
ability to become sureties on such bond;
and it shall be the duty Of SUCH mayor
and comptroller to reject-any person, not
Withstanding his justification subscribed
to the bond, If they shall deem such per-
son of insufficient ability or otherwise
unfit to become a surety on such bond.
Subdivision 4. No contract with said
city for the doing of any public work shall
hereafter be assigned or transferred in any
manner without first having Endorsed
thereon the consent of the board of public
works, and of the suretieS on the con-
ira ctor's bond. and no transfer or assign
ment thereof shall in any wise affect such
bond or the liability of the sureties there
on. and any assignment or transfer with
out such consent and waiver Endorsed
thereon, except by operation of law of any
Sucn contract, shall make the same null
and void, as to any further performance
thereof by the contractor or his assigns
without any act on the part of the city;
and the board of public works shall at once
proceed to re-let such contract, or said
board may, in its discretion, proceed to
complete the same as the agent, and at
the expense of such contractor and mis-
bCndsmen. No assignment, transfer,
abandonment or surrender, either voiun-
tary or otherwise, Of any contract with
the city for the doing of any work or Ia
Dor, or the furnishing of any work or labor,
skill or material, nor any change in any
such contract, nor any extension of time
in which to complete any such contract
shall ever operate to release the SuretieS
ON the bond in this act provided for; and
no such assignment, transfer, abandon
m6nE. surrender. cnanGH extension OF
time shall ever be pleaded as a defense to
any action upon such bond in any court
in this state.
Subdivision S. The board of public
works may, whenever in their judgment
one or more of the Sureties on such bonds
have become insolVent, or for any other
cause are no longer fit and sufficient sure
ties, require any such contractor to file
new or additional bond within ten days
after notice to that effect; and there
upon all work on such contract shall
cease until such additional bond shall be
filed with the city comptroller, and if any
SUCH contractor shall fail for ten days after
notice to that effect to file new or addi-
tional bond as aforesaid, his contract shall
by that fact alone become fully ended
and void as to future performance there
OF by such contractor. And thereupon the
board shall proceed to re-let such contract,
or may, in it's discretion, proceed to COM
plete the same as the agent and at the
expense of such contractor and his bonds
men.
Subdivision s. If any such contract
shall for any reason become ended or
void, and the board of public works shall
complete the same, as in this section pro-
Vided, and the costs of so completing
such contract shall exceed the amount
unpaid by the city upon such contract, at
the time the same shall become ended or
void, in SUCH case it shall be the duty
of the corporation counsel to at once
commence an action in the name of the
city against such contractor and his
bonCSmen for the recovery of the differ
ence in amount between the cost of so
completing such contract and the amount
unpaid by the city upon such contract at
the tune the same became ended or void.
The board of public works is hereby pro-
hibited from entering into any contract
for the doing Of any work or labor or the
furnishing Of any skill or material with
any person, who, within two years prior
thereto, shall have made default in the
payment of any just claim for any work
or labor performed or for any skill or ma
terial furnished pursuant to any such con-
tract with such party OF with any person
who within two years prior thereto shall
nave assigned, abandon ed, surrendered or
failed to complete any such contract, ex-
cept as herein authorized, or who shall
have failed to conaR1y with any Of the
provisions of this& atiou.