Sec. 161. - Contracts—when void.

All contracts, agreements or other obligations entered into and all ordinances passed, resolutions and orders adopted, contrary to the provisions of the preceding sections, shall be void, and no person whatever shall have any claim or demand against the city thereunder, nor shall the council, or any officer of the city, waive or qualify the limits fixed by any ordinance, resolution or order, as provided in section 159, or fasten upon the city any liability whatever, in excess of such limits, or release any party from an exact compliance with a contract under such ordinance, resolution, or order.

(Amended 11-3-98.)