o. 2441-Am ndment No.2 Regi try No. 1130-05 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMJNI TRATION 

AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENTARY 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PLUMBING CONTRACTING 

INDUSTRY 

(A Division of the Construction Industry) 

AS APPROVED ON APRIL 20, 1935 

'WE DO OUR PARr 

UNITED STATES 

GO ER MEN'T PRJ 'TI 'G OFFICE 

WASHIN' T N: 1935 

For sale b7 tbe Superin tendent of Documents, Waahin~tton. D. C. • - • • - - - - - Price 6 cenf.::l 
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This publication is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government 

Printing Office, Washington, D. C., and by the following N. R. A. offices: 

Atlanta, Ga. : 625 Citizens & Southern National Bank Building. 

Baltimore, Md. : 130 Customhouse. Birmingham, Ala.: 201 Liberty National Life Building. 

Boston, Ma ss. : Room 1200, 80 Federal Street. 

Buffalo, N. Y. : 21!) White Building. 

Chicago, Ill.: R oom 204, 400 North Michigan Avenue. 

Cleveland, Ohio. : 520 Bulkley Building. 

Dallas, Te:s:.: 1212 Republic Bank Building. 

D etroit, l\1ich.: 415 New Federal Building. 

Houston , Tex.: 403 l\Iilam Building. 

Ja k onville, Fla.: 42.5 United States Courthouse and Post Office 

Building. 

Los Angeles, Calif. : 751 Figueroa Street, South. 

Louisville. Ky. : 408 F ederal Building. 

l\Iinneal)Olis, l\1inn. : 900 Roanoke Builcling. 

Nashville, Tenn. : 415 Cotton Sta tes Building. 

Nen·ark, N. J. : 434 Industrial Offine Building, 1060 Broad Street. 

New Orleans, La.: 214 Cu stomhouse. 

New York, N. Y.: 45 Broadway. 

Oklah oma City, Okla . : 427 Commerce Exchanp:e Building. 

Philadelphia, Pa.: !333 CcmmercinJ Trust Builcling. 

Pitt burgh, Pa.: 401 Law n. nd Finance Building. P ortla nd, Oreg.: 407 P a rk Building. 

ProYic1ence, R. I.: National Exchange Bank Building, 17 Exchange 

Street. 

St. Louis l\Io.: Suite 1220, 506 Olive Street. 

San Francisco, Ca lif.: I:::umbolt Bank Building, 785 Market Street. 

Sea ttl e, Wash.: 1730 E xcha n "·e Building. 
Approved Code No. 2441-Arnendment No. 2 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PLUMBING CONTRACTING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on April 20, 1935 

ORDER 

APPR VING AuE1\D::\IE NT OF YPPLE:J\Ifu'ITARY ConE OF FAIR 

l\IPETITION FOR THE PL l\IBING ·ON'l'RACTING lND STRY 

A DIY! lOX OF THE CO::X TR TIOK IND TRY 

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sions of this Section impose undue hard hip upon the members of 

the Division within any region or locality or otherwise, and the 

National Industrial Recovery Board may thereupon stay, revise, or 

amend said provisions as it may determine is necessary to effectuate 

the policy declared by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act. 

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BoARD, 

By W. A. <\ RRIM N, Administrative Officer. 

Approval recommended : 

RoBT. N. CAl\IPBELL, 

Acting Division Ad1ninistrator. 

'VASHIN9TON, D. c., 

April 20, 1935. 
HEPORT TO TI-IE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDEXT. 

The lrhite !louse. 

IR: This is a report on amrnclments to the Supplementary Code 

of Fair Competition for the Plumbing Contracting Division of the 

onstruction Industry. "hich was approYed by you on 1\Iay 15, 1934. 

The purpose of this amendment is to establish rules and regulations for the establishment and maintenance of bid depositories. 

The bidding proYisions of the Construction Codes are considered 

among the most important :1ncl Yital to the industry. 

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pnty Administrator in his final report on said amendment 

(3) 

et forth and on the basis of 

and the Code as amended ar 

econom1c process haYc not 

ri or to approval of said 
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For the e reasons, therefore, the National Indu trial Recovery 

Board has approved said amendments to the Plumbing Contracting 

Indu try's Chapt er of the Cede of Fair Competition of the Con- struction In lu try. 

For the National Industrial Recovery Bo::trcl : 

APRIL 20, 1935. 

\V. A . I-IARPJ"l\IAN , 

A d minhst'J'ativ e Office1·. 
AMEXDMENT T UPPLEMENTARY 

O~IPETITION F R THE PLUl\iBIN 

INDU TRY 

ODE OF FAIR 

CONTRA TING 

A Dl nqox F THE OXSTRG TIOK IND TRY 

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Amend Article IV b) adding the following a :1 new c tion: 

.E TIO~ 5. (a) The DiYi ional Code Authority may de ignate 

impartial bid clepo itorie for the purposes of Section 7, Article V 

of this Chapter and may exerci e the powers conferred herein and 

in Section 7 Arti le ' of this Chapter. (b) Each bid depo. itory hall function for a definite territory 

pre cribed by the Divisional Code Author~ty. Rules and regulation governing bid depo itories may be adopted by the Divi ional 

Code Authority ubject to the approval of the National Indu trial 

Recovery Board. Thereafter bid depositories hall function subject to uch rule and regulations. 

(c) The Divisional Code Authority c:hall maintain on file in it 

principal office the name address, and juri diction of each bid 

depo ·itory e tabli he l a herein provided and all determination , rules and regulation pertaining thereto establi heel pur uant to 

any provi.jon hereinabove or pur uant to any provi ion of ection 

7 Articl V, of thi hapter and hall supply upon reque t information with re pect th ret f r any juri diction or area. 

1. An regional an lj or local admini trative committ a tabli ~hed by the Divi ional od Authority shall maintain on file the 

name addre an l juri liction of each bid lepo itory e tablishe l 

within it re pe tive t rritor and all determination , rul and 

reaulati n tabli h d pur uant to an) provi ion hereinabove or 

pur uant to any provi ion of Section 7~ Article V, of thi hapt r, 

pertainino· to uch lepo ·itor. ' an l hall upply ur on r qu 't information ith r 'I ect th reto f r any su h bid depo itory. 

( l) The Divi ional ode Authority hall u. e d po it ry :fee 

impo eel a provi l cl in i n 7~ Article V f thi hart r, olely 

t pa the expense of operatina bid clepo itori . 1. c unt of th r ipt. and xp ncliture of ail l p itori 

hall ba kept and th . ame hall be op n for in I ti n b the 

N ati nal Ind u ·trial e Yer B ar l or a r pr en ta ti"~· th r of. 

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Seventy-five ($75) Dollars for work or services to oo performed 

within the Division, shall submit such bid only in writing, and each 

such member shall file, as hereinafter provided, a sealed duplicate 

copy thereof (and of all revisions) with the Divisional Cocle Authority or an impartial depository designated by such Divisional Code 

Authority; 

(b) Filing shall consist of actual delivery to the Divisional Code 

Authority or the designated depository at least two hours prior to 

submitting the bid, or of mailing such copy of said bid, accompanied 

in either case by the proper fee; provided, if mailed, the envelope 

be properly stamped and addressed and bear a postmark dated not 

later than two hours prior to the submitting of such bid; 

(c) In case of all combination bids (including revisions thereof) 

the bid (or revision) for work not included in this Division shall be 

se9arate and distinct from any bid for work within this Divi ion~ 

(d) For the purpose of. this section identical ( e.s:cept for name 

and address of recipient) copies of the same bid given to different 

persons for the same job shall be considered as one bid; 

(e) Each copy of a bid filed in accordance with rules herein 

established shall be accompanied by a depository fee pursuant to the 

following schedule: 

$75 to $250--------------------------------------------- 25¢ 

$2'50 to $500--------------------------------------------- 50¢ 

$500 to $750--------------------------------------------- 75¢ $750 to $1,000 or oyer_ ____________________________________ 1. 00 

Provided, however, that the above schedule of tees may be modified 

by the Divisional Code Authority pursuant to the powers, conferred by the provisions of Section 5 (b), Article IV, of this 

Chapter.1 

(f) A bid as used in this Section or in Section 5, Article IV, of 

this Chapter, shall be construed to mean any offer or estimate, in 

competition or otherwise, or any revision thereof, submitted by a 

member of this Division to an awarding authority or purchaser, or 

any agent thereof, for the execution of a specific project or a part 

thereof, or the rendition of a specific service, within this Division; 

(g ) Any present or future member of this Division submitting a 

hid as defined in this Section for any work or services within this 

Division, knowing of no bid depository having jurisdiction of the 

job or project, shall make inquiry of the Divisional Code Authority 

or the regional or local administrative committee as to such facts as 

"'aid Divisional Code Authority or committee is required to maintain 

under the provisions of Section 5, Article IV, of this Chapter, concerning the existence of establishment of a bid depository and all 

duly established rules for the area or areas in which the job or 

project is located. 

(h) The bid depository or the Divisional Code Authority shall 

hold said copy sealed and confidential until at least twenty-four (24) 

hours after the bid is due, or until after the letting of the contract, 

following which tabulations of all copies of bids in competition may 

be disclosed to each bidder. 

1. Bids found not to be in competition shall be returned to the bidder unopened together with the filing fee, subject, however, to such 

1 See paragraph 3 of order appnwing this Amendment. 
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~me plumbing Yi·ork or 

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rticle V i amended bv adding the follo·wing n w .-ection : 

SECTION 17. T submit a bid a definied in S ction 7 of this 

Article embracing work or erYice within the cope of the DiYi ·ion, 

to an owner or any oth r p rson cmTe paneling to an awardino· au- th rit or any agen y th r of not bound by the proYi ion of this 

ode · unle an such owner or per on expre sly a O're to comply ''ith the reo·ulation pro ·idecl in \_rti le \ II Chapter I of the ode 

of Fair ompetition f r the Con truction Inclu try governing an 

a war ling authority. 

Appr Yed Code No. 24-!1-Am nlment N . 2. 

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