Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-02-14
PROPOSALS
-FOR-
FURNISHING SUPPLIES
10 THE-
STATE PRIS0 0Ns
SAN QUENTIN AND FOLSOM.
OFFICE OF THE
STATE BOARD OF PRISON DIRECTORS,
No. 40 KEARnY STREET, Room 2,


san FRANCISCO, February l. 1881.
DY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
Id passed at the session held on the 14th day of
JANUARY, 1881, sealed proposals will be received at
this office until u o'clock NJ ON TUESDAY, the 10Th
day of FEBRUARY, 1881, for supplies to be furnished
and delivered to the Wardens of the State Prisons
at San Quentin and Folsom, for the use OF said
Prisons, for the term OF four months, beginning
MARCH l. 1881, and ending JUNE 80, 1881.
Separate bids will be received for each OF the fol-
lowing classes of goods:
Groceries Bacon, Pork and Lard Butter Cheese
and Hams Beans Onions, Potatoes Cabbage and
Carrots; Flour; Meals, etc Tobacco (best Navy !;
Barley, Oats and Bran; Hay and Straw; Coal;
Shoe Findings; Dry Goods and Cloth State Prison
Flannels and Cassimeres Blankets; Cement, Lime
and Sand; Paints Oils and Glass; Stationery
Metals, Tin and Hardware; Crockery, etc. Lum.
ber; Drugs and Medicines ; Mutton, Fresh Beef
and Beef Cattle The Cattle must be delivered on
foot in the State Prison Corras, and passed upon
by the Wardens The bids to be for the net weight
OF the beef; the hides, tallow and all the offal to
belong to the State.
Printed schedules containing quantity and quality
of each class of articles required will be furnished
bidders on application at this office.
Parties to whom awards are made will be
required to furnish the articles contracted
for upon the requisition of the Wardens, at
the times and in the quantities demanded by
said officers.
All articles furnished must be Of the best quality of
the class mentioned in any schedule and OF full weight
and subject to the approval of the Wardens, and
must be delivered at the State wharf at San
Quentin and at Folsom, in such quantities and
at such times as shall be required, and to
be weighed by authority of the Wardens. Any
article found below weight as fixed by schedule,
or otherwise or failing in quality, will be returned
at the expense of the contractor.
Parties bidding must in the schedule give the
price per pound gallon ton, bale yard, etc, in the
column under Proposed Price"
No bid viii be considered unless made upon the
schedule prepared, and such contract shall be
limited to bona de dealers in the several classes of
articles contracted for.
Each bidder must accompany his bid with certi-
fed check upon some well known and responsible
banking house for at least 10 per cent. of the
amount of his bid, payable to the order of AUG.
H. CHAPMAN, President of said Board, the condition
being that if any party to whom contract shall be
awarded shall fail to give the bond required by
the Board of Directors for the faithful performance
of his contract, the check accompanying said partys
bid shall be forfeited to the State
The party to whom an award shall be made Will
be.required to give bond with two more sure
ties to the satisfaction OF the Board, and in an
amount equal to 20 per centum of the contract,
ditioned for the faithful performance thereof.
If there should be required more OF any article than
is mentioned in the schedule it must be furnished at
the contract price and if any less is required, the
Wardens will only pay for the quantity ordered
The bids will be opened at Il o'clock NJ. on
! TUESDAY, the 18th day of FEBRUARY, 1881, in
open session of the Board at this office, and to the
lowest responsible bidder the contract will be
awarded
Payments will be made in thirty days from the
end of the month in which such merchandise skall
have been delivered.
Bids must be addressed to the State Board of
Prison Directors, Postoffice, San Francisco, and
indorsed envelope Proposals for Furnishing
Supplies" giving the general name as on schedule.
AUG. II. CHAPMAN, President.
JEROME SPAULDING, Secretary
Dated February l, 1881. fel lat