The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-26
CITY NOTICES.

FIVE ~ per cent. or the bid. ana no BID
viii Be considered unless accompanied by
saI4 check.
The successful bidder viii Be required 10
enter into contract and furnish salts
factory bond fer the amount required -
the city charter and The Avs ef the state
Of Washington, wIthla ten dsys after be-
Ing notified Of the swSrd 81 the eoatract
10 him; failing 30 10 40. the said check
aud the amount fixed therein wiz ee for
fsited 70 he city. No person is eligible
prior 70 the letting Of said contract made
default IN payment ef aay jus. claim
fer any work or saoor performed or any
skill or material furnished pursuant 20
any such contract as herein advertised.
or who withia said Two years failed 70
complete aay such contracts.
Special attention Is called 70 article XIII
OF the Cisy charter as now in force relat~
ing 10 hours OF labor" and 10 article
wiz. section 81, subs 1 and ,. which read
sec. 81. Subdivision l. Before any con-
tract for the doing OF any work OF labor
or furnishing any skill, labor or material
TO or for the city OF Seattle SHAH De
valid or binding against the city. the con-
tractor shall enter into a joint ana sew
eral bond with the city Of Seattle, for the
use Of the citv, and also for the use OF
ali persons who NAV perform or cause 10
be performed any work or labor. or fur
nish or cause TO be furnished any skill.
labor or material In the execution OF such
contract. conditioned TO perform the con-
tract accot dsng 10 Its terms, conditions
and stipulations, and 20 pay as tney De-
come due all Just claims for al Work
and labor SO performed. and all SKIN or
labor and material so furnished in the
execution OF said contract. and TO COM
ply with all the requirements OF the char
ter and ordinances Of the city ana the
amendments thereto. which bond shah be
In an amount fixed by the beard OF pub
lie works, but not less than 30 per cent
more than the contract price agreed 10 oe
paid for the performance OF such con-
tract. and shall be duly signed by such
contractor. and two or more good and
sufficient sureties, and after being APP
proved as herein provided, shall be flied
in the office of the city comptroller, pro-
viding that before approving any such
bond the mayor and comptroller shall
cause 20 be fled with and preserved by
them, by the proposed sureties. list OF
the properties owned by each of such
proposed sureties. such list describing with
reasonable certainty the various proper
ties and showing whether the same Is
community property or separate properly
and the encumbrances thereon. The bond
or provisions required by any state law.
and such bond shall be deemed 10 run
also 10 the state OF Washington.
Subdivision ?. The sureties on such bond
shall each justify as bail upon arrest.
More than two sureties may be accepted
: on such bond, and they may justify in
separate and different sums less than the
sum specified in such bonds provided.
that the aggregate of their justification
shall be equal 20 two sureties justifying
in double the amount OF the bond in the
manner herein provided.
The board of public works reserves the
right 10 reject any and AL bids.
Proposals must he Endorsed on envelope
IBID for Main Street Improvement From
Eighth 10 Ninth Avenues"
BY order OF the board OF public works.
FRANK OLESON, Secretary.
Date of first publication, February 10th.
1897.