The San Francisco call., 1898-04-07

es @ to competitive bidding for supplies ara S+rictly followed, and no contract | shall be made for any of the same uh- | less upon such competitive pluulhS. ! All proposals shall be accoihpaaniaiedd with a certificate of deposit or cerll1ieu Hie., ohen, oo . solvent bank in the City and County of ten per centu1n ot 't ~, | amount of the bid, payable at slsnt eo | tbe order of the Clerk of the SuperVlS- ors If the bidder to whom tnI 5n,,s af- tract is awarded shall for ilVe uaS Sa,4er ter such award fail or neglect lo eH .H..eS l into the contract and file the requlIeu bond. the Clerk shall draw the it lIit or | due on such certificate Of deposIt U check and pay the same lhlo o, lno sbalI ury; and under no circuIlste,lC1 o1,oc1r o-- ! the certificate of deposit oi oi.,nned to | the proceeds thereon De
 such defaulting bidder. ,,,re l Notices for proposals for furnlsltiiS l the aforesaid articles, Shall u .stata said articles in general ana snaiI ii nnav | that the conditions and scheur Crio-t- or | be found in the office or the rhou l the Board of Supervisors; ana oid. Ia 1 also state that such articles are to Do delivered at such times in sucn quS S,,- l titles and in such manner, as lnc
 pervisors may designate Any .t;oIa may bid separately for any .tiois named. The award as to each osS a! ..o shall in all cases be made to the lo"S1s bidder for such article, and Where tua l embraces more than one artlcIe' llI0 Supervisors shall have the right 10 s s. 1 cept or reject such bid or the od pIu l any one or more articles emprdCseu s therein. In the case of contracts TOT subsistence of prisoners the adVertlSv, t,- ment for proposals shall speclty eac,i article required, the quality thsi tIt' the quantity for each person, anu tr.o existing and probable number ol pe sons 10 be supplied No article or a[ ! IaI for n section have been made in any prison LIS Lue S11pervisors shall require bondS Witi sufficient sureties for the falLnIuI I,. p formance of every contract. The .,S,+ C.a of the Supervisors shall furnlsn p,a oor- ed blanks for all such propoSdlS' " | tracts and bonds.
 All bids shall be sealed and deilVerIeu by the bidder to the Clerk of the Su. pervisors, and opened by the boalu
 an hour and place to be stated III th .,,o advertisement for proposals, III presence of all bidders who attenu' d.n , the bidders may inspect the b1ds- All bids with alterations or erasuIes therein shall be rejected. All artlcIeS so supplied shall be subject to lnspsc- tion and rejection by the super ISoi | and by the person in char or tne ci | fee, institution or departnle1TS au which the same are supplied fVsLy l contract for work to be perfor!neo TOT the City and County must proVlue at lliat | in the performance of the contIa aD1 | eight hours shall be the naxlmurn l bonrs of labor on any calendar day, | and that the minimum wages or ianor- | CTS employed by the contractor ln tns execution of his contract shall De tWp dollars day. Any contract TOT woIh to be performed for the City ana Coun- l tv which does not comply with the pro- visions of this section shall be null ana void, and any officer who shall sign the same shall be deemed guilty of m1sfea- sance and upon proof of such rnls1ea- sance shall be removed from of1ce-
 Sec. 2. All contracts for official ad- vertising shall be let annually in like manner by the Supervisors to the low est responsible bidder publishing daily newspaper in the City and Coun- ty which has a bona fide daily clrcula- tion of at least eight thousand copies, and has been in existence ac the tlrne of letting such contract for at least two years. In inviting proposals there for. such advertising shall not be clas- sifed and no proposal shall be acted upon which offers to do such adVertls- ing at different rates for different DOT tions thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construed to mean the advertising and publica- tion of all official reports. orders, ordl- nances, messages. resolutions, notlces inviting proposals and all notices or 1 every nature relating to City work. No mart or kind of such advertising shall be charged or contracted for at h1gn- CT rate than any other part or klnu oI the same is charged or contracted 1or' except in the case of the delinquent tax list.
 The newspaper to which the award of such advertising is made shall De known and designated as the oHlclai newspaper" ,
 The advertising of the delinquent ! tax list shall be let to the lowest re- - [ a from all other official advertising.
 No board. department or officer shall make any publication which IS not ex- pressly authorized by this Charter or by the Supervisors.
 Sec. 3. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall annually, under the direction of the Supervisors, advertise for pro- posals for supplying the various departments, officers and offices of the City and County with all stationery and supplies in the nature or station
 cry, assessment books, minute books, blank books and the printing of blanks.
 The contracts for ionery shall be separate from those for printing.
 Notice for proposals for supplies shall
 require a greater or less quantity to be delivered at such times and in such manner as the Supervisors may desig- nate. The advertisement for bids for
 paper shall state the weight quality and size of the various kinds required, and that for printing shall enumerate 1 the various letter heads, tax bills. tax receipts, court notices, and all blanks, papers and documents now used or hereafter required in any and all de- partments of the City and County, in-
 cluding the forms, papers and blanks now used or hereafter required by the
 courts of the City and County.
 The forms for all printing shall be consecutively numbered, and each form
 and blank shall be known as No. -
 (specifying the number). Such adver-
 tisement shall be published for at least
 ten days, and shall require the bidders
 to state the price at which each arti-
 cle will be furnished, printed or manu-
 factured as the same may be required
 from time to time during such period, and the amount of the bond that will be
 required as security for the perform
 ance of the contract.
 No stationery furnished to any ofti-
 cer or department shall contain the
 name or names of the officer or off,
 cers constituting the head of the de-
 partment or board. The contract or
 l.