The San Francisco call., 1898-04-14

| the prOV1SlODS III lIlS CndIlSi pAONiueQ as to competitive bidding for supplies 1 are strictly followed, and no contract shall be made for any of the same un-
 less upon such competitive bidding.
 All proposals shall be accompanied with a certificate of deposit or certified check on a solvent bank in the City and County of ten per centum on the amount of the bid, payable at sight to the order of the Clerk of the SuperV1s- ors. If the bidder to whom the con- | tract is awarded shall for five Gays ar- 1 ter such award fail or neglect to enter | into the contract and file the required l bond the Clerk shall draw the money l due on such certificate of deposit or check and pay the same into the treas. | ury; and under no circumstances small the certificate of deposit or checK o- the proceeds thereof be returned to such defaulting bidder.
 | Notices for proposals for furnishing the aforesaid articles shall mention said articles in general and shall state that the conditions and schedule may be found in the office of the Clerk or the Board of Supervisors; ana snan also state that such articles are 10 pe delivered at such times, in such quan- | titles, and in such manner, as the ou- pervisors may designate. Any pluuTr may bid separately for any articIe named The award as to each article shall in all cases be made to the lowest bidder for such article, and where uIu embraces more than one article the Supervisors shall have the right 10 ac- cept or reject such bid or the olu TOT any one or more articles empraceo therein Tn the case of contracts TOT subsistence of prisoners the advertlse- ment fer proposals shall speclIy edcH article required, the quality tnerevl' the quantity for each person, anu tne existing and probable number or per sons to be supplied. No article or ar, ticles provided for in this section snan have been made in any prison. Ine W Supervisors shall require oonos Wlth sufficient sureties for the faithful per forn1ance of every contract. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall furnish print cd blanks for all such proposals coh- tracts and bonds.
 All bids shall be sealed and delivered by the bidder to the Clerk or the Su- pervisors, and opened by the Board at an hour and place to be stated HI t .he advertisement for proposals, III tns presence of all bidders who attend ana the bidders may inspect the bids. All bids with alterations or erasures therein shall be rejected. All artlcles so supplied shall be subject to inspec- fion and reflection by the Supervisors and by the person in char of the or fee. institution or department TOT which the same are supplied Every contract for work to be performed TOT the City and County must provide that in the performance of the contract eight hours shall be the maximum hours of labor on any calendar day' and that the minimum wages or lapor- CTS employed by the contractor In tne execution of his contract shall De tWo dollars a day. Any contract TOT cn',r murN to be performed for the City ana Coun- ty which does not comply with the pro- visions of this section shall be null anu void and any officer who shall s1gn the same shall be deemed guilty of misIea- sance and upon proof of such rnlsIea- sance shall be removed from oInce-
 Sec. g. All contracts for official ad- vertising shall be let annually in like manner by the Supervisors to the low est responsible bidder publishing 6 daily newspaper in the City ana Coun- ty which has a bona f1de daily c1rcula- tion of at least eight thousand coples' and has been in existence st the time of letting such contract for at least two years. Tn inviting proposals there for, such advertising shall not De cIas- sified and no proposal shall be acted upon which offers to do such advert1s- ing at different rates fo~ d11Ierent DOT tions thereof
 Such advertising shall be construed to mean the advertising and publica- tion of all official reports, orders, oroi- nances, messa ges, resolutions. notices inviting proposals and all notices or every nature relating to City work. No part or kind of such advertising shall he charged or contracted for at h1gn- CT rate than any other. part or Rnd or the same is charged or contracted Ior' except in the case of the delinquent tax list.
 The newspaper to which the award of such advertising Is made shall be known and designated as the "of1cleI newspaper.
 The advertising of the delinquent tax list shall be let to the lowest re- sponsible bidder on separate bidding 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 of station 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 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 conseoutively 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 De required as security for the perform ance of the contract.
 No stationery furnished to any off, 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