The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30

shalloe made for any ol tie oel,tic
 less mon such competitive bidding.
 Aus,ro,osals shall be accompanied
 with acertificate of deposit or certlLeo
 check m a solvent bank in the City
 and County of ten per centuIli -.Ii,+ oit 't.e 4
 amountof the bid, payable at sls,.r ~
 the orde of the Clerk or the oupel
 ors. If he bidder to Wholll thC dn,,s o4 tract is awarded shall for nve days a.
 fer such ward fail or neglect 10 eiikel
 into the tontract and file the requlLeu bond. the Clerk shall draw the nioiey 11
 due on slch certificate or ugpo4rt 5lo 4raos
 check and nay the same lnlo 2 lne .baII
 ury: and lnder no circumstances S4@.. n.. the certificate of deposit or cnecA G t
 the proceeds thereof be reluIhe0 'o
 such defaultlg bidder
 Notices for proposals for furnlsniing
 the aforesaid articles shall nlentloa q, tta
 said articles in general ana sndil os o,
 that the conditions and scheduie lies he found in the office of the Clerk oi
 the Board of Supervisors; anu 4n ba also state that slch articles are lo D
 delivered at such. times, in sucl i, Sr-
 titles, and in such manner, as lHs
 pervisors may designate. Any tioIe OItHI
 may bid separately for any ticie aI
 named. The award as to eacn q! rs liO-
 shall in all cases be made to the lo"e9s
 bidder for such articlt, and Where Io D.o
 embraces more than one article, Ine | Supervisors shall have the right 10 dC- l cept or reject such bid or the bid TOT
 any one or more articles embraceo
 therein Tn the case of contracts TOT
 subsistence of prisoners the adVertlse- ment for proposals shall specify eacn
 article required, the quality thereof | inc quantity for each person, and the | existing and probable number Of per-
 sons to be supplied. No article or ar.
 ticIes provided for in this section shall
 have been made In any prison. ,4ts | Sunervisors shall require bonds with 1 sufficient sureties for the faithful per | fornoance of every contract. The Clefh
 of the Supervisors shall furnish print | cd thanks for all such proposals, con-
 tracts and bonds.
 All bids shall be sealed and delivered ! bv the bidder to the Clerk of the Su-
 pervisors and opened by the Board ar
 an bour and place to be stated In the | advertisement for proposals, m the presence of all bidders who attend ana | tbe bidders may inspect the plos- All bids with alterations or erasuTes
 therein shall be rejected. All articles so supplied shall be subject to lnspec-
 tion and rejection by the SuperVlsors and by the person in char0e or the or fee. institution or department Ior
 which the same are supplied. Every contract for work to be performed TOT the City and County must proVlue lhas in the performance or the onIIdcs eight hours shall be the maXlnlurn hours of labor on any calendar daS' and that the minimum wages Of iapor- CTS employed by the contractor m tne 1 execution of his contract shali De two dollars a day. Any contract TOT WorK to be performed for the City ana Coun- 1 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 or mlS1ea- sance and upon proof or Such InlSled- sance shall be removed from office-
 Sec. 2. All contracts for official ad-
 vertising shall be let annually ln nke manner by the Supervisors to the low est responsible bidder publishing daily newspaper in the City and Coun- ty which has bona fide daily clrcula- tion of at least eight thousand coples' and has been in existence at the time of letting such contract for at least two years. Tn inviting proposals there for such advertising shall not be clas- sified and no proposal shall De acted upon which offers to do such advertis- | Ing at different rates TOT dlHerenl DOT tions thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construed
 to mean the advertising and publica- tion of all official reports, orders, ordi- nances, messages, resolutions, notices inviting proposals and all notices or every nature relating to City work. No part or kind of such advertising shaH be charged or contracted TOT at nlsh.
 CT rate than any other part or klnd or the same is charged or contracted for. 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 official
 newspaper"
 The advertising of the delinque. A ] tax list shall be let to the lowest re- ! sponsible bidder on a separate bidding ] from all other official advertising.
 No board, department or officer shall
 make any publication which is not ex- | o.,th Inv this Charter
 by the Supervisors.
 | Sec. 8. 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 1 City and County with all stationery | and supplies in the nature of station l cry, assessment books, minute books, l blank books and the printing of blanks l The contracts for tionery shall be
 separate from those for printing. | Notice for proposals for supplies shall l 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 l paper shall state the weight, quality | and size of the various kinds required. | and that for printing shall enumerate l the various letter heads, tax bills, tax | receipts, court notices, and all blanks, 1 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. 1 The forms for all printing shall be
 consecutively numbered. and each form | and blank shall be known as No. - l 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- l factured, as the same may be required , 1 from time to time during such period, and the amount of the bond that will be required as security for the perform i anee 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 l contracts must be made with the low