The San Francisco call., 1898-05-10
PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS.
 PROPoSALS-For Burial of Indigent Dead Office of the Clerk of the Board of Super vsprs of the City and County of San Fran In accordance with Resolution No. 111i (Fourth Series) of the Board of Supervisors, SEALED PROPOSALS will be received in open session of the Board of Supervisors on MON DAY AFTERNOON, May l6, 1898, from 2:90 to 3 clock. for the interment or the indigent dead as are required to be buried at the charge of the City and County of San Francisco. in cluding tue City and County Smallpox Hos i. 1898, and ending June 3O 1899. in such ceme tery or cemeteries ill this or other counties wherein buriais may be allowed.
 NOTICE-The collins to be made of three uuarter-inch surface redwood clear lumber, 10 be lined with muslin and piilowed inside and to be shellacked and yarnlshed outside, and the screws In all smallpox cases the coffin shall be lined with No 10 zinc instead of with mus lin and dramatically sealed and all collins used must be subject to the inspection and approval of the officer in charge of the insti tution from which the body of the decedent is to be buried, and must in all cases be taken to such institution for the purpose of having the deceased placed therein.
 No bid will be considered from any party who has not been engaged in the undertaking busi- ness in this city and county and conducted said business in reputable manner for period of at least six months immediately preceding the date hereof.
 least six feet.
  where it lies awaiting burial within a period of twenty-four hours after death, except by ex- press order of the superintendent officer in charge of said institution.
 The contractor wilf~be required in all cases on the death of the indigent person from in fectious disease to inter the body of said de- cedent within such time may be designat ed by notice from the superintendent or officer in charge of the institution where the death may have occurred, and in all other cases within thirty-six hours after notification by the pro- per officer.
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 The contractor will further be required to convey the bodies of decedents committed to his charge for interment direct from the in- stitution from which he receives the same to the cemetery, and then and there bury the same. And will not be permitted upon any consideration to convey such bodies to any in- termediate resting place, or to keep the same in his custody for longer period than that re- quired for their transit to the cemetery. should the friends of any decedent apply at lying awaiting burial. for -armission to bury the same, and prove to the superintendent or officer in charge of said institution that their purpose Is to provide decent burial, and that they have no intention and will not allow the body to be used for the purpose of dissection, then and In that the body ce said de- ceased shall be delivered to said friends, who shall take charge thereof and make the neces- sary arrangements for the funeral with any undertaken they may think fit; but in such event the contractor aforesaid shall have no claim against the city for the burial of said decedent.
 The party to whom the contract may be awarded shall be required, in all cases to pro-
 
 wherein the burials have been made a certif- cate of the proper burial of each person under the provisions of his contract and of these specifications; and such certificate must, in all cases, be attached to the demand of said con- tractor when presented to the Board of Super vsors for approval, and must state the names of the decedents and the institutions from which the body procured.
 In case of the violation of any of the above conditions the contract shall be terminated by said city and county.
 The party to whom the contract is awarded will be required prior to or at the time of the execution of said contract, to pay the cost of advertising this notice (and former notfce) in three daily newspapers. amounting in all to six hundred and ifty-five dollars and eighty two cents (:655 S2).
 All internents of indigent persons the ex- penses of which must be borne by the city and county (other than those from any of the public fnsttutions) must be authorized by the health officer issuing permit therefor and all bills for such fnterments to be approved by the health officer prior to being presented to this persons from any of the public institutions to be approved by the superintendent of the insti- tution at which the death occurs, prior to being presented to this board.
 Bidders will estimate and state specific amount for each interment.
 In order to preserve the uniformity and to facilitate the award, the board has resolved to receive no bids unless made upon blank forms prepared by the committee, and 9 certified check for the sum of five hundred (s500) dol lars in favor of and made payable to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors. must be deposited by the bidder, conditioned that If the proposal is accepted and the contract awarded; and if the bidder shall fail or neglect to pay the print ing charges, execute the contract and give a bond of five thousand (s5O00) dollars, required within six days after the award Is made then. and in that case, the said sum shall be col lected and paid into the city and county treas ury by said clerk, as liquidated damages for such failure and neglect
 Blanks furnished by the clerk.
 The board reserves the right to reject all bids if the public good so require.
 JNO. A. RUSSELL, Clerk