The San Francisco call., 1898-05-14
PROPOSALS.


 PROPOSALS-For Burial of Indigent Dead
 Office of the Clerk of the Board of Super
 visors of the City and County of San Fran
 cisco, May 10, 1893. ,,,,
 In accordance with Resolution No. nl4 (Fourth Series) of the Board Of super Vlsoi @S ., D SEALED PROPOSALS will be received ln open session of the Board of Supervisors on hiO4S DAY AFTERNOON, May Is. 1895. rom .o -.SV dead as are required to be buried at the cLi0i 5 of the City and County of San Francesca, lu- ciuding the City and County SmaLP1H Spi1a Iuiy pital, for the term of one year, beslhIhs bes, @ 1uiS l. 1898, and ending June 30. 1899, in such i ce!iie tery or cemeteries in this or other oouiieie' wherein bUrtals may be allowed. NOTICE-The collins to be made or three quarter-inch surface redwood clear lumber. ID be lined with muslin and pillowed inside ana to be shellacked and vanished outside, ana tne M tops to be fastened down with not less tlSll siA screws. In all smallpox eases the colntl @ Sndi' be lined with No. 10 zinc instead or with mus mus lin. and hermetically sealed, and all cofllnS used must be subject to the inspection ana approval of the officer in charge or the lllsli tuition from which the body Of the oeceoent IS to be buried, and must in all cases De taken to such institution for the purpose or having the deceased placed therein.
 No bid will be considered from any party Tho has not been engaged in the undertaking pusl- ness in this city and county and conducted sald business in reputable manner for period or at least six months immediately preceding the date hereof.
 The grave to be excavated to a depth of at No body to be removed from the institution where 1t lies awaiting burial within period or twenty-four hours after death. except by ex- press order of the superintendent or officer in charge of said institution.
 The contractor will be required in all cases on the death Of 1he fndigent person from ln- fectious disease to inter the body of said de- cedent within such time as may be designated by notice rom 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.
 The contractor will further be required to convey the bodies of d-cedents 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 termedfate resting place, or to keep the same in his custody for longer period than that re- quired Tor their transit to the cemetery.
 Should the friends of any decedent apply at the institution where such decedent may be lying awaiting burial for -o--~ission 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 ' 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.
 awarded shall be required, in all cases to pro- cure from the superintendent of the cemetery
 
 cate of the proper burial of each person under the provisions of his contract and of these cases. be attached to the demand of said con tractor when presented to the Board of Super visors for approval, and must state the names of the decedentS and the institutions from which the body was 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 at the time of the execution of said contract, to nay the cost of advertising this notice (and former notice) in three daily newspapers, amounting in all to six hundred and ffty-five dollars and eighty two cents (s655 S2).
 All interrnents of indigent persons the ex- penses of which must be borne by the city and county (other than those from any of the public institItions) must be authorized by the health officer issuing a permit therefor and all biiis for such interments 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- tuition at which the death occurs prior to being presented to this board.
 Bidders. will estimate and state a specific amount for each interment.
 Tn order to preserve the uniformity and to facilitate the award, the board has resolved to prepared by the committees and certified check for the sum of five hundred (s5oO dol of the Board of Supervisors, must be deposited by the bidder, conditioned that If the proposal the bidder shall fail neglect to pay the print ing charges. execute the contract and give bond of five thousand (S5O0O) 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 '- '' ~ JNo. A. RUSSELL, clcrk. PROPOSALS for military supplies-36 New Montgomery st., San Francisco, Cal, May 6. 1898 Sealed proposals, in duplicate, will be received here until Il o'clock a. m. May IT
 1898 and then opened, for furnishing this depot aDr supply of Stationery, Ash Barrels. Stove Furniture, Carpet, Office Chairs Clocks Ruzzacott Ovens, Pack-saddie Blankets Sad dlery Hardware, Packing Boxes. Pipe Fit tIngs Lamp Chimneys, Axle Crease, Oiis. Rope. Soap, Zinc and other miscellaneous stores Prefcrence will be given to articles of do- nestle production and manufacture condi- lions of price and quality being equal Gin ciuding in the price of foreign r-oductIons and manufactures the duty thereon) and such preference given to articles of American nroduction and manufacture produced on the Pacific Coast to the extent of the consump- ton required by the public service there The United States reserves the right to ac- cent or reject any all proposals or any Sart thereof. Proposals for delivery at dpSber points will be entertained. Delivery to Commence before July 1st next. Information Furnished on application. Envelopes will be endorsed "Propossadls Tor suPP6l,es; 6n; No. IT, " Ouartermaster, U. s. Army, in charge of Depot
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