The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28

shah he made for any of the same uni less upon such competitive pluuIn5;, pl.t5;oa
 All proposals sha.l be accom- pslitied ad with a certificate of deposit or celtiIitu ntte,
 otaol, on 2 solvent bank in the Clty and County of ten per centum oLl 'l amount of the bid, payable al slsnt ~ the order of the Clerk of the oupe4 | ors. If the bidder to whom tne
 tract is awarded shall for flve odys 4l ter such award fail or negiect so gH. s,ire5 l bond. the Clerk shall draw the HioHey 1 due on such certificate of deposit oi | check and pay the same into the treas ury: and under no circumstances Sii1 l the certificate of deposI or cnech Qo 1 the proceeds thereof De feturneu 'o l such defaulting bidder | Notices for proposals for furnlSnihs the aforesaid articles shall mehtIon said articles in general and snai1 s.d.o that the conditions and scheouie hleI5 be found In the office Of the CIelh 1i the Board of Supervisors; and shall also state that such articles are to oe delivered at such times, in sucn quah- tities and in such manner, Ss the Su. pervisors may designate. Any olda9r may bid separately for any articie named. The award as to eaen at shall in all cases be made to the lowest bidder for such article, and where plu embraces more than one article tno Supervisors shall have the right TO ac- cept or reject such bid or the lplu 1o. any one or more articles emoraceu therein Tn the case of contracts TOT subsistence of prisoners the adVertlSe- ment for proposals shall specify eacn article required, the quality thereon, the quantity for each person, ana the existing and probable number or per sons to be supplied. No article or ar- ticles provided for in this section shaIl have been made in any prison. me Supervisors shall require bonds with sufficient sureties for the faithful per formance of every contract. The C!erk of the Supervisors shall furnish print ed blanks for all such proposals, con" tracts and bonds.
 All bids shall be sealed and delivered by the bidder to the Clerk of the Su- pervisors, and opened by the Board at an hour and place to be stated Tn the advertisement for proposals, in the presence of all bidders who attend, ana the bidders may inspect the bids. AH bids with alterations or erasures therein shall be rejected. All artlcles so supplied shall be subject to 1nspec- tion and rejection by the SuperVlSorS and by the person in char"e or the or flee, institution or department 1or 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
 
 and that the minimum wages or iapor- CTS employed by the contractor 1n the execution of his contract shall De two dollars day. Any contract TOT Wofk to be performed for the City and Coun- 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 misfea- sance and upon proof Of such mls1ea- sance shall be removed from ofnce.
 ofc official 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 at the time of letting such contract for at least two years Tn inviting proposals there for, such advertising shall not be cias- sified and no proposal shall be acted upon which offers to do such adVerts- 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, ordf- nances, messages. resolutions. notices inviting proposals and all notices or every nature relating to City work. No part or kind of such advertising shall be charged or contracted for at high CT rate than any other part or Slnd or the S3 me IS CudTSSQ OI CiJhtAtCIS0 ACl' except in the case of the delinquent tax 1 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 delinqueAt tax list shall be let to the lowest re- sponsibIe bidder on separate bidding from all other ,fficfal advertising.
 No board. department or officer shall
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 pressly authorized by this Charter or by the Supervisors.
 Sec. 8. The Cl&rk 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 cry, assessment books, minute books, blank books and the printing of blanks. The contracts for 7tionery 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 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.s and the amount of the bond that will bess required as security for the perform ance of the contract.
 No stationery furnished to any otfi- l cer or department shall contain the
 name or names of the officer or o1fl-
 cers constituting the head of the de- partment or board The contract or l contracts must be made with the low l est bidder offering adequate security,