The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
soard. Before the award of any con

Roard Before the award of any con | tract for doing any work author1zeo py | this Article. the Board shall cause no- | tice to be posted consptcuouSly Ill Us l office for not less than five dayS' ano
 published for the same time, invtlins i sealed proposals for the Worh ColieeiLi-
 plated; except, however, tnat na6i,s wilen as
 repairs or improvement, not eAce1u,Ae an estimated cost of five hundred ooI-
 lars. shall be deemed of urgent neceS- | sity by the Board, such repairs or m proyement may be made by the Board | under written contract or olherwlso' without advertising for sealeo piopo-
 sals.
 Sec. 16. Said advertisement ana no
 tice shall invite sealed proposals 10 pc | delivered at & certain day ana nour ILL | the office of the Board for furnishing
 the materials for the proposed Work, or | for doing said work, or for both, as may
 be deemed best by the Board, ana small l contain a general description of the
 work to be done, the materials 10 De | furnished, the time in which the WorK l Is to be commenced, and when to pc l completed, and the amount or Dond 10
 be given for the faithful performance
 of the contract, and shall refer 10 plans
 and specifications on file in the office of
 the Board for full details and descrlp- | ton of said work and materials. Sec. 16. All proposals shall be made
 upon printed forms to be prepared py 1 the Board, and furnished gratuitously
 upon application, with form for the | affidavit hereinafter provided for print
 ed thereon. Each bid shall have there 1 on the affidavit of the bidder that such | bid Is genuine, and not collus1Ve or
 sham; that he has not coLuded, con-
 spired, connived or agreed. directly or l indirectly, with any other bidder or | ylo a
 such other person shall refrain from 1 bidding; and has not in any manner
 sought by collusion to secure any ad-
 vantage against the City and county l or any person interested in said im-
 provement, for himself or any other l person. All bids shall be clearly and
 distinctly written, without any erasure | or interlineation, and if any bid shall | have an erasure or interlineat1on IL | shall not be received or considered by
 the Board. Any contract made in vio- | lation of any of the foregoing provl-
 sions, and in the case of improvement
 of streets, any assessment for the work
 done under such contract. shall be ab-
 solutely void.
 All proposals offered shall be accom-
 panied by check. certified by & re- l sponsible bank, payable to the order or l the Clerk of the Supervisors, for an
 amount not less than ten per centum l of the aggregate of the proposal. ana | no proposal shall be considered unless
 accompanied by such check. 1 No person, corporation or firm shall l be allowed to make, ffle or be interest
 ed in, more than one bid for the same
 work. If on the opening of said bids
 more than one bid appear in which the
 same person, corporation or firm Is fn-
 terested, all such bids shall be rejected. | Sec. +. On the day and at the hour | specified in said notice inviting sealed
 proposals the Board shall assemble and
 remain in session for at least one hour, | and all bids shall be delivered to the
 Board while 1t is so In session, and | within the hour named in the adver-
 tisement. No bid not so delivered to | the Board shall be considered. Each 1 bid as 1t shall be received shall be num- l bered and marked Filled" by the Pres l ident and authenticated by his sigma
 ture At the expiration of the hour | stated In the advertisement within
 which the bids will be received, the | Board shall, in open session, open, ex-
 anime and publicly declare the same, | and an abstract of each bid shall be re- | corded in the minutes of the Board by l the Secretary. Before adjourning, the | Board shall compare the bids with the | record made by the Secretary, and shall l thereupon, at said time, or at such l other time, not exceeding twenty days l thereafter, as the Board may adjourn 1 to, award the contract to the lowest l bidder, except as otherwise herein pro-
 vided Notice of such award shall l the Secretary of the Board in some
 conspicuous place in the office of the
 Board, and be published for the same period of time.
 The Board may reject any and all
 bids, and must reject the bid of any
 party who has been delinquent or un-
 faithful in any former contract with | the City and County, and all bids oth-
 CT than the lowest regular bid; and on accepting said lowest bid, shall there
 upon return to the proper parties the | checks corresponding to the bids so re- | jected. If all the bids are rejected, the | Board shall return all the checks to l the proper parties and again invite sealed proposals as in the first tn- | stance.
 ed bid shall be held by the Secretary of the Board until the contract for doing l said work, as hereinafter provided, has
 been entered into, whereupon said cer- | tified check shall be returned to said 1 bidder.
 1 If said bidder fails or refuses to en- | ter into the contract to do said work,
 as hereinafter provided, then the certi- fled check accompanying his bid, and | the amount therein mentioned. shall be forfeited to the City and County, and
 shall be collected and paid into the II Public Works nor the Supervisors shall have power to relieve from or remit such forfeiture.
 Sec. IS. If at any time 1t shall be found that the person to whom @ con-
 tract has been awarded has. in pre-
 senting any bid or bids. colluded with
 any other party or parties, for the pur-
 pose of preventing any other bid being
 made, then the contract so awarded
 shall be null and void, and the Board
 shall advertise for a new contract for
 said work.
 Sec. 19. Tn the case of Improvement
 of streets, the owners of the major part of the frontage of lots and lands upon | the street whereon the work Is to be done, or which are liable to be assessed for said work, or, in the case of an
 assessment district. the owners of a
 major part of the superficial area em- braced in such district, or their agents, shall not be required to present sealed proposals, but may, upon making oath
 that they are such owners, or the agents of such owners, within ten days | after the first hosting Of notice of oid