The San Francisco call., 1898-03-31


 shall be made for any of the same un- less upon such competitive bidding. | All proposals shall be accompanied with a certificate of deposit or certified | check on a solvent bank in the City and County of ten per centum on the amount of the bid, payable at sight to the order of the Clerk of the Supervls- | ors. If the bidder to whom the con- | tract is awarded shall for five days aI- ter such award fail or neglect 10 enter | into the contract and file the required bond. the Clerk shall draw the money due on such certificate of deposit or l check and pay the same into the treas- i ury: and under no circumstances shall the certificate of deposit or check o- | the proceeds thereof be returned 10 such defaulting bidder.
 | Notices for proposals for furnishing | the aforesaid articles snail mention said articles in general and shall state that inc conditions and schedule may be found in the office of the Clerk or the Board of Supervisors; ana shan also state that such articles are to De delivered at such times, III sucH qu1n- titles, and in such manner, as the 9u- | pervisors may designate. Any t.uS pnuuSr may bid separately for any !i aL.icie named. The award as to eaGl il'1 1+ tiCIe shall in all cases be made to the iOwess ts:s bidder for such article, ana WneIS uio embraces more than one artlcle, tnd Supervisors shall have the rlghC .o eO cept or reject such bid or the plu aos any one or more articles emDraceu therein. In the case of contracts aof subsistence of prisoners the aoVerlIsS ment for proposals shall specuy eaIn article required, the quality lhereol' the quantity for each person, ana tna existing and probable numper od per ticles provided for in this section snan have been made in any prison. tue @ Supervisors shall require bonus "Ith sufficient sureties for the falLnIui olI,- peL formance of every contract. !ne o!e.H of the Supervisors shall furnish print ed blanks for all such proposdls' ooN tracts and bonds.
 All bids shall be sealed and deiiVereo by the bidder to the Clerk or the Su- pervisors, and opened by the Boaru dt an hour and place to be stated Tn tne advertisement for proposals, m lns the bidders may inspect the p1ds. All bids with alterations or erasures therein shall be rejected. All artlcles so supplied shall be subject 10 lnspec- tion and rejection by the SuperVlsors and by the person in charoA or the or 6ce Institution or department for which the same are supplied. Every contract for work to be performed TOT the City and County must provide tnat in the performance Of the contract
  hours of labor on any calendar day' and that the minimum wages or iapor- CTS employed by the contractor Tn the execution of his contract shall De two dollars a day. Any contract Tor Worh to be performed for the City ana Coun- ty which does not comply Wl.h .i,T ,,1, pru, o,c visions of this section shall De nun anu void. and any officer who shall slgn the same shall be deemed guilty Of misrea- sance and upon proof of such misfea- sance shall be removed from office.
 Sec. 2. All contracts for official ad- vertising shall be let annually Tn Ike manner bv the Supervisors to the low ast resnonsibIe bidder publishing 1 daily. newspaper in the City and Coun- tv which has a bona fide daily clrcuia- tion of at least eight thousand copleS' and has been in existence at the tune of letting such contract for at ieasI two years. In inviting proposals there for such advertising shall not be clas- sified and no proposal shall be acted unon which offers to do such advert1s- ing at different rates for different DOT tions thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construeo to mean the advertising and puonca- tion of all official reports, orders, ordl- oances. messages, resolutions, notices inviting proposals and all notices or I every nature relating to city Work. NO T part or kind of such advertising snail
  | or rate than any other part or kind or the same is charged or contracted for, I except in the case of the delinquent tax list.
 The newspaper to which the award of such advertising is made shall De | known and deSlSnateu as 'hc OAoio newspaper"
 The advertising of the delinquent tax list shall be let to the lowest rel 1 sponsible bidder on separate ploolns from all other official advertising. :.
 No board. department or onlcer shali make any publication which is not ex- pressly authorized by this Charter or by the Supervisors.
 Sec. 8. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall annually, under the direction or the Supervisors, advertise for pro- posals for supplying the various departments, officers and offices or the 1 Cfty 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 tionery 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, tn- cluding the forms, papers and blanks now used or hereafter requiredSby 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 Mo- - (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. and the amount of the bond that will De required as security for the perform ance of the contract
 No stationery furnished to any of1- cer or department shall contain the
 name or names of the officer or offl- cers constituting the head of the de- partment or board. The contract or l contracts must be made with the low | est off oAn fn