The San Francisco call., 1898-04-11

purchase or to pay for the same unless the provisions in this Charter provided as to competitive bidding for supplies are strictly followed. and no contract shall be made for any of the same un- less upon such competitive bidding. All proposals shall be accompanied with 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 Supervis- ors. If the bidder to whom the con- tract is awarded shall for five days af- ter such award fail or neglect to enter | into the contract and file the required bond, the Clerk shall draw the money due on such certificate of deposit or check and pay the same into the treas ury; and under no circumstances shall ] the certificate of deposit or check oc l the proceeds thereof be returned to such defaulting bidder.
 Notices for proposals for furnishing the aforesaid articles shall mention said articles in general and shall state | that the conditions and schedule may be found in the office of the Clerk or the Board of Supervisors; and shall also state that such articles are to De delivered at such times, in such quan- titles, and in such manner, as the Su- pervisors may designate. Any bldder may bid separately for any. article named. The award as to each article shall in allscases be made to the lowest bidder for such article, and where a pld embraces more than one article, the Supervisors shall have the right to ac- cept or reject such bid or the bid for any one or more articles embraced therein. Tn the case of contracts Tor subsistence of prisoners the advertise- ment fer proposals shall specl1y eacn article required, the quality thereon, the quantity for each person. and the axic ffr1p and yrnha h1Q nnn0hPr or per- sons to be supplied. No article or ar ticles provided for in this section snail have been made in any prison The Supervisors shall require bonds With 1 sufficient sureties for the faithful per formance of every contract The ClerR 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 in the advertisement for proposals. in the presence of all bidders who attend, ana the bidders may inspect the bids. All bids with alterations or erasures therein shall be rejected. All articles so supplied shall be subject to 1nspec- ton and reflection by the Supervisors and bv the person in char of the of fee, institution or department TOT which the same are supplied. Every contract for work to be performed Tor l,the City and County must provide that in the performance of the contract eight hours shall be the maximum hours of labor on any calendar day, and that the minimum wages of labor | CTS employed by the contractor in the 1 execution of his contract shall be two | dollars a day. Any contract TOT WorR to be performed for the City and Coun- 1 ty 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- l sance and upon proof of such n1isfea- sance shall be removed from office.
 Sec. 2. All contracts for official ad- 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 c1rcula- ! ton of at least eight thousand copies. 1 and has been in existence at the time of letting such contract for at least two years. In inviting proposals lnere- l for, such advertising shall not De clas- l sified and no proposal shall be acted upon which offers to do such adVerts- l ing at different rates fo- different por- tions thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construed to mean the advertising and publfca- i tion of all official reports. orders. ord1- napces messages. resolutions, notices inviting proposals and all notices of every nature relating to City work NO l part or kind of such advertising shali he charged or contracted for at hlgn- CT rate than any other part or kind or the same is charged or contracted TOT. except in the case of the delinquent tax list
 The newspaper to which the award ! of such advertising is made shall De known and designated as the "off1ciai 1 newspaper.
 The advertising of the delinquent
 tax list shall be let to the lowest re- | sponsible bidder on a separate bidding from all other official advertising. =.
 No board department or officer snail make any publica ton which is not ex- | pressly authorized by tnis Charter UT by the Supervisors.
 Sec 8. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall annually, under tn direction of | the Supervisors, advertise for pro- posals for supplying the various
 departmentS, officers and o+tceS or 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 ionery shall be
 separate from those for printing.
 Notice for proposals for supplies shall
 require greater or less quantity 10 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, l papers and documents now use6 or l hereafter required in any and all de- | partments of the City and County. in- cuding 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
 conseoutively 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, and the amount of the bond that will be
 required as security for the perform l ance of the contract.
 No stationery furnished to any off,
 cer or department shall contain the | name or names of the officer or off, cers constituting the head of the de-
 partment or board. The contract or contracts must be made with the low