The San Francisco call., 1898-04-02

are strictly followed, ana no contract
 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 slght to
 the order of the Clerk of the SuperVls-
 ors. If the bidder to whom the con
 tract is awarded shall for five days ar ter such award fail or neglect 10 enter
 into the contract and file the requileu
 bond, the Clerk shall draw the niohey | due on such certificate Of depoSll UT check and pay the same into the t[eaS1 ury; and under no circumstances SlidlI
 the certificate of deposit or cneck os 1 the proceeds thereof be returheu to such defauting bidder
 Notices for proposals for furn1snihs 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 snah also state that such articles are to De | delivered at such times, in such quan- l titles, and in such manner, as the Su- pervisors may designate. Any pldoer may bid separately for any articie named: The award as to eacn aIllcle shall in all cases be made 10 the ioWes. bidder for such article, and where plo l
 Supervisors shall have the right to ac- cept or reject such bid or the plo TOT any one or more articles elhpI dCeu therein In the case or contracts Iol subsistence of prisoners the advertlseS- ment for proposals shall speclIy t eacs article required, the quality thereol, the quantity for each person. ana tne existing and probable number or per sons to be supplied. No article or ar ticles provided for in this section snail have been made in any prison. me Supervisors shall require bonqs Wltn sufficient Sureties for the fa1tnIul per formance of every contract. Ine NieIh of the Supervisors shall furnish print ed blanks for all such propoSalS' con- tracts and bonds. Q;
 All bids shall be sealed and delivered by the bidder to the Clerk Of the Su- pervisors, and opened by the Boaru al an hour and place to be stated ln the advertisement for proposals, in tne 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 lnspec. tion and rejection by the Supervisors and by the person in char"e Of the or fee. institution Or department for which the same are supplied. EVery contract for work to be performed TOT the City and County must provide that in the per1OrIndnce oI ILO . eight hours shall be the maximum hours of labor. on any calendar Qay, and that the minimum wages of labor CTS employed by the contractor III lne execution of his contract snail De two dollars a day. Any contract for WorK | to be performed for the City ana Couh- 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 misfea- sance shall be removed from otlce.
 Sec. 2. All contracts for official ad- vertising shall be let annually in ike manner by the Supervisors to. the low est responsible bidder publishing daily newspaper in the City and Coun- tv which has a bona fide daily circula- tion of at least eight thousand copies, and has been in existence at the time of letting such contract for at least two years. In inviting proposals tnere- for. such advertising shall not be clas- | sified and no proposal shall be acted upon which offers to do such advertis- | ing at different rates for different por- l tions thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construed l to mean the advertising and publica- tion of all official reports, orders, ordi- 1 nances messag ges, resolutions, notices inviting proposals and all notices of every nature relating to City work NO part or kind of such advertising snail be charged or contracted for at a hlgh- CT rate than any other part or kind Of the same is charged or contracted for. except in the case of the delinquent tax 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 delinquent l eho1 lat Tn 10 lnWaGf Tp- sponsible bidder on a separate bidding from all other official advertising.
 No board. department or officer shall
 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 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 ,ionery 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 | pdp6I SHdll SldlS l1e WGlSHl, QudlIIy
 and size of the various kinds required,
 and that. for printing sball 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, and the amount of the bond that will be
 required as security for the perform
 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