The San Francisco call., 1898-04-03

this Article, the Board shall cause mo- t1ce to be posted conspicuously in it's off1ce for not less than five days, and published for the same time, inviting
 sealed proposals for the work contem-
 plated; except, however, that when any repairs or Improvement, not exceeding | an estimated cost of five hundred dol lars, shall be deemed of urgent neces- sity by the Board, such repairs or inn provement may be made by the Board under written contract or otherwise, without advertising for sealed propo- sals.
 Sec. 15. Said advertisement and mo- tice shall invite sealed proposals to be | delivered at a certain day and hour at 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, and shall | contain a general description of the
 work to be done, the materials to be | furnished, the time in which the work | is to be commenced, and when to be completed, and the amount of bond to be given for the faithful performance
 of the contract, and shall refer to plans
 and specifications on file in the office of l the Board for full details and descrip- | tion of said work and materials.
 | Sec. Is. All proposals shall be made upon printed forms to be prepared by the Board, and furnished gratuitously | upon application, with a form for the affidavit hereinafter provided for print ed thereon. Each bid shall have there
 on the affidavit of the bidder that such bid is genuine, and not collusive or 1 sham; that he has not colluded, con- spired, connived or agreed, directly or
 indirectly, with any other bidder or
 person to put in sham bid, or that | such other person shall refrain from bidding; and has not in any manner sought by collision to secure any ad-
 vantage against the City and County, or any person interested in said inn provement, for himself or any other person. All bids shall be clearly and
 distinctly written, without any erasure
 or interlineation, and if any bid shall 1 have an eraSure or. interlineatiOn 1t | shall not be received or considered by
 the Board. Any contract made in vio- lation of any of the foregoing provi- 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- | sponsible bank, payable to the order of l the Clerk of the Supervisors, for an
 amount not less than ten per centum
 of the aggregate of the proposal. and
 no proposal shall be considered unless ny SuCll CIlSCh
 | No person, corporation or firm shall
 be allowed to make, file, or be interest l 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 in- | terested, all such bids shall be rejected.
 Sec. r. 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 l Board while it 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 l bid as it shall be received shall be num-
 bered and marked Filed by the Pres | 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- 1 corded in the minutes of the Board by
 the Secretary. Before adjourning, the
 Board shall compare the bids with the
 record made by the Secretary, and shall i thereupon, at said time, or at such
 other time, not exceeding twenty days | thereafter, as the Board may adjourn l to. award the contract to the lowest l bidder, except as otherwise herein pro-
 vided. Notice of such award shall | forthwith be posted for five days by | the Secretary of the Board in some
 conspicuous place in the office of the
 Board, and be published for the same 1 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 | {I,o oN 0+l,
 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- l jected. If all the bids are rejected, the 1 Board shall return all the checks to | the proper parties and again invite
 sealed proposals as in the first in
 The check accompanying the accept
 ed bid shall be held by the Secretary of | the Board until the contract for doing
 said work, as hereinafter provided, has 1 been entered into, whereupon said cer- tified check shall be returned to said
 bidder.
 If said bidder fails or refuses to en- 1 ter into the contract to do said work,
 as hereinafter provided, then the certi- | fled check accompanying his bid and l the amount therein mentioned, shall be 1 forfeited to the City and County, and l shall be collected and paid into the
 General Fund Neither the Board of
 Public Works nor the Supervisors shall l have power to relieve from or remit such forfeiture.
 Sec. 1S. If at any time 1t shall be | found that the person to whom a con- | tract has been awarded has, in i,re-
 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 1 shall be null and void and the Board
 shall advertise for 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 l 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 posting of notice of said
 award, elect to take said work and en-
 ter into a written contract to do the
 whole work at the price at which the
 same has been awarded. Should such | owners not enter into A written con-