The San Francisco call., 1898-04-08

the provisions in this Cnarter plosIueo pI.o. as to competitive blddlng TOT Suppaloe are strictly followed and no contract sbalI be made for any of the same uh- less upon such competitive pldalhs. All nroposals shall be accompanleo with A certificate of deposit or cerlllieu check on a solvent bank III the otsS , and County of ten per centum on tiis amount of the bid, payaple at sor,,,s sIs,.. the order of the Clerk of the SuperVls- ors. If the bidder to whom the co1- tract is awarded shall for'fiVe days ai fer sI1ch award fail or neglect to eiee. into the contract and file the fequlIeu bond. the Clerk shall draw the iIioy y due on such certificate or uepo9it check and pay the same into the treas lrv. and under no circumstances snalI the certificate of deposit or cnecS to the proceeds thereof be returheu 'o such defaulting bidder. .
 Notices for proposals for furnishing the aforesaid articles shall melta4. n, nta+a said articles in general ana snai rnav that the conditions and scneduie e,i op be found in the office of the CIelh the Board of Supervisors; ana siiaa ha also state that such articles are lo delivered at such times, ln sucn ST. titles. and in such manner, as llS pervisors may designate. Any pluu1 u,I1 may bid separately for any. articIs named. The award as to eacn a! -e eio. shall in all cases be made to the io",SsS bidder for such article, ana WneII tbe embraces more than one ariltit, oc- Supervisors shall have the right .9 so- cent or reject such bid or the piu io any one or more articles empraceo therein. Tn the case of contracts ao- subsistence of prisoners the aoNei on ol ment fer proposals shall speciIy article required, the quality ths +ba the quantity for each person, a,4u af ,er- existing and probable number oI pe sons to be supplied. No artcie ol ticles provided for in this section slrq, Tha have been made in any pi lso5i. itb Supervisors shall require pones man sufficient sureties for the lairil lnt oi cp1er,, of the Supervisors shall furnish print. ed blanks for all such proposais' coh- tracts and bonds. ,,s
 All bids shall be sealed and delivered by the bidder to the Clerk or lhe pervisors, and opened by the BoaIu .hs an hour and place to be stateu III tt advertisement for proposals, III e presence of all bidders who attend anu Y, the bidders may inspect the b1ds- All bids with alterations or erasuIes therein shall be rejected. All artlcIeS so supplied shall be subject to lnspec- tion and reflection by the Supervisors and by the person in char~0 of the or flee. institution or department TOT which the same are supplied. ty contract for work to be performed TOT the City and County must provloe rnat at in the performance of the contract eight hours shall be the maxlmum hours of labor on any calendar aay' and that the minimum wages or iapor- CTS employed by the contractor III lIio execution of his contract shall De tWo dollars a day Any contract Tor Work to he performed for the City and Coun- ty which does not comply with the pro. visions of this section shall be null anu void. and any officer who shall s1sn tne same shall be deemed guilty or mlsIea- sance and upon proof or free eueh otI,ne Tbasiea sance shall be removed rom oiaoe Sec. 2. All contracts for ofhclal ao- vertising shall be let annually In hke manner by the Supervisors to the low est responsible bidder publishing daily newspaper in the City ana Coun- tv which has bona f1de daily clrcuia- tion of at least eight thousahu cop.so' t.r and has been in existence af the tlme of letting such contract for at least two years. In inviting proposals there for. such advertising shall not De cIas | sified and no proposal shall De acteu upon which offers to do sucn aoVertis- | ing at different rates To- ulllei oii' Po tions thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construed to mean the advertising and pupHca- tion of all official reports, orders, orul- 1 nances, messages, resolutions, notices | inviting proposals and all notices or every nat1,re relating to City work No l part or kind of such advertising snaii i be charged or contracted for at a nlgn. l CT rate than any other part or klnu oI 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 'otnclal 1 newspaper"
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 sponsible bidder on separate oluulns 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 or l the Supervisors, advertise for pro- 1 posals for supplying the various departments, officers and offices of the | City and County with all stationery
 and supplies in the nature or 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 l be delivered at such times and in such manner as the Supervisors may desig-
 nate The advertisement for bids for l paper shall state the weight, quality and size of the various kinds required,
 and that for printing shall enumerate 1 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 artf-
 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 off,
 cer or department shall contain the
 name or names of the officer or ofH-
 cers constituting the head of the de-
 partment or board. The contract or