The San Francisco call., 1898-05-13
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS-For Burial of Indigent Dead Office of the Clerk of the Board of Super visors of the City and County Of San Fran

PROPOSALS-For Burial of Indigent bead
 Office of the Clerk of the Board or super
 visors of the City and County of San Fran cfsco,. May 10, 1898. ..,, In accordance with Resolution NO. Hi (FOurth Series) of the Board of SuperVlsors, SEALED PROPOSALS will be received III & oPeh session of the Board of Supervisors on hO.s 1so DAY AFTERNOON, May 16, lS9o, Ioli -,oo
 to o'clock, for the interment or the 1hIlssne i dead as are required to be buried al lhe cIidt 2 of the City and County of San FrancIsco; lii- eludlng the City and County SmallpoA 1nos 1s pital. for the term of one year. beginning Jhy l, 1898. and ending June 30 1899. in such cenie tery or cemeteries in this or other couhllee wherein burials may be allowed
 NOTICE-The collins to be made or three quarter-inch surface redwood clear Jumper, W to be lined with muslin and pillowed inside ana 70
 be shellacked and vanished outside ana tIle
 tops to be fastened down with not less than SIX be lined with No. 10 zinc instead or with mus lin, and dramatically sealed, and all conlns used must be subject to the inspectioh anu approval Of the officer in charge or the insli
 tuition from which the body of the deeedent IS to be buried. and must in all cases be taKen to such institution for the purpose or having the deceased placed therein.
 No bid will be considered from any party who has not been engaged in the undertaking busi-
 ness in this city and county and conducted said business in reputable manner for period Of at least six months immediately preceding the date hereof.
 The grave to be excayated to a depth of at least six feet.
 No body to be removed from the institution
 where it lies awaiting burial within period of twenty-four hours after death, except by ex- press order of the superintendent or officer In
 charge of said institution.
 The contractor will be required in all cases on the death of the indisent person from in fectious disease to inter the body of said de- cedent within such time may be designated py notice from the superintendent or officer in charge of the institution where the death may nave occurred, and in all other cases within thirty-six hours after notification by the pro- per officer.
 The contractor will further be required to convey the bodies of decedents committed to into r1{ tba in stitution from which he receives the to the cemetery, and then and there bury the consloeration to convey such bodies to any in termediate resting place, or to keep the same Tn his custody for longer period than that re- qulred Tor their transit to the cemetery.
 Should the friends of any decedent apply at the institution where such decedent may be lying awaiting burial for ----ission to bury the same, and prove to the superintendent or officer In charge of said institution that their purpose is to provide decent burial and that they nave no intention and will not allow the body to be used for the purpose of dissection then and in that case the body said de- shall take charge thereof and make the neces- sary arrangements for the funeral with any event the contractor aforesaid shall have no claim against the city for the burial of said decedent.
 The party to whom the contract may be awarded shall be required. In all cases, to pro- cure from the superintendent of the cemetery wherein the burials have been made a certif- cate of the proper burial of each person under the provisions of his contract and of these specifications; and such certificate must, in all cases. be attached to the demand of said tractor when presented to the Board of Super of the decedents and the institutions from which the body was procured.
 In of the violation of any of the above conditions, the contract shall be terminated by said city and county.
 The party to whom the contract is awarded will be required, prior to or at the time of the execution of said contract. to nay the cost of advertising this notice (and former notice) in six hundred and fifty y-fve dollars and eighty two cents (s655 S2).
 penses of which must be borne by the city and county (other than those from any of the public must be authorized by the health officer issuing a permit therefor, and all bills for such interments to be approved by the health officer prior to being presented to this board. All demands for the burial of indigent persons from any of the public institutions to be approved by the superintendent of the insti- tuition at which the death occurs, prior to being to this board.
 Bidders will estimate and state a specific amount for each interment.
 Tn order to preserve the uniformity and to facilitate the award, the board has resolved to receive no bids unless made upon blank forms nrepared by the committee, and a certified cbeck for the sum of five hundred (s5oO) dol lars. in favor of and made payable to the clerk bv the bidder, conditioned that if the proposal is is accepted and the contract awarded; and if the bidder shall fail or neglect to pay the print ho1d of five thousand G5000) dollars, required within six days after the award Is made then, 'ntad and paid into the city and county treas- ,, hv said clerk, as liquidated damages for s,,cb failure and neglect.
 Iianks furnished by the clerk.
 The board reserves the right to reject all bids IL W JNO. A. RUSSELL, Clerk PROPOsALS for drayage-General depot of the
 onartermaster's Department, San Francisco
 Cal, May Il, 1898 Sealed proposals for the
 hauling of Military Stores and Supplies in
 for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1898,
 will be received at this office until Il o'clock
 a m on Saturday, the 11th day of June
 isss. and then opened. The Government re-
 serves the right to reject any or all pro-
 nosals All necessary information will be fur
 nished on application to shis office OSCAR
 IF. LONG, Assistant Quartermaster. U. s.