The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

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 accompanled with a certificate of deposit or certlned check on a solvent bank in the City and County of ten per centum on the amount of the bid payable at slgnt to the order of the Clerk Of the SuperVls-
 ors If the bidder to whom the con tract is awarded shall for i've days ai- ter such award fail or neglect to ette. into the contract and file the required bond, the Clerk shall draw the IIioIey
 due on such certificate of deposit UT | check and pay the same into the treas, 1 ury; and under no circumstances siaiI the certificate of deposit or check .. l the proceeds thereof be returned lo such defaulting 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; ana shalI also state that such articles are 10 oe delivered at such times, in such quan- titles. and in such manner, as the Su- pervisors may designate. Any pluoSr may bid separately for any articie named. The award as to each al o tiCIo shall in all cases be made to the loWeSss bidder for such article, and where po 1 embraces more than one article, tho 1 Supervisors shall have the right to ac- l cept or reject such bid or the plu TOT any one or more articles emDraceu | therein. In the case or contIa N | subsistence of prisoners the adVertlsS, ment for proposals shall Spechy oot article required, the quality ther the quantity for each person, ana lne l existingSand probable number or per sons to De supplied. No article or arr ticles provided for in this sectloh srr.i' ma have been made in any prison. ,.Ns ne Supervisors shall require ooIen, m- ar- sufficient sureties for the 1alLmItii oIPtl,- Pei | fornance of every contract. The Cierk of the Supervisors shall furnish print ed blanks for all such proposals coh- tracts and bonds.
 All bids shall be sealed and dellVerea by the bidder to the Clerk or tne Hu pervisors, and opened by the Board az an hour and place to be stated III tne advertisement for proposals, III tns presence of all bidders who attend, ana the bidders may inspect the olos. All bids with alterations or erasuTes therein shall be rejected. All articles so supplied shall be subject to 1nspec- tion and rejection by the Supervisors and by the person in char~o Of the or fee. institution or department for which the same are supplied. Every ! contract for work to be performed for l gllN in the performance of the contract 1 eight hours shall be the maximum hours of labor on any calendar oay' l and that the minimum wages or iapor- 1 CTS employed by the contractor 1n tne l execution of his contract shall De two l dollars a day. Any contract for work to be performed for the City ana Couh- ty which does not comply with the pro- l visions of this section shall be null anu l void. and any officer who shall sign the same shall be deemed guilty or misIea- l sance and upon proof of such nlsIea- sance shall be removed from office.
 Sec. ?. All contracts for official ad- vertising shall be let annually In lRe manner by the Supervisors to the IoW- lest responsible bidder publishing daily newspaper in the City and Coun- tv which has a bona flde daily c1rcula- 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 there for, such advertising shall not De clas- sified and no proposal shall De acted upon which offers to do such advertis- ing at different rates for different DOT tions thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construed to mean the advertising and publica- tion of all official reports, orders, ordi- nances, messages, resolutions, notlces inviting proposals and all notices or every nature relating to City work. No Dart or kind of such advertising shall be charged or contracted for at hign. CT rate than any other part or kind or | the same is charged or contracted for. except in the case or the uellnqueHl laA l list.
 The newspaper to which the award of such advertising is made shall be known and designated as the official l newspaper"
 The advertising of the delinquent | Lo ha at fn lowest [ sponsible bidder on a separate bidding 1 from all other official advertising.
 No board. department or officer shall make any publication which is not ex- i 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 1 departments, officers and offices of the | City and County with all stationery 1 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 l be delivered at such times and in such | manner as the Supervisors may desig- nate. The advertisement for bids for 1 paper shall state the weight, quality l and size of the various kinds required, | and that for printing shall enumerate l 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- l partments of the City and County, in l cluding the forms, papers and blanks l now used or hereafter required by the courts of the City and County. l The forms for all printing shall be | consecutively numbered, and each form | and blank shall be known as No. - l Specifying the number). Such adver- tisement shall be published for at least l 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 i 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