The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29


 shall be made or any of the same un-
 less upon such competitive biddins
 All proposals shall be accompanied
 with certificat of deposit or certified check on a Solent bank in the City and County of tn per centum on the
 amount of the bil, payable at sight to
 the order of the Qerk of the Supervfs- ors. If the bdde' to whom the con-
 tract is awarded slall for five days af-
 ter such award fai or neglect to enter
 into the contract and file the required l bond the Clerk shall draw the money due on such certifiate of deposit or
 check and pay the same into the treas ury: and under no circumstances shall | the certificate of delosit or check O.
 the proceeds thered be returned to
 such defaulting bidde-
 1 Notices for propoSas for furnishing
 the aforesaid articles shall mention
 said articles in general and shall state
 that the conditions ant schedule may l be found in the office q the Clerk of
 the Board of Superv1So's; ana snail also state that such artl.les are 10 De delivered at such times, n such quan- | titles, and in such manne', as the Su-
 pervisors may designate. Any bidder may bid separately for any articls | named. The award as to each asOlcle shall in all cases be made tc the lowest bidder for such article, and Fhere pld | embraces more than one article, the l
 | cept or reject such bid or the pld TOT E any one or more articles dnpraceu 1 therein. Tn the case of contracts TOT subsistence of prisoners the advertse- ment for proposals shall specl1y eacn article required, the quality t1ereo1, the quantity for each person, and the ] existing and probable number O. per sons to be supplied. No article CT ar ticles provided for in this section Snau have been made in any prison Ihe l Supervisors shall require bonds with sufficient sureties for the faithful per formance of every contract. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall furnish print ed blanks for all such proposals cons tracts and bonds.
 All bids shall be sealed and delivered bv the bidder to the Clerk of the Su- pervisors. and opened by the Board ae an hour and place to be stated m tne advertisement for proposals, Tn lhe 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 1nspec- ton and rejection by the Supervisors and by the person in charoa of the or flee, institution or department Tor which the same are supplied. Every contract for work to be performed Tor the City and County must provide that in the performance of the contract eight hours shall be the maXlmuns hours of labor on any calendar days and that the minimum wages or lapor- CTS employed by the contractor in ths execution of his contract shall De two dollars a day. Any contract for WorK to be performed for the City and Coun- ty 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 rlisfea- sance and upon proof of such nfsfea- sance shall be removed from office
 Sec g. All contracts for official ad- vertising shall be let annually In llke manner by the Supervisors to the low est responsible bidder publishing a daily newspaper in the City and Coun- ty 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 Tn inviting proposals there for. such advertising shall not be clas- sified and no proposal shall be acted upon which offers to do such advert1s- 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, notices inviting proposals and all notices or every nature relating to City work No part or kind of such advertising shall be charged or contracted for at h1sh- CT rate than any other part or kind or 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 delinquenx tax list shall be let to the lowest rtN sponsible bidder on 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. 3. 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 tionery 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 paper shall state the weight, quality and size of the various kinds required, and that for printing shall enumerate the various letter heads, tax bills, tax
 
 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 be x required as security for the perform ance of the contract.
 No stationery furnished to any off1- cer or department shall contain the name or names of the officer or oI1l- cers constituting the head of the de- partment or board. The contract or contracts must be made with the low est bidder offering adequate security