The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01

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 shall be made for any of theSs same un-
 less upon such competitive bidding.
 All proposals shall be accompanied l with a certificate of deposit or certified I check on a solvent bank in the City
 and County of ten per centum on the
 amount of the bid, payable at sight to the order of the Clerk of the Supervis- ors If the bidder to whom the con-
 tract is awarded shall for five days ar ] ter such award fail or neglect to enter i into the contract and file the requlleu I bond, the Clerk shall draw the inoHey
 due on such certificate or deposIt VI check and pay the same into the treas,
 urv. and 1lnder no circumstances snail
 the certificate of deposit or chech ! the proceeds thereof be returneu 'o
 such defaulting bidder.
 Notices for proposals for furnishing
 the aforesaid articles shall meIltlon
 said articles in general and shal state
 that the conditions and scheoUie tiiry | be found in the office Of the Clerk oi | the Board of Supervisors; and shaH also state that such articles are lo pe I delivered at such times, in such quah"
 titles, and in such manner, as the Su-
 pervisors may designate. Any plduer
 may bid separately for any art,cio tici | named The award as to each artlcle l shall in all cases be made to the lowest l bidder for such article, and where a plu | embraces more than one article the
 Supervisors shall have the right to ac- 1 cept or reject such bid or the plo 10.
 any one or more articles eHlpla aeeu es.. therein In the case of contracts TOT subsistence of prisoners the advertlse- ment for proposals shall speclfy eacn 1 article required, the quality thereoI' the quantity for each person, ana the
 existing and probable number or per- sons to be supplied. No article or ar l ticles provided for in this section shall | have been made in any prison. The 1 Supervisors shall require bonds with sufficient sureties for the faithful per i formance of every contract. Ine CieIk l of the Supervisors shall furnish print l ed blanks for all such proposals coh-
 tracts and bonds.
 l All bids shall be sealed and delivered l by the bidder to the Clerk of the Su-
 pervisors and opened by the Board az | an hour and place to be stated III tho advertisement for proposals, m tno
 presence of all bidders who attend ana the bidders may inspect the bids. All ] hids with alterations or erasures therein shall be rejected. All articles l so supplied shall be subject to fnspec- j ton and rejection by the Superv1sors
 and by the person in char~n or the or i fee. institution or department TOT which the same are supplied. Every i contract for work to be performed TOT i the City and County must provide thae i- in the performance of the contract ! eight hours shall be the maximum 1 hours of labor on any calendar day'
 and that the minimum wages or iapSr-. l CTS employed by the contractor in the execution of his contract shall De two dollars a day. Any contract for work l to be performed for the City and Coun-
 ty which does not comply with the pro- i visions of this section shall be nulE anu
 void, and any officer who shall slgn lIe 1 same shall be deemed guilty of m1sfea- sance and upon proof of such misfea-
 sance shall be removed from office. I Sec. 9. All contracts for official ad- l yertising shall be let annually in like Enanner by the Supervisors to the low E est responsible bidder publishing q daily newspaper in the City and Coun- l ty which has bona hde dally clrcuia-.. E tibn of at least eight thousand copies Eand has been in existence at the time Eof letting such contract for at least # two years. In inviting. proposals there: E for. such advertising shall not De clas- sified and no proposal shall be acted upon which offers to do such advert1s-- Ting at different rates for different DOT tions thereof. .'.:.
 l :. SIIcT1 advertising shall be construed i to mean the advertising and publica- a ton of all official reports, orders, ordi- l nances, messages, resolutions, notices l inviting proposals and all notices of' | every nature relating to City. work. No | part or kind of such advertising shall ] be charged or contra cted for at a high: 1 CT rate than any: other part: or Kind or. ,E the same is charged Or. contracted for,
 except in the case. of the delinquent tax: l list. -. *@>a | of such advertising is made shall be.
 known and designated as the "otacial.
 newspaper r.,' ."-. <. s-:.. -. +*:,
 The advertising of the delinquent
 tax list. shall be let to: the lowest re
 ta Tl f from all other official advertising.
 l No board; department. or officer shall
 make any publication which is not ex-. + pressly authorized by this Charter or i by the Supervisors. :. I Sec. 8. The Clerk of the Supervisors
 shall annually under the direction of the Supervisors. advertise for pro-. t posals for :" supplying the various departments, officers. and offices of the 1 City and County with all. stationery. + and supplies. in: the nature of station.
 cry, assessment books, minute books. I blank. books and: the printing of blanks. i The contracts: for: :@ tionery shall be | separate from those for printing.
 l < Notice for proposals. for: supplies shall + require: a: greater or Tess quantity to :: be delivered at such times and in such
 manner as the Supervisors may deSig-
 *nate.=. The advertisement for. bids for. I paper shall state the weight, quality E.dn
 and that for printing shall enumerate
 the various letter heads, tax bills. tax receipts, court notices. and all. blanks,
 papers and documents now used or l hereafter required in any and all de- l partments of the City and" County, in- + cluding the forms, papers: and blanks
 now used or hereafter required by the l courts of the City and County. .:.. .. . : T The forms for all printing shall be
 consecutively numbered, and each form l and blank shall be known as No.@-- i (specifying. the number. Such adYer- tfsement shall be published for at least .]*ten days. and shall require the bidders l to state the price: at which each. arti- I cle will be. furnished printed or manu- :l factured, as the same may be. required I@fronl time to time during such period, and the amount of the bond that will be I required as security for the: perform lance of he"contraet.. =.:.. ...:.. :: <
 F.. No stationery furnished. to any. off, + cer. or. department. shall contain the I name or names of the. officer or off,
 :cers constituting the head of the de- I partment or board. The contract or conf r9CtS .r11iIGf' be made with the low