The San Francisco call., 1898-04-10


 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 accompanied with a certificate of deposit or certified check on 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 af- ter such award fail or neglect 10 enter into the contract and file the required bond, the Clerk shall draw the money due on such certificate of deposit or check and pay the same into the treas ury; and under no circumstances snail the certificate of deposit or check oc the proceeds thereof be returned 10 such defaulting bidder.
 Notices for proposals for furnishing 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 Cierk or the Board of Supervisors; ana snau also state that such articles are to De delivered at such times, in sucn Quan- titles, and in such manner. as the Su- pervisors may designate. Any olooer may bid separately for any articie named. The award as to each aTtlcle shall in all cases be made to the lowest DlQQer TOT SOcn dTtlcle, dio WllCi o DA0 embraces more than one article, the Supervisors shall have the right to ac- cept or reject such bid or the pld TOT any one or more articles empraceo therein. In the case of contracts TOT subsistence of prisoners the advertlse- ment for proposals shall specify each article required the quality thereon, the quantity for each person, and the existing and probable number or per- sons to be supplied. No article or ar, ticles provided for in this section snaii have been made in any prison. The Supervisors shall require bonds with sufficient sureties for the faithful per | formance of every contract. The Cierk of the Supervisors shall furnish print ed blanks for all such proposals, con- tracts and bonds.
 All bids shall be sealed and delivered hv the bidder to the Clerk of the Su- nervisors. and opened by the Board at an hour and place to be stated 1n the advertisement for proposals, III lns presence of all bidders who atteno' ana the bidders may inspect the plos. All bids with alterations or erasures +barein shall be reflected All articles so supplied shall be subject to 1nspecE tion and reflection by the Supervisors and by the person in char~o or the or flee. institution or department 1or which the same are supplied. EVery s contract for work to be performed TOT the City and County must provide that ;n +ba nerformance of the contract eight hours shall be the maximum hours of labor on any calendar oay' and that the minimum wages of iaoor- execution of his contract shall De two dollars a day. Any contract TOT worA to he performed for the City and Coun- tv which does not comply with the pro. visions of this section shall be null ana void, and any officer who shall slgn the
 
 sance and upon proof of sucn n mlsIea-
 sance shall be removed from once.
 Sec. 2. All contracts for official ad-
 yertising shall be let annually in hke
 manner by the Supervisors to the low-
 est responsible bidder publishing
 daily newspaper in the City ana 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. In inviting proposals there
 for. such advertising shall not be clas,
 sifed and no proposai snail o .-t,.'
 upon which offers to do such advertls-
 ine at different rates fo- different DOT
 tions thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construed
 to mean the advertising and publ1ca-
 tion of all official reports. orders, oroi- nances. messa ges, resolutions, notices inviting proposals and all notices or every nature relating to City work NO . mart or kind of such advertising snail . he charged or contracted for at hign- or rate than any other part or klno or . the same is charged or contracted TOT. except in the case or the oeliiiqoen' 'o> list. The newspaper to which the award of s11ch advertising is made snail De known and designated as the ornciai newspaper" , tax list shall be let to the lowest re- sponsible bidder on a separate bidding , from all other official advertising. ., No board. department or officer snali make any publication which IS not e1- pressly authorized py tnls Shshi 'ei oA 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 departments, officers and ofhces or the City and County with all stationery and supplies in the nature Of statlon-
 cry. assessment books. minute books. blank books and the printing of blanks. l The contracts for ionery shall be f separate from those for printing. Notice for proposals for supplies shall I require a; greater or less quantity to l be delivered at such times and in such 3 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 T 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 ,. hereafter required in any and all de- partments of the City and County in- = cIuding the forms, papers and blanks e now used or hereafter required by the y courts of the City and County. The forms for all printing shall be . consecutively numbered, and each form I and blank shall be known as No. - ; Specifying the number). Such adver- y tisement shall be published for at least 7, ten days, and shall require the bidders y to state the price at which each arti- 'SI cle will be furnished, printed or manu- , ,,' factured as the same may be required D from time to time during such period : and the amount of the bond that will be II II required as security for the perform u ance of the contract.
 d No stationery furnished to any off = cer or department shall contain tht if name or names of the officer or ofh a cers constituting the head of the de a partment or board. The contract ol if contracts must be made with the low
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