The San Francisco call., 1898-04-09

the provisions III tHiS Cioi tei PiO'
 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 oloding-
 All proposals shall be accompanied
 with a certificate of deposit or cerllneo | check on a solvent bank in the Clty
 and County of ten per centum oL etto .e
 the order of the Clerk or the oupei
 ors. If the bidder to whom the con | tract is awarded shall for five oays al- 1 ter such award fail or neglect 10 enter l into the contract and file the requ,.e eu bond the Clerk shall draw the III. nioney l dne m such certificate of deposit or 1 check and pay the same into the u LsI,
 ury; and under no circumstances Sha,. 1 the certificate of deposit or check o-- ] the proceeds thereof be returned lo such defaulting bidder. 1 Notices for proposals for IurnlsninS ltinS l the aforesaid articles snail H,o tnt said articles in general and shail slaau
 that the conditions and schedule may
 be found in the office of the CIelh 1T i the Board of Supervisors; anu shda also state that such articles are " o delivered at such times. in sucn quan titles. and in such manner, as tns pervisors may designate. Any oluuI. may bid separately for any articIo ii named The award as to each aItole shall in all cases be made to the io"ess bidder for such article, and where d uiu embraces more than one artlcle, Ino Supervisors shall have the right 10 ac cept or reject such bid or the pld TOT any one or more articles emoraceo
 therein. Tn the case of contracts Lor subsistence of prisoners the adVel lieC ment fer proposals shall speclIy ea article required. the quality tnere4i' the quantity for each person, ana the existing and probable number or per sons to be supplied. No article or ar ticles provided for in this section snalI have been made in any prison. ,n me Supervisors shall require oonos Wlth
 sufficient sureties for the 1al1mIul m, ,,I,- pe
 formance of every contract The CieIh
 of the Supervisors shall furnish print ed blanks for all such proposals con- tracts and bonds.
 All bids shall be sealed and delivered
 by the bidder to the Clerk or the Su-
 pervisors, and opened by the BoaIu
 advertisement for proposals, in the
 presence of all bidders who attend, ana the bidders may inspect the b1ds All
 bids with alterations or erasuIes
 therein shall be rejected. All artlcles
 so supplied shall be subject to fnspec-
 tion and reflection by the Supervisors
 and by the person in char" or the or fce institution or department TOT
 which the same are supplied. Every
 contract for work to be performeo TOT
 the City and County must provloe lLa.
 in the performance of the contract
 eight hours shall be the maximum
 hours of labor on any calendar oay'
 and that the minimum wages or iaDor-
 CTS employed by the contractor III tno
 execution of his contract shall De tWo
 dollars a day. Any contract TOT wuA
 to be performed for the City ana Coun- tv which does not comply with the pro-
 visions of this section shall be null ana
 void and any officer who shall Slsn lho
 same shall be deemed guilty of mlsIea-
 sance and upon proof or sucn 1T IilisIe
 sance shall be removed from olIlce'
 Sec 9 All contracts for ofhciai ;a' ao-
 vertising shall be let annually in like
 manner by the Supervisors to the loW-
 est responsible bidder publishing
 daily newspaper in the City ana Couh-
 ty which has a bona fide daily clrcula-
 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 sha!i De acIeu upon which offers to do sucn aoVerts- ing at different rates fo~ olHerehl por- tions thereof.
 Srch advertising shall be construed
 to mean the advertising ana pupl1ca-
 tion of all official reports, orders. ofui- nances, messages resolutions iotices inviting proposals and all notices or | part or kind of such advefuslne shSii be charged or contracted for at a hish. CT rate than any other part or Klnu ol the same is charged or contracled Tor except in the case of the delinquent tax | list.
 of such advertising is made shall be
 known and designated as the "of1clal newspaper.
 The advertising of the delinquent 1 tax list shall be let to the loves. re- ] sponsible bidder on separate bidding 1 from all other official advertising.
 No board. department or officer shall
 make any publication which is not ex- ! pressly authorized by this Charter or l by the Supervisors.
 l Sec. 8. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall annually, under the direction of | the Supervisors, advertise for pro- i posals for supplying the various i departments, officers and offices of the l 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 ionery 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 l and size of the various kinds required,
 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-
 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 arti- 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 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