The San Francisco call., 1898-04-15

i lad 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 a solvent bank in the City and County of ten per centum on tha 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 to 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 shall the certificate of deposit or check o- the proceeds thereof be returned to such defaulting bidder.
 Notices for proposals for furnishing the aforesaid articles shall mention said articles in general and snail state that the conditions and schedule may be found in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors; ana shaH also state that such articles are to be delivered at such times. in such quan- titles, and in such manner, as the Su- pervisors may designate. Any bidder may bid separately for any article named The award as to each article shall in all cases be made to the lowest bidder for such article, and where bid embraces more than one article, the Supervisors shall have the right to ac- cept or reject such bid or the bid for any one or more articles embraced therein Tn the case of contracts for subsistence of prisoners the advertise ment fer proposals shall specify each article required, the quality thereof, the quantity for each person, and the existing and probable number of per- sons to be supplied. No article or arr ticles provided for in this section shall have been made in any prison. The 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, con- tracts and bonds.
 All bids shall be sealed and delivered by the bidder to the Clerk of the Su- pervisors, and opened by the Board at an hour and place to be stated In the advertisement for proposals, in tho presence of all bidders who attend, and the bidders may inspect the bids. All bids with alterations or erasures therein shall be rejected. All articles so supplied shall be subject to inspec- tion and rejection by the Supervisors and by the person In char of the of- fee, institution or department for which the same are supplied. Every contract for work to be performed for the City and County must provide that in the performance Of the contract hours of labor on any calendar day, and that the minimum wages of labor CTS employed by the contractor in the execution of his contract shall be two dollars a day. Any contract for Work to be performed for the City and Coun- tv which does not comply with the pro- visions of this section shall be null and void, and any officer who shall sign the same shall be deemed guilty of mfsfea- sance and upon proof of such misfea- sance shall be removed from office.
 Sec. 3. All contracts for official ad- vertising shall be let annually In nke manner by the Supervisors to the low est responsible bidder publishing daily newspaper in the City and Coun- ty which has bona fide daily ctrcula- tion of at least eight thousand copies, and has been in existence at the tune of letting such contract for at leasr 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 advertis- ing at different rates fo- different por- tions thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construed to mean the advertising and pubnca- tfon of all official reports, orders, ordi- nances, messages. resolutions, notices inviting proposals and all notices or every nature relating to City Work. NC part or kind of such advertising snal be charged or contracted TOT at LiS nS CT rate than any other part or klnu ot the same is charged or contracted TOT. excent in the case of the delinquent tax list.
 The newspaper to which the award of such advertising Is mace snas pe known ana deslsIateu o'
 newspaper.
 The advertising of the delinquent tax list shall be let to the lowest re- sponsible bidder on separate DloolnS from all other official advertising.
 No board department or ofncer snaA make any publication which IS not ex- pressly authorized by this Charter or by the Supervisors.
 Sec. g. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall annually, under the direction or the Supervisors, advertise for pro- posals for supplying the various departments. officers and offices or tne City and County with all stationery and supplies in the nature of station cry, assessment books. minute books blank books and the printing or 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 TOT 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 receipts, court notices, and all blanks, papers and documents now usec 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 conseoutively numbered, and each form and blank shall be known as No. - (specifying the numberl. Such adver- tisement shall be published for at least ten days, and shall require the bidders to state the price at which eacn aru- cle will be furnished. printed or manu sIns factured. as the same may be requL[eSu from time to time during sucn PsTIVu' per and the amount of the bond that VIII De reouired as security for the perIorh- ance of the contract.
 No stationery furnished to any ott- cer or department shall contain the name or names of the officer or off1- ners constituting the head of the de- ,ortment or board. The contract or poA tAiio Ina made with the low