The herald., 1898-10-21
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER

THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER
any sum of money not exceeding three
| hundred dollars
| Sec. 112. All contracts for goods, mer-
chandise, stores, supplies. materials, sub
| sistence or printing for the city. as well
as lor all subsistence, supplies, drugs and
other necessary articles for hospitals,
prisons, public institutions and other de-
partnents not otherwise specifically pro-
vided for in this charter must be made
by the Council with the lowest bidder Of
fering adequate security. after publica-
ton for not less than ten days in the Of"
nclai newspaper: and no purchase there
OF, or liability therefor shall be made or
| created except by contract.
Sec. lis. Except as otherwise provided
in this charter. the Council must deter
mine annually what goods, merchandise,
stores, supplies, materials, drugs, SUBJ
/ sistence and other necessary articles will
be needed by the city for the ensuing
year. and it shall have no power to pur-
chase or TO pay for the same unless the
provisions in this charter provided as to
| competitive bidding for supplies are
strictly followed. and no contract shall
be made for any of the same unless upon
such competitive bidding
Sec. ia. All proposals shall be accom-
panied with certificate Of deposit or
certified check on solvent bank in the
the amount of the bid, payable at sight
to the order of the City Clerk. If the
bidder to whom the contract Is awarded
shall TOR five days after 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 treasury and under no circum-
stances shall the certificate of deposit or
check or the proceeds thereof be re-
turned to such defaulting bidder.
Notices for proposals for furnishing the
aforesaid articles shall mention said ar
ticles In general and shall state that the
the office of the City Clerk and shall also
| state that such articles are TO be deliv
cred at such times, In such quantities and
In such manneT ma H as the Council may desig-
any article named. The award as to eacn
article shall in all cases be. made to the
Sd nldder for such article and where ere
| Council shall have the right to accept or
| reject such bid or the bid for any one or
| more articles embraced therein. In the
case of contracts for subsistence of pris-
shall specify each article required. the
Quantity for each e person ran ans hf the Existing
and probable number Of persons to be sup
piled. The Council shall require. BONDS
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performance of every contract All such
bonds, after having been approved by the
by aVor to arm shall be I
such approval and the date thereof shall
pc indorsed on said bonds and evidenced
~ the s sigma ata1; Of said oficers lhs
bonds.
-; All :, bids h,ss shall be sealed and delivered
opened BY the Council at an hour ana
place to be, stated in the advertisement
and ana se siddeTs may 0in
spect the bids. All bids with alterations
or erasures therein shall be rejected. All
inspection and rejection by the Council
and by the person in charge of the offlce.
institution or department for which the
work to be performed for the city must
provide that, In the performance of the
contract. eight. hours shall be the maxi
Any contract for work to be performed
the, provisions OF, this section shall. be
sign the same shall be deemed guilty Of
misfeasance. and upon proof of such mis-
feasance, shall be removed from office.
Sec. 115. All contracts for official az
vertising. shall BE- let annually in like
manner by the Council to the lowest re-
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paper. of general circulation in the city,
| which has been in existence at the time
ct letting such contract for at least two
years. In inviting proposals therefor,
such advertising shall not be classified,
and no proposals shall be acted upon
res 70 for oS at a
Such advertising shall be construed to
ali official reports. orders. ordina nces. 5.
messages resolutions. notices inviting pro-
posals and all notices of every nature re-
such advertising shall be charged or con-
tracted for at a higher rate than any
other part or kind of 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 "oficial news
paper"
shall be let to the lowest responsible bid
der on separate bidding from all other
official advertising.
make any publication which is not ex-
pressly authorized by this charter, by
the Council or by law.
Sec. 116. The City Clerk shall annually,
under the direction of the Council, adver-
tise for proposals for supplying the vari-
GUS OepdrtmeHlS OHlCeTS ana OIHCeS or
in the nature 6f blank books and the
printing Of blanks. The contracts for sta
tionery shall be separate from those for
printing.
Notice for proposals for supplies shall
require greater or less quantity to be
delivered at such times and In such man.
ner as the Council may designate. The
advertisement for bids for paper shall
state the weight, quality and size of the
various kinds required, and that for print
ing shall enumerate the various letter.
heads tax bills. tax receipts, court no.
tees, and all blanks, papers and docu-
ments now used or hereafter required in
any and all departments Of the city IN
cluding the forms, papers and blanks now
used or hereafter required by the courts
Of the city.
The forms for all printing shall be con-
secutively numbered and each form and
blank shall be known as No. - (speci-
flying the number.. Such advertisement
shall be published for at least ten days,
and shall require the bidders to state the
price at which each article will be fur
nished. printed or manufactured, as the
same may be required from time to time
during such period, and the amount OF
the bond that will be required as secur-
Sec. III. No stationery. furnished to any
officer or department shall contain the
name or names of the officer or officers
constituting the head of the department
or board. The contract or contracts must
adequate security. quantity and quality
being considered.
Ser 112 The Citv Clerk shall hovc