The San Francisco call., 1898-04-12

| the prOVlS1OnS III lnlS Charter provided 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 certlfleo 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 SuperVls- ors. If the bidder to whom the con- tract is awarded shall for i've oays all ter such award fail or neglect to enter into the contract and file the requlreu 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 Sha!i the certificate of deposit or checS o the proceeds thereof be returned to such defaulting bidder.
 Notices for proposals for furnisnins the aforesaid articles shall mehtloi said articles in general and shall slato that the conditions and schedule may be found in the office of the Cielk IT the Board of Supervisors; anu sha.I also state that such articles are lo D0 delivered at such times, 1n SucI quS S titles, and in such manner, as s,s lIe pervisors may designate. Any pIouTr may bid separately for any tiis ar.ici,s named The award as to each aI licIe shall in all cases be made to the loWssss bidder for such article, and Wnere ulo embraces more than one artlcle, tno Supervisors shall have the rlght t9 cept or reject such bid or the plu io any one or more articles empraceu therein. Tn the case of contracts TOT subsistence of prisoners the aoVeitloTS ment fer proposals shall speclly eaci article required, the quality tnefsoi, the quantity for each person, ana tne existing and probable number or per sons to be supplied. No article or ar, ticles provided for in this section shah have been made in any prison. The 1H Supervisors shall require bonds Wlth 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 by the bidder to the Clerk or the Su peryisors, and opened by the Boaro as an hour and place to be stated III tha advertisement for proposals, III tha presence of all bidders who attend, ana the bidders may inspect the plds. All bids with alterations or erasuIes therein shall be rejected. All articles so supplied shall be subject to 1nspec- tion and rejection by the Supervisors and hy the person in char" or the or flee. institution or department for which the same are supplied. EVery contract for work to be performed TOT
  in the performance of the contract eight hours shall be the maximum hours of labor on any calendar oayt and that the minimum wages or iapor" CTS employed by the contractor ln tne execution of his contract shall be two dollars a day. Any contract for worR to be performed for the City ana Coun~ | tv which does not comply with the pro-- visions of this section shall be nun anu void. and any officer who shall sign tne same shall be deemed guilty or Inisse- sance and upon proof of such mlsIea- sance shall be removed from of11ce.
 Sec. 2. All contracts for official ad- vertising shall be let annually 1n hRe 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 c1rcula- tion of at least eight thousand copies, and has been in existence at the time | of letting such contract for at least 1 two years Tn inviting proposals there | for, such advertising shall not De clas. sified and no proposal shail De acIeo upon which offers to do such advertis- ing at different rates for different DOT tions thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construed | to mean the advertising ana puonca- tion of all official reports, orders orol- nances, messa ges, resolutions, notices 1 inviting proposals and all notices or every nature relating to City work. NO part or kind of such advertising shall be charged or contracted for at high- CT rate than any other part or K1no or the same is charged or contracted TOT, except in the case or the delinquent tax ! list.
 The newspaper to which the award of such advertising is made shall De known and designated as the official newspaper"
 The advertising of the delinquent ! 4A l sponsible bidder on separate D1odlnS from all other official advertising. | No board. department or officer shall make any publication which is not ex- pressIy authorized by this Charter or by the Supervisors.
 Sec. B. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall annually, under the direction of l the Supervisors, advertise for pro- posaIs for supplying the various l departments, officers and offices of the | 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 fonery 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
 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 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
 conseoutively numbered, and each form
 and blank shall be known as No. - l (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 De
 required as security for the perform
 ance of the contract.
 No stationery furnished to any oft1-
 cer or department shall contain the
 name or names of the officer or offi-
 cers constituting the head of the de-
 partment or board. The contract or
 contracts must be made with the low