The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17

purCnaSe or 10 pay TOT 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 un- less upon such competitive bidding.
 All proposals shall be accompanied with certificate of deposit or certified 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 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 snail 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 shall state that the conditions and schedule may be found in the office of the Clerk O: the Board of Supervisors; and shau 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 olo 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. In the case of contracts for subsistence of prisoners the adVertlse- ment fer proposals shall specify each article required the quality thereof. the quantity for each person, and the oI Io y71Jr7h0r of n6r- sons to be supplied. Nc article or ar ticles provided for in this section shall have been made in any prison. Ihe Supervisors shall require bonds with sufficient sureties for the faithful per fornnance of every contract. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall furnish print ed blanks for all such proposals. con- tracts ord hords.
 All bids shall be sealed and delivered by the bidder to the Clerk or the Su- pervisors, and opened by the Board at an hour and place to be stated Tn the advertisement for proposals, in the 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 fnspec- tion and rejection by the Supervisors and by the person in char of the or flee, institution or department TOT which the same are supplied. Every contract for work to he performed for the City and County must provide that in the performance of the contract eight hours shall be the maximum 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 day. Any contract for Work to be performed for the City and Coun- ty which does not comply with the pro- 4I.s- cl1o11 h0 0IJ void. and any officer who shall sign the same shall be deemed guilty of misfea- eance and upon proof of such rnisrea- sarce shall he removed from off1ce
 Sec. 2. All contracts for official ad- vertising shall be let annually in l1ke manner by the Supervisors to the low est responsible bidder publishing daily newspaper in the City and Coun- ty which has bona fide daily c1rcuia- tion of at least eight thousand copies, and has been in existence at the time of letting such contract for at least two years Tn inviting proposals there for such advertising shall not be clas- eified and no proposal shall be acted upon which offers to do such advertis- ing at different rates fo- different DOT { tiOns thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construct 10 mean the advertising and publtca- i tion of all official reports. orders. ord'- | = i inviting proposals and sll notices or every nature relating to City work NO
 part or kind of such advertising snail he charged or contracted for at a niSh. or rate than any other part or k1nd or the same is charged or contracted TOT. 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 "oflciai newspaper"
 The advertising of the delinquent 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 shall
 make any publica tion which is not eX-
 nressly authorized by this Charter or by the Snnarviso~s.
 Sec. 3. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall annually. under tn direction of the Supervisors, advertise for pro-
 posals for supplying the various departments. officers and ol+ces of the 1 City and County with all stationery 1 and supplies in the nature of station
 blan-1 books and the printing of blanks. The contracts for ioneIy shall be
 serarq+e ernr7o tbocn for printing. 1 Notice for proposals for supplies shall l require a greater or less quantity to
 be delivered at such times and in such manner as the SuperVlSOrS may QeSlS-
 nate The advertisement for bids for l paper shall state the weight, quality 1 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 useo or i hereafter required in any and all de- ] partments of the City and County. in- i 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 I consoo1tively numbered. and each form ] and blank shall be known as No - l (specifying the number). Such adver- l tisement shall be published for at least l ten days, and shall require the bidders l to state the price at which each arti- i cle will be furnished, printed or manu- 1 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, 1 cer or department shall contain the l name or names of the officer or off, 1 cers constituting the head of the de- i partment or board. The contract or ' ooptractS muSt he made with fhe low