The San Francisco call., 1898-04-05

purchase or to pay TOT lHe Seliiie u1 the nrovisions in this Charter provided as to competitive bidding for supplies are strictly followed, and no contract shah he made for any of the same uh- less upon such competitive pluullls.
 All nroposals shall be accompaiiie9 with a certificate of deposit or Gef fllIit rittt check on a solvent bank in the Cty and Countv of ten per centum on the amount of the bid, payable al slst eo the order of the Clerk of the Supelni DTS If the bidder to whom lhe Co tract is awarded shall for IVe uo' anter ter such award fail or neglecl 1,ired ~ into the contract and nle tnI , ,noney due on such certificate or oepoer sraos check and pay the same into the u rhaII ury: and under no circumstances Iii% o- the certificate of deposit or s,ed crd to the proceeds thereof De ret
 such defaulting bidder. ,..;ne
 Notices for proposals for furhlsLiins the aforesaid articles shah TIT n1 stata said articles in general and shail ,av that the conditions and scheouie nc be found in the office Of the shaII the Board of Supervisors anu +o ba also state that such articles al S,.n delivered at such times, in sucn quSr titles, and in such manner as 'r hidder pervisors may designate. Any ortI .t;oIa may bid separately for any t;oia named The award as to eaCh -ost 1S shall in all cases be made to the lo"b tiS bidder for such article, and where t u,o embraces more than one article, tne Supervisors shall have the right to e.
 cept or reject such bid or the olu lo any one or more articles et elloi fo. therein Tn the case of contracts. so- subsistence of prisoners the au Gt,, each ment fer proposals shall speclIy ot eao article required, the quality tnereIi the quantity for each person. ana tne existing and probable number oI per
 sons to be supplied. No article or ar ticles provided for in this section mh have been made in any prison. ,4S Supervisors shall require oonos Wi sufficient sureties for the faithtui per- formance of every contract. inc SieN of the Supervisors shall furnish print ed blanks for all such proposais' N'-' tracts and bonds.
 All bids shall be sealed and deilVeIIeu by the bidder to the Clerk or tle 9
 pervisors. and opened by the Boaro at an hour and place to be stated III tue advertisement for proposals, m .ns presence of all bidders who attend anu i, the bidders may inspect the bids All bids with alterations or eraSuTes therein shall be rejected. All artlcIes so supplied shall be subject to 1nspec- tion and rejection by the S1perEI EI9oI and by the person in char or the e flee, institution or departIiiel111 1,,ary which the same are supplied. EVe[y
 contract for work to be perforneu lot tba Civ and County must provide that in the performance or the coiiel c,. a-s eight hours shall be the maXliI1uln
 hours of labor on any calenuaI Ias' and that the minimum wages or idpur
 CTS employed by the contractor ln lIlo execution of his contract shall De tWu dollars a day. Any contract TOT woIn
 to be performed for the City and Coui-
 tv which does not comply with tlT pios
 visions of this section shall be null ana
 void and any officer who shall sign tne
 same shall be deemed guilty of misIea- | sance and upon proof of such mlsiea- sance shall be removed from off1ce.
 Sec. 2. All contracts for official ad-
 vertising shall be let annually Tn llke
 manner bv the Supervisors to the low
 ast resnonsible bidder publishing
 daily newspaper in the City and Coun-
 tv which has a bona fide daily clrcuia- tion of at least eight thousand coples'
 and has been in existence ac the tl1ne of letting such contract for at least two years. Tn inviting proposals there for such advertising shall not be clas-
 sifned and no proposal shall be acted
 unon which offers to do such advert1s-
 ing at different rates for different DOT
 tions thereof.
 to mean the advertising and pubica-
 tion of all official reports. orders, oro1- l nances, messa ges, resolutions. notices
 inviting proposals and all nouices qL .
 mart ar kind of such advertising small
 he charged or contracted for at hlen. j CT rate than any other part or klnu .oi
 the same is charged or contracted TOT.
 except in the case of the delinquent tax
 list.
 If srch advertising Is made shall De
 known and designated as the oIllclai
 The advertising of the delinquent
 tax list shall be let to the lowest re
 sponsible bidder on a separate bldolns from all other official advertising.
 No board, department or officer snail
 make any publication which is not eX-
 nressly authorized by this Charter or
 by the Supervisors.
 Sec. 8. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall annually, under the direction or posals for supplying the various denartments. officers and offices of the City and County with all stationery and supplies in the nature of station
 cry, assessment books. minute DOCKS, Z blank books and the printing of blanks The contracts for ,ionery shall be separate from those for printing. 2 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
 
 r and size of the various kinds required, , and that for printing shall enumerate I 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 z consecutively numbered, and each form e and blank Shall be known as No. - v (specifying the number). Such adver- # tisement shall be published for at least V ten days, and shall require the bidders s to state the price at which each arti- II cle will be furnished. printed or manu, < factured as the same may be requlreo :, from time to time during such peTioo, h and the amount of the bond that will De d required as security for the perform Id ance of the contract.
 d No stationery furnished to any ofh- = Ger or department shall contain the if name or names of the officer or ofi- o cers constituting the head Of the de- . nartment or board. The contract or ,9 contracts must be made with the low ,l