The San Francisco call., 1898-04-19

i as to competitive bidding for supplies are strictly followed, and no contract
 shall be made for any of the same un- 1 less upon such competitive bidding.
 All proposals shall be accompanied
 with a certificate of deposit or certified i check on a solvent bank in the City l and County of ten per centum on the amount of the bid, payable at sight to i the order of the Clerk of the Supervfs- l ors. If the bidder to whom the con- 1 tract is awarded shall for five Cays ar | 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 1 check and pay the same into the treas
 ury; and under no circumstances shall l the certificate of deposit or check O the proceeds thereof be returned to
 such defaulting bidder.
 l Notices for proposals for furnishing the aforesaid articles shall mention said articles in general and shali state that the conditions and schedule may be found in the office of the Cierk or the Board Of Supervisors; ana snai also state that such articles are to pe delivered at such times, in such quan- titles, and in such manner, as the Su- pervisors may designate Any oldo1r may bid separately for any articie named. The award as to each aTlicIo shall in all cases be made to the lowest bidder for such article, and where Dld embraces more than one article, the Supervisors shall have the right to ac- cept or reject such bid or the bid TOT any one or more articles embraced therein. Tn the case of contracts TOT subsistence of prisoners the adVeruse- ment fer proposals shall specify eacn 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 ar ticles provided for in this section shaH have been made in any prison. The Supervisors shall require bonds with sufficient sureties for the faithful per formance of every contract. The Clerk 1 of the Supervisors shall furnish print | ed blanks for all such proposals, con- l tracts and bonds.
 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 In the advertisement for proposals. in the | presence of all bidders who attend, and i the bidders may inspect the bids. AZ l bids with alterations or erasures l therein shall be rejected. All articles
 so supplied shall be subject to inspec- ] ton and rejection by the Supervisors | and by the person in char of the of 1 fee. institution or department for
 which the same are supplied Every i contract for work to be 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 lapOr- 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- ty which does not comply with the pro- visions of this section shall be null anu void. and any officer who shall sign tne same shall be deemed guilty of mistea- sance and upon proof of such mlslea- sance shall be removed from office.
 Sec. 2. All contracts for official ad- vertising shall be let annually in like manner by the Supervisors to the low est responsible bidder publishing daily newspaper in the City and Coun- ty which has bona f1de daily clrcula- 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 cla9- sified and no proposal shall pc acleu upon which offers to do such adVertis- Ing at different rates fo- different DOT tions thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construed to mean the advertising and publtca- tion of all official reports, orders. ordi- nanceS. meSsa geS, resolutions. notlcee inviting proposals and all notices or every nature relating to City work No part or kind of such advertising snail be charged or contra cted for at hlgh- CT rate than any other part or kind or the same is charged or contracted for. except in the case of the delinquent tax list
 The nevsraner to which the award
 of such advertising is made shall be known and designated as the "ot1c1aI newspaper"
 The advertising of the delinquent tax list shall be let to the lowest re- sponsible bidder on a separate biddlnS from all other official advertising No board, department or officer snail
 make any publication which is not ex-
 pressly authorized by this Charter or by the S1nervis0rs.
 Sec. 8. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall annually, under tn direction ot the Supervisors. advertise for pro-
 posals for supplying the various City and County with all stationery and supplies in the nature of station
 cry. assessment books. minute books,
 bIan,i books and the printing of blanks.
 The contracts for ionely 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 destg-
 nate. The advertisement for bids for
 paper shall state the WelSnt, quallIy 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- partmeuts 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 conseoutiv ely numbered. and each form and blank shall be known as No. -
 (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 be
 required as security for the perform ance of the contract.
 No stationery furnished to any off,
 cer or department shall contain the
 name or names of the officer or off,
 cers constituting the head of the de-
 partment or board. The contract or
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