The San Francisco call., 1898-04-03

as to competitive DlOOlflS TOT SuppueS 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 certified check on 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 SuperV1s- 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 shall the certificate of deposit or check o- the proceeds thereof be returned to such defaulting bidder.
 Notices for proposals for furnishing the aforesaid articles shalr mention said articles in general and shall state that the conditions and schedule may be found in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors; and shall also state that such articles are to De | 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 art1cle shall in all cases be made to the lowest bidder for such article, and where a Did l embraces more than one article, the Supervisors shall have the right to ac- | cept or reject such bid or the bid Tor any one or more articles embraced l therein. Tn the case of contracts for subsistence of prisoners the advertise ment for proposals shall specify eacn article required, the quality thereof, 1 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 shall i have been made in any prison. The Supervisors shall require bonds with sufficient sureties for the faithful per formance of every contract. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall furnish print ed blanks for all such proposals, con- tracts and bonds.
 |. All bids shall be sealed and delivered i by the bidder to the Clerk Of 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, ana | 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- l tion and rejection by the S1perVlsors | and by the person in char~o or the or fee, institution or department TOT which the same are supplied. Every contract for work to be performed TOT the City and County must provide that l 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 1 dollars a day. Any contract Tor Work to be performed for the City and Coun- ty which does not comply with the pro- visions ofathis section shall be null ana void. and any officer who shall sign ths same shall be deemed guilty of misfea- sance and upon proof of such misfea- sance shall be removed from office.
 Sec. 9 All contracts for official ad< vertising shall be let annually In like manner by the Supervisors to the low est responsible bidder publishing a daily newspaper in the City and Coun- ty which has a bona fide daily clrcula- tion of at least eight thousand copies, and has been in existence at the t1mo of letting such contract for at least two years. In inviting proposals there 1 for. such advertising shall not be clas- sified and no .proposaI shan pc acteo acre, l upon which offers to do such advert1s- Ing at different rates for different por- tons thereof
 Such advertising shall be construed 1 to mean the advertising and puhlica- ton of all official reports. orders, ordi- | nances. messages. resolutions, notices inviting proposals and all notices of every nature relating to City work. No mart or kind of such advertising shall be charged or contracted for at high CT rate than any other part or Kind or the same is charged or contracted for. | except in the case or the delinquent tax list
 The newspaper to which the award of such advertising is made shall be known and designated as the official newspaper"
 The advertising of the delinquent tax list shall be let to the lowest re- | sponsibe bidder on a separate bidding from all other official advertising.
 No board. department or officer shall make any publication which is not ex- pressly authorized by this Charter or by the Supervisors.
 Sec. 8. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall annually, under the direction of the Supervisors, advertise TOT pro posals for supplying the various 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 1onery 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 l manner as the Supervisors may desig- nate. The advertisement for bids for paper shall state the WelSnt, Quallty 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. T The forms for all printing shall be consecutively 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 i contracts must be made with the low
 est bidder offering adeOuate security