The San Francisco call., 1898-04-04

the prOV1SlOnS In tn1S charter prOV1QeQ 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 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 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 shall mention said articles in general and shall state that the conditions and schedule may be found in the office of the Clerk or the Board of Supervisors; and snail 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 Did 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. In the case of contracts TOT subsistence of prisoners the advertise ment for proposals shall specify each article required the quality thereon, the quantity for each person, and the existing and probable number of per No vii al nv n ticles provided for in this section shall 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 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 inspec- tion and rejection by the Supervisors and by the person in char~o or the or flee institution or department TOT which the same are supplied. Every
  the City and County must provide that in the performance of the contract eight hours shall be the maXlmuW hours of labor on any calendar daS' and that the minimum wages or lapor- CTS employed by the contractor In ths execution of his contract shall De two dollars a day. Any contract for work to be performed for the City and Coun- tv which does not comply with the pro- visions of this section shall be null ana void. and any officer who shall sign the same shall be deemed guilty Of mtsfea- sance and upon proof of such n1sfea- 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 fide daily clrcuia- ton of at least eight thousand copies. and has been in existence at the tune of letting such contract for at least two years In inviting proposals there for. such advertising shall not be clas- sffied and no proposal shall De acted upon which offers to do such adverus- ing at different rates for different DOT tionS thereof.
 Such advertising shall be construed to mean the advertising and publica- ton of all official reports, orders. ordf- nances messages resolutions. notices l inviting proposals and all notices or every nature relating to City worK NO part or kind of such advertising shall 1 be charged or contracted for at a high CT rate than any other part or kind or | the same is charged or contracted Tor. l except in the case of the delinquent tax l list
 The newspaper to which the award of such advertising Is made shall be known and designated as the "off1clal ! newspaper"
 The advertising of the delinquent | tax list shall be let to the lowest re- sponsible bidder on a separate bidding 1 from all other official advertising. i No board. department or officer shall make any publication which. is not ex- ! nressIy authorized by this Charter or /! by the Supervisors.
 Sec. 3. The Clerk of the Supervisors shall annually. under the direction of i the Supervisors, advertise for pro- i posals for supplying the various | departments, officers and offices of the 1 City and County with all stationery l and supplies in the nature Of station
 cry. assessment books minute books. 1 blank books and the printing of blanks. The contracts for ionery 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 | i nate Thee 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
 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
 contracts must be made with the low
 est bidder offering adequate security,
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