The San Francisco call., 1899-04-27
PROPOSALS
For Burial of Indirent Dead

For Burial of INDECENT Dead
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE
Board Of Supervisors of the City and
County of San Francisco. April %. 1899.
In accordance with Resolution No 262S
(tourth l., ,series} Of the Board of Super
visors, SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
Seived in open session of the Board of
Supervisors on MONDAY AFTERNOON.
May 8, 1899, from 2;30 to o'clock, for
the interment of such of the INDECENT
dead as are required to be buried at the
charge of the City and County of San
FRANCISCO, including the City and County
year, beginning July l. 1899, and ending
June 81, 1900, in such cemetery or ceme-
teries. in San Mateo County wherein
burlalS may be allowed.
,NOTICE.-The collins to be made of
ree-quarter-inch surface redwood clear
lumber, to be lined with muslin and pill
varnished outside, and the tops to be
fastened down with not less than six
screws. In all cases where persons have
died from smallpox or other contagious
diseases the coffin shall be lined with No
10 zinc instead of with muslin, and her
metically sealed and all collins used
must be subject to the inspection and ap-
proval of the officer in charge of the in
stitution from which the body of the
decedent is to be buried, and must in all
cases be taken to such institution for the
purpose of having the deceased placed
therein.
No bid will be considered from any par
dertaking business in this City and Coun-
ty and conducted said business in a rep
utable manner for period of at least six
months Immediately preceding the date
hereof
The grave to be excavated to a depth
of at least six feet
No body to be removed from the insti-
tuition where it lies awaiting burial with
in period of twenty-four hours after
death, except by express order Of the
Superintendent or officer in charge of
The contractor will be required in all
cases on the death of the INDECENT person
from infectious disease to inter the body
of said decedent within such time as may
be designated by notice from the Superin-
tendent or officer in charge of the institu-
tion where the death may have occurred.
and in all other cases within thirty-Six
hours after notification by the proper Of
ficer.
The contractor will further be required
to convey the bodies of decedents COM
mitted to his charge for interment direct
from the institution from which he re-
ceiVes the same to the cemetery, and then
and there bury the same. And will not
be permitted upon any consideration to
convey such bodies to any intermediate
resting place, or to keep the same in his
custody for a longer period than that re-
Quired for their transit to the cemetery.
Should the friends of any decedent ap-
ply at the institution where such deced-
ent may be lying awaiting burial, for per-
mission to bury the same and prove to
the Superintendent or officer in charge of
said institution that their purpose is to
provide a decent burial, and that they
have no intention and will not allow the
body to be used for the purpose of dissec-
ton, then and in that case the body of
said deceased shall be delivered to said
friends, who shall take charge thereof
and make the necessary arrangements for
the funeral with any undertaken they
may think fit; but in such event the con-
tractor aforesaid shall have no claim
against the city for the burial of said de-
The party to whom the contract may
be awarded shall be required, in all cases
to procure from the Superintendent of the
cemetery wherein the burials have been
made a certificate of the proper burial of
each person under the provisions of his
contract and of these Specifications; and
such certificate must, In all cases, be at
tached to the demand of said contractor
when presented to the Board of Super
visors for approval, and must state the
names of the decedents and the institu-
tions from which the body was procured.
In case of the violation of any of the
above conditions, the contract shall be
terminated by said City and and County.
awarded will be required prior to or at
the time of the execution of said contract
to pay the cost of advertising this notice
in three daily newspapers, and to also
pay the cost of the publication in the Of
fetal newspaper of the Resolution award
ing him the contract.
All interments of INDECENT persons the
expenses of which must be borne by the
CITY and County (other than those from
any of the public institutons) must be
authorized by the Health Officer issuing
a permit therefor, and all bills for such
interments to be approved by the Health
Officer prior to being presented to this
Board. All demands for the burial of in
digent persons from any of the public in
stitutions to be approved by the Superin-
tendent of the institution at which the
death occurs, prior to being presented to
this Board.
Bidders will estimate and state a speci-
fic amount for each interment
In order to preserve the uniformity and
to facilitate the award, the Board has
resolved to receive no bids unless made
upon blank forms prepared by the com
mittee, and a certified check on some
bank in the City and County of San Fran
cisco for the sum Of five hundred (S5O0)
dollars. in favor of and made payable to
the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
must be deposited by the bidder with his
hid. conditioned that If the proposal is
accepted and the contract awarded. and
If the bidder shall fail or neglect to nav
the printing charges, execute the con-
tract and give a bond of five thousand
(s500O dollars, required within six days af-
ter the award is made, then, and in that
case the said sum shall be collected and
paid into the City and County Treasury
by said Clerk as liquidated damages for
such failure and neglect,
Blanks furnished by the Clerk.
The Board reserves the right to reject
all bids if the public good so require
JNO. A. RUSSELL, Clerk