The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-26
PROPOSALS
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
(Fourth Series Of the Board of Super
Geived in open session of the Board of
Supervisors on MONDAY AFTERNOON,
May s. 1899, from 2:90 to 8 o'clock, for
dead as are required to be buried at the
charge of the City and County of San
FRANCISCO, including the City and County
Smallpox Hospital. for the term of one
year, beginning July 1, 1899, and ending
June 30. 1900, in such cemetery or ceme-
teries in San Mateo County wherein
burials may be allowed.
NOTICE.-The collins to be made of
three-quarter-inch surface redwood clear
lumber, to be lined with muslin and pill
lowed inside, and to be shellacked and
vanished outside, and the tops to be
fastened down with not less than six
screws In all cases where persons have
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-
prevail 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
ty who has not been engaged in the I'M
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 a 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-
ton where the death may have occurred.
and in all other cases within thirty-six
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 decd
/ 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
Iand make the necessary arrangements for
the funeral with any undertaken they
NAV think fit but in such event the con-
tractor aforesaid shall have no claim
against the city for the burial of said de-
cedent.
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 County.
The party to whom this contract is
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
! paw 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 institutions must be
authorized by the Health officer issuing
a permit therefor, and all bills for such
J 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
niittee, and a certified check on some
bank in the City and County of San Fran
cisco for the sum Of five hundred (S500)
dollars, in favor of and made payable to
must be deposited by the bidder, with his
bid, conditioned that If the proposal is
accepted and the contract awarded. and
If the bidder shall fail or neglect to pay
the printing charges, execute the CON
tract and give a bond. of five thousand
(S5000) 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