The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-11-19

as may De necessary for the estab
lsnment, maintenance and opera
ton OF any public utility, o. /,
provide for and effectuate any othe
public purpose; and to sell, convey
lncumber and dispose of the same
Tor the common benefit, but no sale
or lease of any public utility shall
pc made until it shall have beer
authorized by vote Of the qualified
electors of the City voting thereon
at a general or special election.
Section 8.
All contracts pertaining TO pub
lie Improvement or to the mainten-
ance OF public property of the city,
involving an outlay Of as much as
three hundred dollars, shall be bas-
ed upon specifications approved by
the City Council. Such contracts
shall be entered into only after
advertisement not less than three
times in daily newspaper or twice
in weekly Newspaper published
and of general circulation i'm the
City, inviting competitive bids One
copy of each bid shall be fled with
the City Clerk and one with the
ayor. The bids filed with the city
RACih snail bt ODtiltu III Aut pres
ence of the City Council, and tho
Mayor shall thereupon open the
copy filed with him and compare
the same with the copy heretofore
opened The City Council shall de-
termine the most advantageous bid
and may enter into contract with
the party submitting the hest and
lowest bid, or may reject all bids
and re-adyertise for bids or may
have. such work done under the
supervision Of the proper depart
ment keeping account OF the ex-
pense thereof Pending advertise
ment for bids, the plans. specihca-
tions and profiles shall remain on
file in the Office Of the City Clerk
subject to the inspection of any
person. For the purpose of safe
guarding the interests of the City,
the City Council shall make such
regulations providing for the filing
OF estimates Of cost furnished by
The City Engineer as II shall deem
best. All regulations and limita-
lions imposed upon the Mayor and
City Council OF cities of the first
class in the State or Oklahoma by
the statutes oi said State, with
regard to the manner of entering
into contracts so far as the same
are not inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this charter. shall be
binding upon the Mayor and city
Council created by this charter.
Section 10.
In all work done by or for the
City either by day work or by con-
fsrI oh
days work; and no employee of the
City on work for the City, or em-
ployee of any contractor or sub T
contractor OF such work. shall be
required to work longer than eight /
hours in any one calendar day, I
provided. that this section shall not (
apply to the fire or police depart I
rnent or TO employees engaged In \
clerical work for the city; and pro-
yided further that this section shall |
not be construed to apply to any /
contract entered into By the City /
prior to the passage Of this act; |
provided that in case of emergency.
an employee may be required to
work longer than eight hours, but I
when required so to work longer
than eight hours such employee
shall be paid for such overtime an
the rate of one and one-half times
the rats such employee is paid for
ids labor during the eight hours
Section IL.
On all public work done for the
City OF Chickasha. whether for the
City or any contractor or sub-con-
tractor under any contract made
with the city, preference shall be
given local labor; provided. however
that ii suitable labor can not be
had in the City, then such labor or
laborers may be employed or con-
tracted for outside OF the city; pro-
vided. however. that in employing
labor the wages and compensation
TO be paid for manual labor shall
not be less than the prevailing
wages paid for the same character
OF work in the City OF Chickasha. at
the time such labor is performed
herein shall be construed
to compel the said City, or any
or subcontractor to em-
ploy incompetent or inefficient la
bOr.
ARTICLE XI.
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