The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-18
NOTICE.
ORDNANCE DE BOARD OF CON-
 TRACT AND SUPPLY.
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In compliance with the votes taken at the meeting of the Common Coun- January 18th. 1912, the following amendment to the Ordinances of the City of Bridgeport was adopted. Be it Ordained by the Common Coun-
 cil of the City of Bridgeport.
 Section l. In February, 1912, the mayor shall appoint three mem- and taxation, of said city. who shall thereupon become and be a board Of contract and supply; one of said Inem oers shall be appointed to serv9 ,t,s January 1st. 1s15; and during the first week in January. 1913. and an mayor shall appoint a member of said board of contract and supply. from the members of said board of for three years from the first day of January on which the term of his predecessor expired Each ap- pointee on said board of contract and supply (beginning with the ap- pointment to be made in January, 1s13) shall be from that class of said whose term thereon expires contem- poraneousiy with the expiration of his said appointment on the board or contract and supply. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term In the same manner as an original appointment Is made. Any member of said board of contract and supply, irrespective of the term for which he was appointed, who ceases to be a member of the board of appOrtion- ment and taxation,. shall thereupon ipso facto cease to be a memDer of said board of contract and supply.
 The members of said board and the clerk thereof shall be sworn to a faithful discharge of their dutIes and shall severally give bonds, with surety, to the acceptance of the com mon council, in the sum Of $5,O0O for the faithful discharge Of their duties; the premiums on said bonds, how ever, shall be paid by the city. The members of said board shall serve without pay.
 and supply shall have power, and 1t shall be the duty of said board, in accordance with the charter and or 1912, to purchase all articles and ma terials for the use and needs or all departments, boards, committees and officers of the city, except for the boards of education, library, charities and parks, and except for the com mission on permanent paving and contracts for the purchase of all ma terials and articles for the use of any officer, committee, department or boa q, that lIlAs pc s1~.nv- '"',i oy CT by law, except as to the boards of education, library, charities and parks, and except as to the commIs- sion on permanent paving and sewer
 Section 3. After April i. 1912. no other board, department; officer or excepted) shall purchase or contract tC purchase any materials or articles.
 Section 4. Any member of said shall, swhiIe holding office, directly, or indirectly take or bargain for any fee. compensation, or reward, to in- hEence his action upon any matter forthwith be removed. by the mayor. from office; any memDer of said board may be removed by the mayor
 Section 5. Said board shall, before or during the first week in March, 1912, and before or during said week in all years thereafter, furnish to the different officers, boards and commit tees of the city, blanks prepared by said board of contract and supply. of the city shan fill out on the blanks 90 provided, a statement of all their respective requirements for articles i, sn1 so fag as tbe .1 same ne are to be pro, Tided by said board of contract and supply hereunder. and so far as the same are ascertainable. And in case any off1cer, board or committee dur ing the same fiscal year. supple pIonenIaI blanks shall be simI444ly filled out for said board of contract and supply. All such officers, boarGs and committees shall conform to whatever system the board of cont act and supply may, from time to time, install.
 Section G. Said board shall have full power at all times to require the different city officers, boards and com n1ittees to furnish all the information the duties of said board of contract and supply, and deemed needful by it, and to make such reasonable examine tions and tests and reports as said board of contract and supply may direct.
 Section 2. Said board of contract and supply shall keep proper records of its doings, so that the expenditures for each officer, department, board and committee may be separately and easily ascertained, and shall furnish monthly to the city auditor a detailed statement of all of its said expendi- the auditor to keep proper records of the expenditures of the several officers departments, boards and committees.
 Section 8. No expenditure or con- tract calling for expenditure shall be made by said board of contract and supply in excess of the amounts ap- propr.ated therefore by the board of apportionment and taxation.
 Section The ordinance entitled "An Ordinance relative to City Con- tracts" adopted May g. 1896. as aInenQ6Q IS nerGEy mdQe a part her6- of. and is applicable to said board of contracts and supply; except that said board shall have the disc; etion and power to reject any and all bids.
 Section 10. The finance committee. of the common uacil shall not ap- prove any bill for articles or mater ials, the purchase of which is com mitted hereunder to said board or contract and supply, until the same has been approved by said board or it's clerk.
 Section II. Said board of contract and supply is authorized to purchase such supplies as it deems needful for its purposes, and to make such tests of materials and articles purchased and arrange for the proper storage and distribution thereof; and to ap- point, but for no stated term, a clerk at salary not to exceed the rate of $200.00 per month, who shall be re- movable a. any time at the pleasure of said board.
 Section 12- Two members of said board of contract and supply shall constitute oIIoruY11 all