Arizona republican., 1912-10-05

register the same in book kept for that purpose
 Section 2. Any contract may pro- vide for progressive payments, if in the ordinance authorizing or ordering the work permission is given for such a contract. But no progressive pay ments can be provided for or made at any time, which, With prior pay ments, if there have been such, shall exceed in amount at that time seven- | ty-flVe per cent of the value of the labor done and the materials used up | to that time, and no contract shall provide for or authorize o~ permit t.le payment of more than seventy five ! per cent of the contract price before the completion of the work done under said contract and the acceptance thereof by the proper officer, depart ment or board
 Section 3. In the erection, improve | nent and repair of all public build ! ings and works, in all street and sew | CT work, and in furnishing any sup l plies and materials for the same or ! for any other use by the city, when l the expenditure required for the same exceeds the sum of five hundred dol | lars, the same shall be done by con- tract, and shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after advertising for sealed proposals for the work contemplated for not less than five consecutive days in the official news paper. Such notice shall distinctly | and specifically state the work con- templated to be done. Provided how | ever, the commission may reject any and all bids, readvertise for bids, or provide for the work to be done by the division of public works. In case no bid is received, the commission may likewise provide for the work to be done by the division of public ! works
 | Section 4. The commission shall let annually contracts for the official ad- Vertising for the ensuing fiscal year. l For this purpose the commission shall | advertise for not less than five con 1 secutive days. setting forth distinctly l and specifically the work contemplated | to be done, and asking for sealed pro- | pOsals therefor. The proposals shall specify the type and spacing to be used at the rate or rates named in the bids. The commission shall let the contracts for such official ad- vertising to the lowest responsible
 bidder publishing a daily newspaper
 in the city which is newspaper of
 general circulation and has been in
 existence at the time of the award :
 ing of the contract at least one year;
 provided, that the commission in it's 1 discretion may reject any or all bids, and advertise for new bids.
 l ha ioI, Il, f7 for such advertising is made shall be known and designated as the official newspaper.
 | Section 5: No contract for sup plying water for the use of the mum l.icipality in any of it's departments
 shall be valid wherein the rates ex-
 ceed the minimum charges to other consumers.
 Section 6. The maximum time of
 labor or service required of any la
 borer, workman or mechanic en- plOyed upon any municipal work
 whether so employed directly by the city and it's officers, or by a contrac- tor or sub contractor, shall be eight
 hours during any one calendar day.
 Section '. Any officer of the city
 or of any department thereof, who
 shall aid or assist a bidder in secur- ing a contract to furnish labor, ma teria,s or supplies at a higher price
 than that proposed by any other bid
 der, or who shall favor one bidder
 over another by giving or withholding | information or who shall Wilfully mis- lead any bidder in regard to the char
 acter of the material or supplies called
 for, or who shall knowingly accept
 materials or supplies of a quality in
 ferior to those called for by the con-
 tract, or who shall knowingly certify
 to a greater amount of labor per
 formed than has been actually per
 formed, or to the receipt of a greater
 amount or different kind of materia
 or supplies than has been actually re
 ceived, shall be deemed guilty of :
 misdemeanor and shall be removed from office.
 Section 8. If at any time it shal
 be found that the person to whom 2
 contract has been awarded has, 1T
 presenting any bid, or bids, collude6
 with any other party or parties fol
 the purpose of preventing any othel
 bid being made, then the contract SC
 awarded shall be null and void, ant
 the commission shall advertise for .
 new contract for said work, or provide
 for such public work to be done by
 the division of public works.