Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-09-17

for not less than five (5) consecutive days, setting forth distinctly and spe- officially the work contemplated to be done, and asking for sealed proposals therefor. The proposals shall specify the type and spacing to be used at the rate or rates named in the bids. The Council shal1 ct the contracts for such official advert sing to the lowest bid der publishing a daily newspaper in the city which is a newspaper of gen. eral circulation and has been in ex- istance at the time of the awarding of the contract at least one CD year; provided that in their discretion they may reject any or all bids, and adver- tise for new bids.
 The newspaper to which the award for such advertising is made shall be known and designated as the official newspaper.
 Section ,. That eight (S) hours and no more shall constitute a lawful days work for all laborers, workmen, me- chanics or other persons employed by or in behalf of the city, except in cases of emergency where it may be necessary to work more than eight (S) hours each calendar day for the protection of property or human life, provided that in all such cases the labOrers, wOrkmen, mechanics or other persons. so employed in working to exceed eight (S) hours each calen- dar day shall be paid on the basis of e4ght (S) hours constituting a days work; provided, further, that the mini mum daily wage to be paid by the city for work done by it's employees shall be at the rate of two CD dollars; provided, further, that all contracts made by or on behalf of the city with any person, association or corpora ton for the performance of any work or the furnishing of any materials to the city, shall be deemed and consider ed as made upon the basis of eight (S) hours constituting a days work.
 Section 6. The city and every de- partment thereof, and every contrac- tor employed under a contract by the city or any of it's departments, shall designate regular days not more than sixteen (16) days apart as days fixed for the payment of wages to the en- ployes thereof. However, this provi- sion shall not apply to officers of the city whose compensation is fixed by annual or monthly salaries.
 Section '. Any officer of the city, or of any department thereof, who shall aid or assist a bidder is secur- ing a contract to furnish labor, mate rials or supplies at a higher price than that proposed by any other bidder, or who shall favor one bidder over an- other by giving or withholding infOr- nation or who shall wilfully mislead any bidder in regard to the character of the material or supplies called for or the conditions under which the pro- posed work is to be done, or who shall knowingly accent materials or SUD- plies of a quality inferior to those called for by contract, or who shall knowingly certify to a greater amount of labor performed than has been ac- tualy performed, or to the receipt of greater amount or different kind of material or supplies than has been actually received, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be removed from office.
 Section s. If at any time it shall be found that the person to whom a contract has been awarded has. in pre- Eenting any bid or bids, colluded with any other party. or parties for the TUrrose Of preventing any other bid being made, then the contract so awarded shall be null and void, and the cornell shall advertise for new contracts for said work