Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-04-26
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received
by the Board of Education of the
Marion Township Rural School Dis
trict, Chesterhill, Ohio, at the office
of the Clerk, Chesterhill, Ohio, until
twelve o'clock noon, Central Stand
ard time, May 18th, 1923, for the
furnishing of all materials and per-
forming all the labor required in the
erection and completion of a Grade
and High School building in the vii
lage of Chesterhill, according to
plans and specifications therefore
prepared by r. F. Glass, Architect,
419 Gasco Building, Columbus,
Ohio, and on file at the office of the
Clerk of the Board of Education and
the Architect and open to public in
spection during all reasonable office
hours until the time herein fixed
for the closing of bids.
Each proposal shall contain the
full name of every person, firm or
corporation interested in the same,
and the address of the person. firm
or the president and secretary of the
corporation bidding and shall be ac-
companied by bond with surety or
sureties, satisfactory to the Board,
either persons resident of Morgan
county, Ohio, or a resident or nom
resident surety company authorized
to do business in Ohio; or by certi-
fed check on solvent bank of the
State of Ohio. The amount of said
bond shall be equal to al least 20
percent of the amount of the bid,
and the bond shall be given in
favor of the Board of Education,
Marion Township Rural School Dis
trict, Chesterhill, Ohio, or the
amount of certified check shall be
equal to so of the bid and drawn
payable to said board. The bond or
check shall be forfeited if the said
bidder fails TO enter into a contract
with the said Board and furnish the
required bond within ten days after
notice of the acceptance of his pro-
posal if the award is made to the
bidder. Bonds or check, or the
amount Of said check of the unsuc-
cessful bidders will be returned on
demand, and the bond or check or
the amount of said check of the sue
cessful bidder upon the execution of
the contract and the furnishing of
the required bond. A bond of so
per cent of the amount of the con-
tract with satisfactory sureties will
be required for the faithful per-
formance of the work.
Bids will be made out on uniform
bidding forms which will be furnish
ed by the Clerk of the Board of Ed
ucation or by the Architect.
Bids for material and labor for
each item on the bid form must be
separately stated except that alter
nate proposals giving additions to
or deductions from the principal bid
may be stated as lump sum.
Bids will be received for the en-
tire work covered by the plans and
specification emitting the plumbing,
sewering and gas fitting; heating
and ventilating and temperature
regulation. For the plumbing,
sewering and gas fitting; for the
heating and ventilating; for the
temperature regulation; or for any
item embracing separate and dis
tinct trade or kind of mechanical
lobor or employment entering into
the construction of said building; or
any combination of such items as
provided by the General Code of
Ohio.
Bids must be sealed and sent to
C. /. Schofield, Clerk of the Board
Of Education, Chesterhill, Ohio, by
the date and hour before mention
ed
The Board of Education reserves
the right to reject any and. all bids.
By order of the Board of Educa-
ton of the Marion Township Rural
School District, Chesterhill, Ohio.
OLIVER EDGERTON, President
C. l. SCHOFIELD, Clerk.
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