Milford chronicle., 1923-04-27
new BOARD WILL DO
ALL THE STATE BUYING
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shall be in each of the three counties,
for proposals or bids for doing and
furnishing all State supplies for the
year beginning the first of July.
Awards to Lowest Bidder
Upon receiving and opening the
bids the board is bound to award ''the
contract or contracts for the doing or
furnishing of said supplies to the low
est responsible bidder therefore" If
two or more responsible persons,
firms or corporations shall bid an
equal amount, the board may contract
with any one of them.
Advertisements for the bids are to
be inserted in newspapers during the
months of April and May.
The most sweeping provision of the
measure, however, is comprised in
Section 5. This reads:
1.-THE word supplies as used in this
chapter shall be construed to mean
and include all and any article and
thing which shall hereafter be used or
furnished to the State or to any officer,
department, board, commission, bur-
eau, institution, or any agency there
of, and also any and all printing, bind
ing, publication of laws, journals, and
reports, required by law, to be printed
or published, and of all repairs to
State property, and furnishings"
Expected to Effect Savings
It was the intention of the trainers
of the measure to reduce the cost to
the state of purchasing supplies by
centralizing the purchasing power and
obtaining the benefit of lower bids
made on supplies in bulk. 1t is con-
fidently anticipated the state will
thus save many thousands of dollars.
In the hurly-burly which marked
the close of the General Assembly the
passage and approval by the governor
of the act was almost unnoticed. It's
sweeping provisions seem to include
every purchase of whatever kind to be
made for the use of any state agency.
Broad in It's Powers
It is believed that the law will re-
quire the board to purchase supplies
for all agencies of every kind which
receive state appropriations. If this
be the case, the following agencies
and perhaps others, will be affected:
Court of Chancery, all other courts,
governors office, Board Of Pardons,
Attorney Generals Department, Sec
rotary of States Office, State Treasur-
er's office, State Auditor of Accounts,
Collector of State Revenue, Insurance
Department, State Tax Department,
State Bank Commissioner, State Board
of Health, Delaware State Tuberculos-
is Commission (Which will affect the
supplies for Brandywine and Edge
wood sanitoriums), Cannery Inspec-
tor, State Board of Pharmacy, State
Board of Charities, Delaware State
Hospital, Ferris Industrial School,
Child Welfare Commission, Mothers
Pension Commission, Delaware Indus l.
trial School for Girls, Delaware Com
mission for Blind, Delaware Commits
sion for Feeble Minded (Which >will
affect the institution at Stockley),
State Department of Public Instruc-
ton (Which will affect the supplies
for the school system of the entire
state), University of Delaware, State
College for Colored Students, State
Board of Agriculture, Labor Commits
sion, Adjutant General (Which will af-
,ect supplies for the entire National
Guard of the State), State Highway
State Librarian, Public
Archives Commission, State Board of |
3erairs, Public Land Commission and
Board of Fish and Game Commission
rs.