OF THE BOARD OF STATE SUPPLIES. Board of State Supplies. Supplies for the State, how to be furnished. Board to advertise for bids, when. CHAPTER 82. OF THE BOARD OF STATE SUPPLIES. AN ACT regulating the furnishing of Supplies for the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section I. That a Board of State Supplies is hereby constituted. Said Board of State Supplies shall consist of the Governor, the Secretary of State and the State Treasurer. The acts of two of said members shall be that act of said. Board. Section 2. That all supplies for the State shall be furnished and performed, only in pursuance to the terms of a written or printed contract or contracts, made by said Board of State Supplies and the person, firm or corporation delivering or doing the same. Section 3. The said Board of State Supplies shall, annually advertise in at least six newspapers published in this State (two of which shall be published in each county) during the months of April and May, for at least four weeks, for proposals or bids for doing and furnishing of all State supplies for the year beginning on the first day of June next ensuing. Advertisement Said advertisements shall state the nature, kind, quality, quantity and amount of said supplies, and shall designate the time and place when and where said proposals will be opened, which shall be done by said Board of State Supplies in public in the presence of the persons making the bids or Certified check their representatives. Every such bid or proposal shall be to state what. to accompany each bid. Contracts, to whom awarded accompanied by a duly certified check of the bidder or bidders for ten per centum of the amount of his or her bid. Said checks shall be returned to said bidder or bidders upon the execution of the said contract or contracts and the bond or bonds hereinafter provided for. Upon the opening of said bids the said Board of State Supplies shall carefully consider all the same, and shall award the contract or contracts for the doing and furnishing said supplies to the lowest responsible OF THE BOARD OF STATE SUPPLIES. into contract bidder therefor. If any two or more responsible persons, firms or corporations shall bid an equal amount for doing or furnishing such supplies, which bids shall be the lowest, then said Board shall award said contract or contracts to any one of the same. Every successful bidder or bidders shall enter Successful bidinto a contract or contracts with said Board as mentioned in der to enter Section 2 of this Act and shall enter into a bond to the State and give bond. of Delaware with surety or sureties to be approved by said. Board in an amount to be fixed by said Board. Every such bond shall have a warrant of Attorney attached thereto, authorizing the State by its Attorney General to confess and enter judgment thereon in any Court in the United States of America or elesewhere against the obligors therein named for the amount therein named, and shall be conditioned for the honest and faithful compliance with all the provisions of the contract of the bidder or bidders aforesaid. Whenever, when bond in the opinion of said Board, it shall be for the best interests may be entered. of the State that any of said bonds shall be entered, it shall so order and direct the Attorney General who shall thereupon cause the same to be entered in the proper Court. bord to be pro Section 4. If any bidder or bidders mentioned in this Act, Failure to fulto whom any contract mentioned in this Act, shall be fill contract, awarded, shall neglect or refuse to comply with his or her ceeded on. contract, then the said Board shall cause his or her said bond to be entered as aforesaid, and shall proceed by all lawful means to collect all the money due thereon, and shall, in the manner provided in this Act, advertise for new bids to complete the doing and furnishing said supplies for the balance of the term of said contract, and in like manner award said contract. defined. Section 5. The word "supplies" as used in this Act shall Supplies" be construed to mean and include all stationery, printing, paper and fuel used in the Legislative and other departments of the State government, the printing, binding and distribution of the laws, journals, official reports, and all other State printing and binding, and the repairing, furnishing and heating the State House. Section 6. The said Board of State Supplies shall, Maximum price whenever it advertises for any bids or proposals, state in said to be stated in advertisements a maximum price for supplies asked for. "The advertisement. Bids may be rejected. ment. OF THE BOARD OF STATE SUPPLIES. said Board of State Supplies shall have the right to reject any and all bids or proposals mentioned in this Act. If said Board should, at any time, reject all bids or proposals sub-Re-advertise mitted, it shall immediately re-advertise, for new bids or proposals in lieu of those rejected, in the manner in this Act provided for the original advertisements. All State officers and make requisi- Boards to whom or which this Act applies shall, annually in the month of March certify in writing to said Board of State Supplies as near as possible the amount, kind and quality of any supplies he or it will require, for the year next ensuing. beginning on the first day of June next ensuing." State officers to tion for sup plies, when. Section 7. This Act shall become operative immediately upon its approval by the Governor. Approved, March 23, A. D. 1905. OF THE COUNTY MORGUE. CHAPTER 83. OF THE COUNTY MORGUE. AN ACT providing for a County Morgue and for the office of Superintendent thereof in and for New Castle County. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: New Castle Morgue. Section I. That the Levy Court, or a majority of its Levy Court of members, of New Castle County as soon as conveniently can county to probe after the passage of this Act shall erect or procure by pur- cure County chase or otherwise, and fit up a building fully equipped for a County Morgue, to be situated in the City of Wilmington; said building shall have an office for the Coroner of New Coroner's Castle County and rooms for holding inquests and a work once located room. office appoint Morgue ent, when. Section 2. The Levy Court, or a majority of its members, Levy Court to of New Castle County on the First Tuesday in May, Nine- Superintendteen Hundred and Five (1905) shall appoint a person, a resident of New Castle County, with a residence in the City of Wilmington during his term of office, with not less than five (5) years' experience in the care and handling of dead bodies, to be Morgue Superintendent for a term of four (4) Term. years, or until his successor is appointed. Superintend Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Morgue Superinten- Duty of Morgue dent to remove and care for such bodies of deceased persons ent. as come under the jurisdiction of the Coronor or the Trustees of the Poor of New Castle County; to keep a complete list with detail description of all bodies admitted to the morgue, and the disposition made thereof; and to make a report of Report to Levy same to the Levy Court in the month of February of each Court. year. Section 4. The Morgue Superintendent appointed under Compensation. this Act shall receive such compensation as the Levy Court may fix and be subject to such rules and regulations as the said Levy Court may prescribe. Approved, April 6, A. D. 1905. OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS. Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. Special Com- Chapter 338, liability in their bond. CHAPTER 84. OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS. AN ACT to relieve the Special Commissioners of Brandywine Hundred from liability on their bond. Whereas By Chapter 338, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, William Danzenbaker, Edward Bringhurst, Jr. and Thomas T. Weldin were named as Special Commissioners to procure, have executed and sell certain bonds for the purpose of paying off the floating indebtedness of the Commissoners of Roads of Brandywine Hundred; and Whereas By the provisions of said Act, the said Special Commissioners were required to enter into bond to the State of Delaware in the penal sum of Eighteen Thousand Dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties imposed upon them by said Act; and Whereas All of said floating indebtedness has been fully paid and discharged by the said Special Commissioners and the balance of the moneys received from the sale of said bonds has been paid by said Special Commissioners to the County Treasurer, as in said Act provided; and Whereas It is proper that provision be made that said Special Commissioners be relieved of all liability on account of their said bond: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That William Danzenbaker, Edward Bringpointed under hurst, Jr. and Thomas T. Weldin, as Special Commissioners to pay the floating indebtedness of Brandywine Hundred, be released from, and the same are hereby released from all liability on account of their bond given to the State of Delaware, pursuant to Chapter 338, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, bearing date the second day of September, A. D. 1903, for the penal sum of Eighteen Thousand Dollars, and said bond shall be and the same is hereby declared to be null and void and of no force or virtue. Approved, April 6, A. D. 1905. |