Flinn

Action for the foreclosure of the lien of a street assessment in San Francisco. The plaintiffs have appealed from a judgment rendered in favor of the defend ants, and have presented the appeal upon the judgment-roll, including a bill of exceptions.

The charter of San Francisco (art. VI, c. I, sec. 16; Stats, of 1899, p. 289) provides that all proposals for public work, including street improvements, “shall be made upon printed forms to be prepared by the board and furnished gratuitously upon application, with a form for the affidavit hereinafter provided for printed thereon. Each bid shall have thereon the affidavit of the bidder that such bid is genuine and not collusive or sham; that he has not colluded, conspired, connived or agreed, directly or indirectly, with any other bidder or person to put in a sham bid, or that such other person shall refrain from bidding; and has not in any manner sought by collusion to secure any advantage against the city and county, or any person interested in said improvement for himself or any other person. All bids shall be clearly and distinctly written without any erasure or interlineation, and if any bid shall have an erasure or interlineation…