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Show NOTICE FOR BIDS Bids will be received by the Board of Education of Nebo School District on or before Wednesday, May 4th, 1949, for the purchase of two 66 passenger and one 48 passenger school buses. Buses shall conform to the Regulations Governing Bus Transportation Trans-portation and School Bus Standards Stand-ards as adopted in June, 1947, by the State Road Comission and the State Board of Education. 66 passenger buses shall be equipped with 900x20, 10-ply tires. 48 passenger buses shall be equipped with 750x20, 10-ply tires. All buses shall have vacuum re-; re-; serve tanks for brakes. They shall be equipped with ; heater, defroster, and auxiliary ? heater installed near the rear of the bus. There shall be installed one' set of directional signal lights. There shall be installed one set of two flasher stop lights, both front and rear. Each frame side member shall be of one-piece construction. If the frame side members are extended, ex-tended, such extension shall be designed de-signed and furnished by the chassis chas-sis manufacturer with his guarantee guaran-tee and the installation shall be made by either the chassis or body manufacturer and guaranteed by the company making the installation. installa-tion. Extensions of frame lengths are permissible only when such alterations al-terations are behind the rear hanger hang-er of the rear spring. The words "Nebo School District' Dis-trict' shall be printed on both sides of the bus, also all other legal lettering. national average, with Utah ranking rank-ing 13th among the 48 states and 3rd among the mountain states in the average salary paid. Total compensation of school teachers and supervisory personnel person-nel increased 34 percent from $11,-276,360 $11,-276,360 in 1947 to $15,129,419 in 1948. It was estimated that $16.4 million will be required for the current school year. Improved salaries for Utah school teachers are reflected in substantially larger graduating classes of prospective teachers from Utah colleges. Nine hundred forty - five prospective elementary and secondary teachers will graduate grad-uate this year, compared with 707 in 1941, 193 in 1944, 227 in 1945, and 212 in 1946. An over-drive in the 5th gear is requested (in the 66 passenger buses only). Seat back centers on forward facing seats shall be not less than 27" in 66 passenger buses and not less than 26" in the 48 passenger bus. The Board of Education reserves re-serves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. B. L. ISAAC, Clerk. Board of Education. |