§ 83. Contracts for public advertising.

All public advertising or publications necessary under this Charter shall be in a daily newspaper of general circulation, published in the city, and shall be done by contract; or in a journal published by the city as may be determined by ordinance; provided, that the publication of notice of the sale of lands for delinquent taxes and assessments thereon under § 90 of this Charter shall only be in a newspaper of general circulation published in said city. If such contract shall be with the publisher of a newspaper it shall be entered into only after opportunity has been given for competition under such rules and regulations as the council may provide and for a term not exceeding one year.