WICOMICO COUNTY. 5109

and a certificate of the qualifications of its members, and such other in-
formation as the Council may require them to obtain, or as may appear
to the commission to be useful to the Council in making its determina-
tion of benefits and damages.

(8) At the next regular meeting of the Council after the return of
said report, or as soon thereafter as may be possible, the said Clerk of
Salisbury shall present the said report to the Council, and the said
Council shall thereupon give at least ten days' notice by publication in one
or more newspapers published in the said City of the time and place where
the said report will be acted upon.

(9) At the time and place set in the notice mentioned in sub-division
(8) hereof, and at such other times and places as the said hearing may
from time to time be adjourned to, the said Council shall consider the
said report and hear objections thereto, and shall then determine, in
money value, what, if any, amount of damages will be caused by the pro-
posed improvement to any property over, through, by or near which the
proposed improvement will be made, or to the owner or occupant of such
property or of any right or interest therein, and shall determine in money
value, what, if any, amount of benefit will accrue by reason of the pro-
posed improvement to any property over, through, by or near which the
proposed improvement will be made, or to the owner or occupant of such
property or of any right or interest therein; provided that no benefits
shall be assessed to any property not shown on the plat returned by the
commission as required by sub-division (7) of this section or to the owner
or occupant of any property not shown on said plat or of any right or
interest therein.

The said determination of the Council shall then and there be reduced
to writing and signed by the President of the Council and annexed to the
report of the said commission, whereupon such writing, or a certified copy
thereof, shall become the best evidence of the determination so made.

And the said Council shall, within ten days after making such deter-
mination, cause to be published in one or more newspapers printed in
the City of Salisbury, for at least two insertions, notice of the fact that
such determination has been made and that damages and benefits have been
awarded to person, persons, or corporation, and in the amounts to be set
forth in the said notice.

(10) At no stage of the proceedings shall the Council have power to
depart from the plan, except in some minor details, as set forth in the ordi-
nance required by sub-division (2) of this section, provided that the Coun-
cil may depart from such plan by commencing new proceedings under this
section.

(11) If any person shall feel aggrieved by the determination of the
Council of damages or benefits or by its failure to award damages to him
or his property, he may appeal to the Circuit Court of Wicomico County
by giving written notice within ten days after the publication of the notice
required by sub-division (9) of this section, which said notice of appeal
shall be filed with the Clerk of Salisbury. And upon the filing of the said