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(6) The said committee shall meet at the time and place
mentioned in the notice given by it, and at such other times as
they may from time to time adjourn to, and shall proceed:

(a) To estimate, in money value, what amount, if any, of
damages will be caused by the proposed improvement to any
property, over, through, by or near which the proposed im-
provements will be made, or to the owner or occupants of such
property or of any right or interest therein;

(b) To estimate, in money value, what amount, if any, of
benefits will accrue by reason of the proposed improvement to
any property over, through, by or near which the proposed im-
provement will be made, or to the owner or occupant of such
property or of any right or interest therein;

(c) To locate boundaries of the proposed improvement;

(d) To prepare or adopt an explanatory plat showing the
location and boundaries of the proposed improvement and the
location of each separate lot or parcel of land adjoining the
proposed improvement or mentioned in the aforesaid estimate
of benefits or damages, together with the name or names, or
other designation of the owner or owners, or occupants of such
lot or parcel or of any right or interest therein; and

(e) To obtain such other information as the Council may
require of them or as may appear to them to be useful to the
Council in making its determination of benefits and damages,
etc.

(7) The said Commission shall, within five days af-
ter the time set for their meeting return to the Clerk of Salis-
bury a report in writing of its proceedings and estimates, to-
gether with the aforesaid explanatory plat, and a certificate of
the qualifications of its members, and such other information
as the Council may require them to obtain, or as may appear
to the commission to be useful to the Council in making its
determination 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 pub-
lished in the said City of the time and place where the said re-
port 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 ob-
jections 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