THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1519

information as the council may require them to obtain, or
as may appear to the commission to be useful to the coun-
cil 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 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 proposed 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 rea-
son of the proposed 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 prop-
erty 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 com-
mission, whereupon such writing, or a certified copy there-
of, shall become the best evidence of the determination so
made.

And the said council shall, within ten days after mak-
ing such determination, 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 deter-
mination 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