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Police shall notify in writing the owner of record of such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, if known, that such motor vehicle, trailer or semi- trailer, has been impounded° If the name and address of such owner is not know~ within a forty-eight hour period, at the conclusion of such period the Chief of Police shall cause notice of such impounding to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city~ Section 2-71.4o Release from impoundment upon paymen~ of charges and costs. No motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer impounded under the provisions of this Code shall be released or removed from the city pound except upon payment by the owner thereof, or his duly authorized representative, co the Chief of Police, who shall issue a receipt therefor~ of s towing charge of seven dollars fifty cents ($?°50) plus a storage charge, if the motor vehicle trailer or semitrailer has been impounded for a period longer then twenty-four hours, of one dollar Der day or fraction thereof: plus cost of publication of any notice required by any of the provisions of this Code, plus~cost of investigation as ~o ownership and liens required by any oi the provisions of this Code, provided, that the city manager is authorized ~o release any such impounded motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer from the city pound with- out the paymen~ of such charges and costs~ or any par~ thereof, whenever he deems it proper so to do. Such owner, or his duly authorized representative, upon delivery of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer ~o him. shall slgn a receipt for the same° The payment of costs herein set forth, or the release of any impounded motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, without the payment of any or all of such costs, shall not operate ~o relieve the offender from the liability of any fine or penalty for the violation of any law or ordinance on account of which the motor vehicle~ trailer or semitrailer Was impounded. Section 2-71~5. Payment ~o city treasurer of charges and costs received upon release from impoundment. All amounts received by the Chief of Police for charges and costs as set forth in section 2-71.4 of this Code shall be paid to the city treasurer at such times as the city manager shall prescribe° Section 2-71o8. When motor vehicle, etc:~ co be considered as abandoned; procedure zn case of abandonment. When any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer is found unattended other- wise than as hereinabove set forth, in the same place on any street or public ground continuously for a period longer than three consecutive days, and the Chief of Police has given the owner of record of such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer at least two days' notice ~n writing of the intention of the director ~o remove~ or cause to be removed, such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, from such street to the city pound, or has made a diligent attempz co so notify such owner, hut has been unable to do so, ~nd said motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has no~ been removed~ ~he said mo%or vehicle~ trailer or semitrailer shall be considered as abandoned~ and the Chief of Police is authorized and em- powered to remove, or cause to be removed, such mozor vehicle, trailer or semi- trailer to the city pound, ~o be there held subjec~ to the conditions and pro- visions hereinabefore set forth in this Code°