If any vehicle is wrecked on any street of the City, and no arrangement is made for the immediate removal of it, the police shall, in order to open the street to free the flow of traffic, call a garageman designated by the Chief of Police or other police officer in charge, to immediately remove the vehicle to a safe place of storage. The cost of removal and storage shall be paid by the owner of the vehicle to the person removing and storing the vehicle. If the vehicle is not called for by the owner within sixty days, then the person so removing the vehicle shall be permitted to proceed against the vehicle for rent, storage and towing under the laws of the State provided for the collection of such charges. The police designating the work and services performed shall be deemed to be the agent of the owner. (1947 Code §19.71)