Any person claiming to be the owner of any impounded property shall make written application therefor to the Police Department and shall furnish such additional proof as may be required to establish said ownership. If he shall present to said Department the proof of his ownership of said impounded property prior to the date of actual sale thereof, then the property itself shall be delivered to said owner under these conditions; but if said property has been sold, then said Department shall endorse its findings of ownership with a copy of the written application which application and findings shall be addressed to the Clerk and if presented within one year after said sale, then such balance of the proceeds of the sale, after deductions, shall be paid to said owner. Any appeal from the removal, storage and publication costs, if any, assessed by the Police Department shall be in the same manner as provided by law. (Revised Code 1958)