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Section 5. If the house, building and/or structure constituting a nui- sance has not been torn down and removed. or said nuisance otherwise abated, within thirty (30) days after posting the true copy of the Resolution at a con- spicuous place on said house, building and/or structure constituting the nui- sance will be torn down and/or removed by the Building Inspector or his duly designated representative at the direction of the City Council . Section 6. The Building Inspector or any other person or persons designa- ted by him to tear down and remove any such house, building and/or structure constituting a nuisance will insure the removal thereof and dispose of the same in such a manner as deemed appropriate in the circumstances and to that end may, if the same have a substantial value, sell said house, building and/or structure. or any saleable material thereof, by public sale to the highest bid- der for cash, ten ( 10) days ' notice thereof being first given by one publica- tion in some newspaper having a general circulation in the City, to insure its • removal and the abatement of the nuisance. Section 7. All the proceeds of the sale of any such house, building and/ or structure, or the proceeds of the sale of saleable materials therefrom and all fines collected from the provisions of this ordinance shall be paid by the person or persons collecting the same to the City Treasurer. If any such house, building and/or structure, or the saleable materials thereof, be sold for an amount which exceeds all costs incidental to the abatement of the nui- sance (including the cleaning up of the premises) by the City, plus any fine or fines imposed, the balance thereof will be returned by the City Treasurer to the former owner or owners of such house, building and/or structure constitu- ting the nuisance. Section 8. If the City has any net costs in removal of any house, build- ing and/or structure, the City shall have a lien on the property as provided by A.C.A. 14-54-904. The lien may be enforced in either one of the following man-1 ners: (a) The lien may be enforced at any time within eighteen (18) months after work has been done, by an action in the Chancery Court; or, (b) The a- mount of the lien herein provided may be determined at a hearing before the governing body of the municipality held after thirty (30) days ' written notice by certified mail to the owner or owners of the property, if the name and whereabouts of the owner or owners be known, and if the name of the owner or • owners cannot be determined, then only after publication of notice of such hearing in a newspaper having a bona fide circulation in the county wherein the i said property is located for one (1) insertion per week for four (4) consecu-