If the owner or other interested person, or person entitled to the possession of said property, shall apply to the Chief of Police before a sale thereof for the return of personal property and shall submit to the Chief of Police evidence satisfactory to him of his interest therein and tender, with said application, the costs in removing, storing, and making sale of the personal property, the Chief of Police, upon being satisfied that the claim is rightful, shall surrender the same to the claimant.