The assessments made pursuant to this article shall be known as special assessments for improvements and with the cost of the required notice shall be levied and collected as a special tax, in addition to the taxes for general revenue purposes, subject to the same penalties and collected in like manner as other city taxes, but shall draw interest at nine percent per annum; the same shall be certified to the county clerk at the same time as the next certification for general revenue purposes.
(1964 Code, § 19-52)