Sec. 12.17.  COLLECTION OF CITY TAXES.
   City taxes shall be due and payable on the first day of July of each year. No collection charge shall be added to taxes paid during the month of July. To all taxes paid after July 31 there shall be added a three (3) per cent penalty. To all taxes returned delinquent to the County Treasurer by the City Treasurer there shall be added an additional penalty of seven (7) per cent.