The council shall have the right to establish the width of any sidewalk along any street, alley or public square, or portion thereof, and any owner, of ground fronting on such street, alley or public square, shall in such manner as the council shall reasonably proscribe, pave and curb the sidewalk adjacent to such property. In case of a failure or refusal of such owner to pave or curb the same, the council may cause the same to be properly curbed and paved by the city, and levy and collect from such owner, the whole cost of such curbing and paving adjacent to such property, with a penalty of five per centum added thereto, together with six per centum interest until paid; and in like manner to require the owner of any property adjacent to any paved sidewalk heretofore or hereafter constructed, to keep the same in repair and in default of doing so, to cause the same to be repaired and to levy and collect from said owners the whole cost thereof with a penalty of five per centum added thereto together with six per centum interest per annum until paid. In all cases of such assessment, whether for the original or for the repairing of sidewalks, payment thereof, including penalties and interest, shall be made to the city clerk within thirty days after the completion of the work, who shall have power to collect the same from the owner or owners of any such property, by distress and sale in the same manner in which taxes levied for the benefit of the city are authorized to be collected; and in addition, there shall be a lien upon such real estate, which lien may be enforced by appropriate suit in any court of record of Mineral county.