In case any owner or occupant of any building refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of this chapter, Council shall immediately have the proper number permanently fixed to the building, and the cost of the number so fixed shall be paid for by the owner or occupant of the building, if the cost is not paid for on demand, it may be charged as an additional tax on the property and be collected with other taxes.
(1941 Code, Sec. 15-6.)