(a) Immediately after the City Collector receives a special assessment warrant, duly certified to him or her by the Clerk of the County Court or the court in which such special assessment shall be confirmed for any special assessment or special tax, the City Collector shall give notice thereof by publication in a newspaper published in the City, which notice may be in substantially the following form:
Special Assessment Notice.
Special Warrant No. _______.
To whom this notice may concern: Public notice is hereby given that
(here insert the title of the court) has rendered judgment for a special assessment (or a special tax) upon property benefited by the following improvement:
(here describe the character and location of the improvement in general terms) as will more fully appear from the certified copy of the judgment on file in my office; that the warrant for the collection of such special assessment (or special tax) is in the hands of the undersigned. All persons interested are hereby notified to call and pay the amount assessed at the City Collector's office (here insert location of office) within thirty days from the date hereof. Dated this day of , A.D. 19 .
Signed,
City Collector of the City of Martinsville, Illinois.
(1942 Code Chap. VI, Sec. 2)
(b) When such special assessment or special tax is to be paid in installments, such notice shall, in addition to the foregoing, contain the amount of each installment, the rate of interest deferred installments bear, the date, and the date when payable. The City Collector shall call in persons resident within the neighborhood whose names appear upon the assessment roll, or the occupants of the property assessed, and personally or by written or printed notice left at their usual place of abode inform them of such special assessment and request payment of the same.
(1942 Code Chap. VI, Sec. 2a)
(c) The collector shall write the word "paid" opposite each tract or lot upon which such installment is paid, together with the name and post office address of the person making the payment and the date of the payment. He or she shall also give such person a receipt therefor and retain a duplicate of the receipt so issued in a book to be specially provided by the City.
(1942 Code Chap. VI, Sec. 3)
(d) The City Collector shall give notice to and collect from all persons owing the City any special assessment, special tax or installment or interest thereon.
(1942 Code Chap. VI, Sec. 7)