Whenever the superintendent of streets shall have caused any repairs to be made as in this chapter provided, and the bills therefor shall have been presented to the council, and the council shall have ordered the same to be paid and a warrant upon the treasurer to be drawn therefor, the council may at the same time or at any subsequent meeting, order the attorney to commence an action to recover the amount so ordered paid, and enforce and foreclose the lien of the city against the real property liable thereto. (Ord. 507, 8-9-1901)