The City Commission shall have the power to assign assessment liens for local improvements at par or face value. In the event assessment liens for special improvements shall be assigned, the assignee shall have the same power to foreclose as granted to the city by § 36.082, and the same method of procedure shall be followed in the foreclosures.
(Special Acts, Ch. 57-1754, §§ 200 and 202) ('58 Code, §§ 45.147 and 45.149)