All assessments for taxes in and for the city shall be made, and all such taxes collected, by the Assessor and Tax Collector, respectively, of the county, and the duties of assessing property and collecting taxes provided by law to be performed by the Assessor and Tax Collector of the city shall be performed by the Assessor and Tax Collector, respectively, of the county until the city shall, by ordinance, elect not to avail itself of the provisions of said state law for any longer time.
('65 Code, § 3-6.102) (Ord. 51, passed - - )