Section 32. In levying special assessments to pay any part of the cost of any public work or improvement, the Village Commission shall not exceed any limitation as to the amount thereof which may be prescribed by the general laws of the state applicable to municipalities and in force at the time it is determined by the commission that any such work shall be done or improvement made; provided, however, that a second assessment may be levied for the repaving, resurfacing or repairing of any street or sidewalk at any time more than 10 years after the former assessment and without deduction being made in said assessment by reason of any such former assessment.