Section 77
SEC. 77. Payment of special assessment.&mdashAll sums due from any landowner or owners as the result of any action taken pursuant to this Article shall be payable to the city treasurer in the same manner as the annual ordinary tax levied upon real property, and shall be subject to the same penalties for delinquency and be enforced in the same manner as said annual ordinary tax; and all said sums together with any of said penalties shall, from the dates on which they were assessed, constitute special liens on sail land, with the sole exception of the lien for the nonpayment of the ordinary real property tax. If, upon recomputation of the amount of the special assessment in accordance with the next preceding section, it appears that the landowner has paid more than what is correctly due from him, the amount paid in excess shall be refunded to him immediately upon demand; in the other case the landowner shall have one year within which to pay without penalty the amount still due from him. Said period shall be counted from the date the landowner receive the proper notice.