§ 13. Street paving assessments.

The city council shall have power to order that any street, macadamized, asphalted, or otherwise improved, and to cause all orders to be executed. It shall have power, upon the execution of any such order, to cause to be assessed one-half of such expense upon the persons whose property may be especially benefited thereby; and notice of such proposed improvement shall be given, and the assessments therefor shall be made, published, collected, or secured, as the case may be, in the same manner as provided and required in the case of sewers.