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"I I. \ e e . -5- necessary incidents of, same, require the reasonable charge of Twenty-Five bollars ($25.00) for each lot, series of two or more adjacent and contiguous lots, or tract or parcel of acreage, and such minimum charge is hereby established and declared to be an expense of such work and improvement. Notwithstanding, therefore, any tabulation of recorded cost, a minimum charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be assessed against each lot so improved under the terms of this division, but such sum of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) is hereby expressly stated to be a minimum . charge only, and shall have no application when the tabulated cost of the work done shall exceed such minimum charge. After receiving from th~ City Engineer or, his'duly authorized repre- sentative a compilation of the cost of the work, and after charg- ing the same against the owner of the premises, the city health officer shall certify a statement of such expenses and shall file the same with the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas~ Upon finng such statement with the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas, the City shall have a privileged lien upon the land described there- . in and upon which the improvements have been made, in accordance with the provisions of said Article 4436, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, which said lien shall be second only to tax liens and liens for street improvements to secure the expenditure so made, and ten per cent.. (10%) interest on the amount from the date of such payment by the City. For any such expenditures, and interest, as aforesaid, suit m~y be instituted by the City Attorney ardre- covery and foreclosure had in the name of the municipal corporation of the City of La Porte: and the statement so made, as aforesaid, or a certified co~y the~eof, shall be prima facie proof of the . amount expended in any such work or improvements. Upon payment of