A separate tax bill shall be issued against each lot or tract against which an assessment has been made, and shall state therein the name of the owner of record of the lot or tract assessed, an adequate description of said lot or tract, the number of front feet therein abutting on the improvement, the number of the improvement ordinance under which the work was done, and the number of the assessment ordinance under which the tax bills are issued, the different items of improvement and total cost thereof; and shall be payable to the contractor doing the work, or to the city engineer or other person to and for the city, as the case may be. Said tax bills shall be due in thirty days after the date of issue thereof, and may bear interest as provided by ordinance, after said thirty days, at a rate of not to exceed eight percent per annum.
§ 88.893, RSMo