Any such ordinance abolishing the office of collector of delinquent taxes in any city of the second class shall provide that the treasurer of the city shall collect all delinquent city taxes, interest and penalties, and shall have all powers of delinquent tax collectors in cities of such class under the provisions of existing laws, and for such purpose the city treasurers in cities of the second class may appoint clerks and employes whose positions shall be established and the compensation therefor fixed as prescribed by law for similar employes in the department of the city treasurer. The city treasurer shall receive no additional compensation for the collection of delinquent taxes.
53 P.S. § 22583