For the purpose of providing a fund to acquire a cemetery or lands therefor and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by such city under the authority of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-1774, and amendments thereto, the mayor and council, or mayor and commissioners of such city may levy each year a tax not to exceed one mill upon all taxable tangible property in such city, to be levied and collected as other taxes for such city; or such city may issue its bonds not exceeding the amount of the purchase or the condemnation price of the cemetery or grounds, in the manner now provided by law for the issuance of bonds for the improvement or acquirement of waterworks for such city.