City councils of cities having boards of trustees of firemen’s pension funds under this chapter shall ordain and order that the city treasurer pay into the pension fund, semi-annually at such dates as may be adopted by the respective city councils, the amounts as levied, the treasurer to report them to the secretary of the board of trustees to be entered on the records of the board at its next meeting. The collection of the assessments under this chapter shall be liable to the same enforcement as any other taxes under the laws of this State.