All certificates of the Assessors for the apportionment
of taxes or assessments shall be filed by the applicants in the office
of the City Clerk, and the sum of $2.50 shall be collected for each
parcel of land affected by such apportionment before any action is
taken thereon by the Council, and in addition the sum of $2.50 for
each year in excess of one for which such apportionment is made.