For the purpose of paying the expenses mentioned in § 14-123-316, for keeping the levees in each district in repair, and to meet the incidental and contingent expenses of the district, there shall be levied and collected off the lands as reported as benefited by the assessors an annual tax not to exceed five (5) mills on the dollar of the value of the lands as assessed for state and county purposes, to be levied, extended, and collected as state and county taxes are now collected by the officer authorized to levy and collect the tax. The taxes shall be extended on the tax books of the county against the lands so taxable as aforesaid, and to be paid over by the county collector to the treasurer of the levee district in coin or legal tender currency of the United States. The amount of the tax, not exceeding the rate percent aforesaid, shall be voted on at a meeting of the landholders of the district called by notice given as required by § 14-123-403, and the tax so certified to the county court of the county by the directors of the district on or before the day fixed by law for levying county and state taxes and making annual appropriations for the county.