In any case where the owner of any property which is or shall be charged with a lien for the payment of any such matured and unpaid special assessment, district sanitary sewer, storm sewer, or sidewalk warrant, is the owner and holder of any such warrant, he may upon surrendering the same to the county treasurer of the county wherein any such special assessment shall appear, have such special assessment and the lien thereof canceled, and such treasurer shall make a notation upon the tax rolls showing that such special assessment has been discharged and released and shall cancel such warrant and file the same in his office.
Laws 1937, p. 158, § 5.