Whenever the governing body of any city coming within the provisions of the preceding section shall pave, grade, curb, gutter, macadam or gravel, or repave, recurb, regutter, remacadam or regravel or otherwise improve any street, avenue or road from the corporate limits of said city to the entrance of its cemetery, for which a special tax is to be levied, they may provide for the payment of the cost thereof by the issuance of improvement bonds for the total cost of such improvement as provided by law.