(a) The person taking up any animal under the provisions of this subchapter shall immediately make out, from the copy of the appraisement delivered to him or her by the justice of the peace, four (4) advertisements and put them up in the most public places in his or her township and county.
(b) If any person shall fail to advertise any stray according to laws in force, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, an offender shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), to be recovered by indictment or information in the county where the stray may have been taken up.