If the owner of any stray horse, mare, mule, jack, or jenny does not prove the stray according to law within twenty (20) days from the time the animal was taken up, the person taking it up shall pay the county clerk all fees, the necessary postage, and the price of the advertisement. The clerk shall immediately transmit, by mail or otherwise, to the printer a copy of the appraisement of the stray and shall account to the printer for all money received by him or her for printing.