penalty.] It shall be unlawful to deface, disfigure, destroy or otherwise in any manner interfere with any such index board, whether same be placed by public authority or by any citizen of the state. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars [($5.00)] nor more than twenty-five dollars [($25.00)], and in default of payment thereof shall be imprisoned for not less than five nor more than twenty-five days.