(a) The taker is entitled to 10 percent on the appraised value of each bale of cotton and on other property as follows: 25 percent on all under $30.00; between $30.00 and $100.00, 20 percent; between $100.00 and $500.00, 15 percent; between $500.00 and $1,000.00, 10 percent; and on all over $1,000.00, five percent.

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(b) The taker is also entitled to the court fees paid by him, the expenses of the advertisement, if published in a newspaper, and reasonable compensation for the keeping, if necessary to preserve the property from loss or injury, to be ascertained as in the case of estrays.