The notice required in section 271.010 shall be given by setting up written or printed handbills in three of the most public places in the township in which the property is taken up, and by forwarding a copy of such notice to the county clerk at least thirty days before said property shall be posted, which notice shall contain a description of the animal, embracing size, color, age, sex, marks and brands, as the same appeared at the time of taking up, and shall further recite that if the owner does not claim and prove the same before the expiration of thirty days from the time of setting up said notices, the same will be posted before some associate circuit judge of the county.