Any mayordomo who through negligence or any other cause whatsoever, except sickness, shall fail to comply, with the duties imposed upon him, by the three preceding sections [73-2-43 through 73-2-45], upon conviction before the justice of the peace [magistrate court] of the precinct, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five [($25.00)] nor more than fifty dollars [($50.00)].