It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale in this State any horse, mule, cattle, hog or any other livestock or any poultry or domesticated fowl of any kind that is known to be affected with any contagious disease, the tendency of which is to cause the death of any such livestock; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty days.