The owner of any trespassing animals taken up under the provisions of this chapter may, at any time before the sale thereof claim and take such animals away upon paying the amount of damages set forth in the certificate of appraisement and the accrued costs, and if such animals are included in a lot or group of animals belonging to other parties, against which the damages and costs are assessed as a whole, he shall pay his proportion of the total amount of damages and costs assessed against such animals, according to the number of animals he owns when compared with the number of the entire lot or group. If he deems the appraisal too high, he may choose another appraiser having the qualifications provided in this chapter, who with the first shall make a new appraisal, and if they cannot agree they shall choose a third and the three (3) shall proceed to make another appraisal, and the decision of the majority shall be final. (1986 Code)