Power of sale of distress taken for rent exceeding $14,400 per annum

Where any goods and chattels are distrained for any rent exceeding fourteen thousand four hundred dollars per annum reserved and due upon any tenancy whatever, and the tenant or owner of the goods so distrained does not within five days after distress taken, or such extended period of not more than fifteen days as the landlord or other person levying the distress may at the request in writing of the tenant or owner grant, and after notice thereof given by the landlord to the tenant, replevy the same with sufficient security to be given to the clerk of the court according to law, then the person distraining shall with the clerk of the court cause the goods and chattels so distrained to be appraised and thereafter shall sell the goods and chattels at public auction and apply the proceeds to the satisfaction of the rent and charges of such distress, appraisement and sale, leaving the surplus proceeds (if any), in the hands of the clerk of the court for the owners’ use. rent not $14,400 per $14,400 per