Persons empowered to distrain may give written authority to their servants to do so.

    When any person, empowered to distrain property under section CXII or section CXIV, shall employ a servant or other person to make the distress, he shall give to such servant or person a written authority (which may be on plain paper) for the same, and the distress shall be made in the name and on the responsibility of the person giving such authority.