(a) Within 30 days after an assignment is executed, the assignee shall publish notice of his appointment as assignee in a newspaper published in the county
(1) where the assigning debtor resides or where he operated his principal business before the assignment; or
(2) nearest the assigning debtor’s residence or principal business if a newspaper is not published in the county of the assigning debtor’s residence or principal business.
(b) The assignee shall publish notice of his appointment as assignee once each week for three consecutive weeks.