(a) Any nonresident junk dealer or person or persons desiring to conduct the business of dealing in junk shall not be permitted to conduct and carry on such business within the State until such person has first secured a license therefor and pays to the Department of Finance the sum of $150. Such license shall not be required when the nonresident junk dealer is buying from and selling to or exchanging goods, wares and merchandise with an established qualified dealer of the State.
(b) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than $100, nor more than $500, and, on failure to pay such fine, shall be imprisoned not less than 3 months, nor more than 6 months.
(c) Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction of offenses under this section.