Any transient merchant or itinerant vendor who fails to comply with the requirements of this article or any part thereof, or makes a false or fraudulent representation in any statement required by this article to be filed by him, or falsely represents by advertising or otherwise that such personal property is in whole or in part damaged goods saved from fire, or makes any false statement as to the previous history or character of such personal property, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or may be committed for a period not exceeding ninety days, or both.
N.J.S. § 45:24-8