The ninth and tenth section of an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the union school and children's home asylum; to provide for the taxation of non-resident vendors of merchandise in the city and county of Philadelphia and for the relief of Edward Hutchinson," approved April 12, 1851, shall not be construed to apply to a citizen and permanent resident of Pennsylvania, or whose principal place of business is within the state, and who pays, in accordance with existing laws, a license of not less than one hundred dollars per annum, or to any resident, agent or agents as aforesaid, for the sale of hardware, by card, sample or other specimen.
72 P.S. § 2665