No bank or trust company not actively engaged in business in this State prior to January 1, 1933, shall transact any business in this State or open a place of business in this State without having first secured from the State Bank Commissioner a certificate authorizing it to begin the transaction of business and to open a place of business in this State.
32 Del. Laws, c. 103, §§ 3, 22; 38 Del. Laws, c. 93, § 1(8); Code 1935, §§ 2291, 2310; 5 Del. C. 1953, § 902.