1282                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 591

exclusively as lunch rooms or rest rooms and in which the presence
of explosives or fireworks is prohibited.

(c)  No production building shall contain at any one time more
than two hundred pounds of explosive composition, including that in
raw materials, work in process or finished fireworks.

(d)  Production buildings shall be kept clean, orderly and free
from accumulation of dust or rubbish. Powder or other explosive
materials, when spilled on the floor, shall be immediately cleaned up
and removed from the building.

(e)  Adequate and appropriate fire extinguishers meeting standard
insurance requirements shall be located in all buildings, and shall be
readily accessible at all times.

(f)  All waste and reject hazardous material shall be removed from
all buildings daily and shall be removed from the plant at regular
intervals and destroyed by submersion in water, or by burning. Non-
hazardous waste shall be removed from the plant at regular intervals
and disposed of in a public dump or by other suitable means.

(g)   Testing of fireworks shall be performed in an area set aside
for that purpose and located at a safe distance, considering the nature
of the fireworks tested, from any plant building or neighboring
structure.

104E. 18E. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufac-
ture or process fireworks in the State of Maryland except in a duly
licensed fireworks plant. Any person manufacturing or processing
fireworks in the State of Maryland in any location other than on the
premises of a duly licensed fireworks plant shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned
for not more than one year, or both.

(b) Any person operating, or continuing to operate a fireworks
plant in the State of Maryland for which a license has been denied,
suspended or revoked shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
fined not more than $2,000.00, or imprisoned for not more than two
years, or both fined and imprisoned.

105. 19. NOTHING IN THIS SUB-TITLE SHALL APPLY TO
THE SALE TO, POSSESSION OF, OR USE OF FIREWORKS BY
THE FEDERAL, STATE OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, NOR
TO THE SALE TO, POSSESSION OF OR USE OF COMBUSTI-
BLES OR EXPLOSIVE PREPARATIONS REQUIRED BY INDUS-
TRIAL OR COMMERCIAL CONCERNS FOR USE AS SIGNALS
OR OTHERWISE IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF THEIR BUSI-
NESS; NOR TO THE USE OF FLARES, SIGNAL PISTOLS AND
OTHER EQUIPMENT WHEN THE SAME ARE TO BE USED
AS SIGNALS IN ATHLETIC CONTESTS OR FOR SIMILAR
PURPOSES; NOR TO THE SALE TO, POSSESSION OR USE BY
FARMERS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES OR PREPARATIONS
KNOWN AS FIRECRACKERS, SALUTES OR CHERRY BOMBS,
FOR USE WITH A SLOWBURNING FUSE ROPE, IN THE CON-
TROL OF DESTRUCTIVE BIRDS, UNDER AND SUBJECT TO
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A PERMIT ISSUED BY
THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, AND THE SAID COMMIS-
SIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO GRANT NONTRANS-