1626 . LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 899

245. License. No person shall manufacture, possess or
deal in explosives unless he has obtained a license therefor
pursuant to the provisions of Section 246.

246. Applications for Licenses.

(a) Application for a license to manufacture shall be made
to the Commissioner in such form as the Commissioner shall
prescribe and furnish, and shall state, among other things:
(1) the name and address of the applicant, (2) the reason for
desiring to manufacture explosives, (3) his citizenship, if the
applicant is an individual, (4) if the applicant is a partner-
ship, the names and addresses of the partners and their citizen-
ship, and (5) if the applicant is an association or corpora-
tion, the names and addresses of the officers and directors
thereof and their citizenship. The Commissioner shall issue
the license applied for unless he finds that either the appli-
cant, or the officers, agents or employees of the applicant, is
not sufficiently experienced in the manufacture of explosives,
lacks suitable facilities therefor, has been convicted of a crime
involving moral turpitude, or is disloyal to the United States.

(b) Application for license to engage in the business of
dealing in explosives shall be made to the Commissioner in
such form as the Commissioner shall prescribe and furnish,
and shall state, among other things: (1) the name and address
of the applicant, (2) the reason for desiring to engage in the
business of dealing in explosives, (3) citizenship, if an indi-
vidual applicant, (4) if a partnership, the names and addresses
of the partners and their citizenship, and (5) if an associa-
tion or corporation, the names and addresses of the officers
and directors thereof and their citizenship. The Commis-
sioner shall issue the license supplied for unless he finds that
either the applicant, or the officers, agents or employees of the
applicant, is not sufficiently experienced in the business of
dealing in explosives, lacks suitable facilities therefor, has
been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or is dis-
loyal to the United States.

(c) Application for license to possess explosives shall be
made in writing to the local licensing authority of the county,
or of Baltimore City, in which the applicant resides or has his
regular place of business, in such form as the Commissioner
shall prescribe and furnish, and shall state, among other
things: (1) the name and address of the applicant, (2) the
reason for desiring the licensee to possess explosives, (3) his
citizenship, if the applicant is an individual, (4) if the appli-
cant is a partnership, the names and addresses of the partners
and their citizenship, and (5) if the applicant is an associa-
tion or corporation, the names and addresses of the officers
and directors thereof and their citizenship. The Commissioner