THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1041

functions and services may also be performed by the same
person, firm, association or corporation for fee, hire or re-
ward, to wit: (1) crime or wrong done or threatened or
assumed to have been done or threatened against the
Government of the United States of America, or any State,
Territory or Possession of the United States of America;
(2) the identity, habits, conduct, movements, whereabouts,
affiliations, associations, transactions, reputation or
character of any person, association, organization, society
or groups of persons, firms or corporations; (3) the
credibility of witnesses or other persons; (4) the where-
abouts of missing persons; (5) the location or recovery of
lost or stolen property; (6) the causes and origin of, or
responsibility for, fires, accidents, damage, injuries or
losses to persons, firms, associations or corporations, or to
real or personal property; (7) the affiliation, connection
or relation of any person, firm or corporation with any
official member or representative thereof; (8) with refer-
ence to the conduct, honesty, efficiency, loyalty or activities
of employees, agents, contractors and subcontractors; (9)
the securing of evidence to be used before any investigating
committee, board of award, board of arbitration, or in the
trial of any civil or criminal cause; provided, however, that
the term shall not include a person, firm, association or
corporation engaged exclusively in the business of making
investigations and reports as to the financial standing,
credit and financial responsibility of persons, firms, associ-
ations or corporations nor to electrically controlled burglar
or fire alarm systems with a central unit, nor to any person
firm, association or corporation exclusively engaged in the
business of making reports for insurance or credit pur-
poses. Also it shall mean the furnishing for hire or reward
of watchmen or guards or private patrolmen or other per-
sons to protect persons or property, either real or personal,
or for any other purpose whatsoever, except marine guards
or ship watchmen, whether stationed aboard ship or on a
pier. The term shall not include and nothing in this sub-
title shall apply to any lawful activity of any board, body,
commission or agency of the United States of America or of
any State, Territory or Possession of the United States of
America or any county, municipality, or other political
sub-division thereof, or any officer or employee solely,
exclusively and regularly employed by any of the foregoing;
nor to any attorney or counsellor-at-law in connection with
the regular practice of his profession, nor to any person
employed by any such attorney or counsellor-at-law when
engaged upon his employer's business; nor to any employee,
investigator or investigators solely, exclusively and regular-