476                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 365

Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Licenses", sub-title "Private Detec-
tives", be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

78.

(a) Issuance; fee; bond; term; revocation or surrender; contents;
change in membership or address.—The Superintendent, when satis-
fied from the examination of any application and such further
inquiry and investigations as he shall deem proper as to the good
character, competency and integrity of the applicant and the persons
named in the application, shall issue and deliver to the applicant
a license to conduct such business, and to own, conduct or maintain
one or more bureaus, agencies, subagencies, offices or branch offices
for the conduct of such business at the location stated in said appli-
cation, together with as many copies of said license as there are to
be offices, bureaus, agencies, subagencies, offices or branch offices,
upon the payment by the applicant to the Superintendent of a license
fee which in the case of an individual shall be [seventy-five dollars
($75.00)] one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), and in the case of a
firm, association or corporation shall be [one hundred and fifty
dollars ($150.00)] three hundred dollars ($300.00), and upon the
applicant executing and delivering to the superintendent a bond to
the State and which shall be for the benefit of any person injured
by wilful, malicious or wrongful act of the applicant, with one or
more sufficient sureties, which in the case of an individual shall be
three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), and in the case of a firm, asso-
ciation or corporation five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), which said
bond shall be conditioned for the faithful and honest conduct of
such business by the applicant; provided, however, that the aggre-
gate liability of the surety to all the persons so injured shall, in no
event, exceed the penal sum of said bond, and in the event said bond
shall for any reason whatsoever be cancelled, forefeited or terminated
by the surety or sureties, then it shall be the duty of said surety or
sureties to give immediate notice thereof to the Superintendent;
failure to do so by said surety or sureties shall continue the said
bond in full force and effect until such notice of termination, for-
feiture or cancellation is received by the said Superintendent. The
license so granted by the Superintendent shall be valid for a period
of one year and shall expire April 30 of each year, but shall be
revocable by the Superintendent after hearing for cause. In case of
revocation or surrender of any license, no refund shall be made of
any license fee paid under the provisions hereof. The license shall
set forth the full name of the applicant, the location of the principal
office or place of business, and the location of each bureau, agency,
subagency, office or branch office for which the license is issued,
date on which it is issued, the date on which it will expire, and the
name or names of the persons named in the application, and their
respective addresses. In the event of any change in the member-
ship of the firm or in the officers or directors of any association or
corporation or any change in the address of any office or location
of such business the Superintendent shall be notified in writing of
such change within five days thereafter, and failure to give such
notification shall be sufficient cause for revocation of such license.

81. The holder of any license issued under the provisions of this
sub-title may employ to assist him in his work and in the conduct