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composition, or any substance or combination of substances, or article
prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect
by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation. The term
"fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other
devices in which paper caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains
or less of explosive compound are used, provided they are so con-
structed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in
place for use, and toy pistol paper caps which contain less than
twenty-hundredths grains of explosive mixture, nor fuses, railroad
torpedoes, rockets, FUSEES or other signal devices as may be essen-
tial to promote safety in the operation of any motor vehicle, boat or
railroad, the sale and use of which shall be permitted at all times.

(b)   "Explosive composition" means any mixture or substance
which, upon being ignited may cause such a generation of highly
heated gases that the resulting gaseous pressures are capable of
producing destructive effects on contiguous objects.

(c)   "Fireworks plant" means and includes all lands, with buildings
thereon, used for or in connection with the manufacture or processing
of fireworks.

(d)   "Production building" means any building or other structure
in which fireworks are manufactured or processed.

(e)   "Storage building" means any building or structure in which
fireworks in any stage or processing, or finished fireworks, are stored,
but in which no processing or manufacturing is performed.

(f)   "Magazine" means any building or structure used for the
storage of hazardous chemicals or powders.

(g)   "Warehouse" means any building or structure used exclu-
sively for the storage of inert materials.

(h) "Department" means the State Insurance Department of
Maryland.

(i) "Class A, B, or C explosives" refers to the classes so nominated
and defined by the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 13, 1964.

CHAPTER 14
(House Bill 284)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 5 (Q) of
Article 25A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Chartered Counties of Maryland," subtitle "Express Pow-
ers," heading "County Officers," by adding a provision enabling