1162                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                        CH. 600

Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume), title
"Licenses," subtitle "Private Detectives," be and they are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments; that new subsections (e)
and (f) be and they are added to Section 78 of said Article, title
and subtitle, to follow immediately after subsection (d) thereof; that
new Sections 81A and 86A be and they are hereby added to said
Article, title and subtitle, to follow immediately after Sections 81
and 86 thereof; and that Section 90 thereof is hereby repealed and
new Section 90 be and it is hereby enacted to stand in the place of
the section so repealed; and all to read as follows:

ARTICLE 56.
75.

(a) The term "private detective business," shall mean the business
of conducting a private detective agency or for the purpose of mak-
ing for hire or reward any investigation or investigations for the
purpose of obtaining information with reference to any of the follow-
ing matters, notwithstanding the fact that other functions and serv-
ices may also be performed by the same person, firm, association or
corporation for fee, hire or reward, 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 cor-
porations; (3) the credibility of witnesses or other persons; (4) the
whereabouts 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, asso-
ciations 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 em-
ployees, 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, associations or
corporations nor to electrically controlled burglar or fire alarm sys-
tems with a central unit, nor to any person, firm, association or cor-
poration exclusively engaged in the business of making reports for
insurance or credit purposes except when the making of such reports
involves investigation or surveillance normally performed by per-
sons, firms, associations or corporations otherwise subject to this
section. Also it shall mean the furnishing for hire or reward of
watchmen or guards or private patrolmen or other persons to protect
persons or property, either real or personal, or for any other purpose
whatsoever, except marine guards or ship watchmen, whether sta-
tioned aboard ship or on a pier. The term shall not include and noth-
ing in this subtitle 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 subdivision thereof,