1144                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 452

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 36 (b) of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1967 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "Crimes
and Punishments," subtitle "Concealed Weapons," be and it is hereby-
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

36.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the car-
rying of any of the weapons mentioned in the preceding paragraph
of this section by an officer of this State, or of any county or city
therein, who is entitled or required to carry such weapon as part of
his official equipment, or by any conservator of the peace, who is
entitled or required to carry such weapon as part of his official equip-
ment, or by any officer or conservator of the peace of some other
state temporarily sojourning in this State, or by any special agent
of a railway or by any person to whom a permit to carry a concealed
weapon has been issued under Section 90 A of Article 56 of the Code,
or by any person who shall carry such weapon as a reasonable pre-
caution against apprehended danger, but the tribunal before which
any case arising under the provisions of this section may be tried,
shall have the right to judge of the reasonableness of the carrying
of any such weapon, and the proper occasion therefor, under the
evidence in the case.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That new Section 90A be and
it is hereby added to Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "Licenses,"
subtitle "Private Detectives," to follow immediately after Section 90
thereof, and to read as follows:

90 A.

A Special Permit to carry a concealed weapon, as defined in Article
27, Section 36, may be issued by the Superintendent of the Maryland
State Police to any person to whom a license has been issued in
accordance with provisions of this subtitle, or any employee of any
such licensee if such employee has been properly registered in accord-
ance with the provisions of Section 81 of this subtitle, provided that
the Superintendent, or his delegate, first finds that such licensee or
employee:

(1)  is of good character; and

(2)  has not been convicted of a felony; and

(3)  possesses such mental and physical qualities as the Superin-
tendent may determine necessary.

ANY SPECIAL PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SEC-
TION MAY BE REVOKED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE AT ANY TIME.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 2, 1969.