MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                         1369

tions of the person named in the application. The investigation shall
be carried out under the rules and regulations prescribed by the
Superintendent. The results of the investigation shall be trans-
mitted to the Governor with a recommendation as to the denial or
granting of the application and the reasons therefor. The Governor
may accept the recommendation as submitted but is under no obliga-
tion to issue a commission approved by the Superintendent if he
believes it not in the best interest of the State to do so.

(b) The Superintendent of the Maryland State Police may
promulgate such rules and regulations as to the conduct of the special
police as he deems necessary in order fully to carry out the purpose
and provisions of this subtitle AND MAY REQUIRE SUCH TRAIN-
ING AND EDUCATION AS HE DEEMS NECESSARY.

63.

Application for special police commission may be made by any of
the following: (1) Any State, or any subdivision or agency of any
State, which has an interest in property situated wholly or partly
in this State; (2) Any municipal, county, or other governmental
body of the State of Maryland for the purpose of protecting any
property owned, leased, or regularly used by the governmental body
or any of its agencies; (3) Any college, university or public school
system located in this State for the protection of its property or
students; (4) Any firm, corporation, partnership, sole proprietor-
ship, or other entity existing and functioning for a legitimate and
legal business purpose, in order to protect its business property.

64.

Each person appointed under this subtitle as a special policeman
shall be charged with the protection and preservation of peace and
good order on the property described in the application for the com-
mission. He shall have the power to arrest persons who trespass or
commit offenses thereon. He shall have, and may exercise, the pow-
ers of a police officer upon the property described in the application
for the commission and may exercise these powers in any county or
city of the State of Maryland in connection with the care, custody,
and protection of other property of the requesting authority or other
property, real or personal, for which it has assumed an obligation to
maintain or protect. In order to facilitate the orderly ingress and
egress of traffic to and from the property described in the applica-
tion, he shall have authority to direct and control traffic on public
highways and roads adjacent to and in the immediate vicinity of the
property described in the application when this activity is approved
in advance by the Superintendent of the Maryland State Police. He
shall be responsible for any abuse of his powers or the exercise of
them on property not within his jurisdiction. The requesting author-
ity for whose convenience and protection the policeman has been
appointed shall also be responsible for any wrongful actions com-
mitted by him in the course of his duties as well as any abuse of the
powers gr