Marvin Mandel, Governor                         913

27B.

NO PERSON SHALL HAND MANUFACTURE EXPLOSIVES
UNLESS HE HAS OBTAINED A LICENSE FOR SUCH HAND
MANUFACTURE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUB-
SECTION (A) OF SECTION 28 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

NO PERSON SHALL POSSESS ANY SMOKELESS POWDER
OR OTHER EXPLOSIVES NECESSARY FOR THE MANUFAC-
TURE OF AMMUNITION FOR SMALL ARMS UNLESS HE HAS
OBTAINED A LICENSE TO POSSESS SUCH EXPLOSIVES PUR-
SUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 28 OF THIS SUB-
TITLE. NO PERSON WHO HAS OBTAINED A LICENSE PUR-
SUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (D) OF
SECTION 28 OF THIS SUBTITLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
HAND MANUFACTURING AMMUNITION FOR SMALL ARMS
OR FOR ANY OTHER NON-BUSINESS PURPOSE SHALL
POSSESS MORE THAN 10 POUNDS OF SMOKELESS POWDER
AND OTHER EXPLOSIVES NECESSARY FOR THE MANU-
FACTURE OF AMMUNITION FOR SMALL ARMS AT ANY ONE
TIME UNLESS THE AMOUNTS AND THE PLACE AND CON-
DITIONS OF STORAGE OF SUCH EXPLOSIVES HAVE BEEN
APPROVED BY THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND UNLESS
SUCH EXPLOSIVES ARE STORED IN CONFORMANCE WITH
THE TERMS OF SUCH APPROVAL.

28.

(a)    Application for a license to manufacture or to hand manu-
facture shall be made to the State Fire Marshal in such form as the
State Fire Marshal shall prescribe and furnish, and shall state,
among other things: (1) The name and address of the applicant,
(2) the reason for desiring to manufacture explosives, (3) his
citizenship, if the applicant is an individual, (4) if the applicant is
a partnership, the names and addresses of the partners and their
citizenship, and (5) if the applicant is an association or corpora-
tion, the names and addresses of the officers and directors thereof
and their citizenship. The State Fire Marshal shall issue the license
applied for unless he finds that either the applicant, or [the] an
officer[s], agent[s] or employee[s] of the applicant who will be
handling explosives, is not sufficiently experienced and will not work
under satisfactory supervision in the manufacture of explosives,
lacks suitable facilities therefor, has been convicted of a crime in-
volving [moral turpitude] violence or OF a felony, or is disloyal to the
United States or will use the explosives for an illegal purpose, or
that the application contains any false information or fails to pro-
vide any required information.

(b)    Application for license to engage in the business of dealing
in explosives shall be made to the State Fire Marshal in such form
as the State Fire Marshal shall prescribe and furnish, and shall
state, among other things: (1) The name and address of the appli-
cant, (2) the reason for desiring to engage in the business of dealing
in SUCH explosives, (3) citizenship, if an individual applicant, (4) if
a partnership, the names and addresses of the partners and their
citizenship, and (5) if an association or corporation, the names
and addresses of the officers and directors thereof and their citizen-
ship. The State Fire Marshal shall issue the license applied for un-
less he finds that either the applicant or [the] an officer[s],