914                              Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 404

agent [s] or employee[s] of the applicant who will be handling ex-
plosives, is not sufficiently experienced and will not work under
satisfactory supervision in the business of dealing in 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 of OR fails to pro-
vide any required information.

(c) Application for license to possess ANY explosives OTHER
THAN SMOKELESS POWDER AND EXPLOSIVES NECESSARY
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF AMMUNITION FOR SMALL
ARMS shall be made in writing to the sheriff of the county, or chief of
police of the county or of the community in which the applicant resides
or has his regular place of business, or if the applicant is a non-resi-
dent and has no regular place of business in Maryland, 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 the
license to possess explosives, (3) the place or places where the ex-
plosives will be stored, (4) the place or places where the explosives
will be used and for what specific purpose, [(3)] (5) his citizen-
ship, if the applicant is an individual, [(4)] (6) if the applicant
is a partnership, the names and addresses of the partners and their
citizenship, and [(5)] (7) if the applicant is an association or
corporation, the names and addresses of the officers and directors
thereof and their citizenship. The State Fire Marshal shall issue the
license applied for without charge 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 ex-
perienced and will not work under satisfactory supervision in the
handling of explosives, lacks suitable facilities therefor, has been
convicted of a crime involving [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 in-
formation or fails to provide any required information; provided,
however, that if the explosives are to be used for agricultural pur-
poses [, or other personal use frequently INFREQUENTLY] on the
premises of the possessor, the license shall not be withheld either on
the grounds of inexperience or lack OF satisfactory supervision or
suitable facilities.

(D) APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO POSSESS SMOKE-
LESS POWDER OR OTHER EXPLOSIVES NECESSARY FOR
THE MANUFACTURE OF AMMUNITION FOR SMALL ARMS
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 THE LICENSE TO POSSESS SUCH
EXPLOSIVES, (3) CITIZENSHIP, IF AN INDIVIDUAL APPLI-
CANT, (4) IF A PARTNERSHIP, THE NAMES AND ADDRESS-
ES 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 CITIZENSHIP. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL
SHALL ISSUE THE LICENSE APPLIED FOR WITHOUT
CHARGE UNLESS HE FINDS THAT EITHER THE APPLICANT