MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      965

EXPLOSIVES, DETONATORS, AND CARDOX HEATER ELEMENTS.
SURFACE MAGAZINES FOR STORING AND DISTRIBUTING HIGH
EXPLOSIVES IN AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 125 POUNDS SHALL BE:

(1)   REASONABLY BULLETPROOF AND CONSTRUCTED
OF INCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL OR COVERED WITH
FIRE-RESISTIVE MATERIAL THE ROOF OF THE MAGAZINE
SHALL BE LOCATED SO IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIRE A BULLET
DIRECTLY THROUGH THE ROOF FROM THE GROUND. THE ROOF
NEED NOT BE BULLETPROOF, BUT IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO FIRE
A BULLET DIRECTLY THROUGH THE ROOF, IT SHALL BE MADE
BULLET RESISTANT BY MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION, OR BY A
CEILING THAT FORMS A TRAY CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN A
FOUR INCH THICKNESS OF SAND, OR BY SOME OTHER METHOD;

(2)   PROVIDED WITH DOORS CONSTRUCTED OF
THREE-EIGHTHS INCH STEEL PLATE LINED WITH A TWO INCH
THICKNESS OF WOOD, OR THE EQUIVALENT;

(3)   PROVIDED WITH FLOORS MADE OF WOOD OR
OTHER NONSPARKING MATERIAL WHICH HAS NO METAL EXPOSED
INSIDE THE MAGAZINE;

(4)   PROVIDED WITH A SUITABLE WARNING SIGN
LOCATED SO A BULLET PASSING DIRECTLY THROUGH THE FACE
OF A SIGN WILL NOT STRIKE THE MAGAZINE;

(5)    PROVIDED WITH A PROPERLY SCREENED
VENTILATOR;

(6)    EQUIPPED WITH NO OPENINGS EXCEPT FOR
ENTRANCE AND VENTILATION; AND

(7)   KEPT LOCKED SECURELY WHEN UNATTENDED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Article 66C, section 621(a) of the Code.
The only changes made are in style.

(E) BLACK BLASTING POWDER, DETONATORS, AND
CARDOX HEATER ELEMENTS.— EVERY SURFACE MAGAZINE FOR
STORING BLACK BLASTING POWDER, DETONATORS, AND CARDOX
HEATER ELEMENTS NEED NOT BE BULLETPROOF, BUT SHALL
COMPLY WITH OTHER PROVISIONS FOR STORING HIGH
EXPLOSIVES. HIGH EXPLOSIVES, BLACK BLASTING POWDER,
OR CARDOX HEATER ELEMENTS IN AMOUNTS OF 125 POUNDS OR
LESS, OR 5,000 DETONATORS OR LESS, SHALL BE STORED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH PRECEDING STANDARDS OR IN A SEPARATE
BOX-TYPE MAGAZINE. A BOX-TYPE MAGAZINE ALSO MAY BE
USED AS A DISTRIBUTING MAGAZINE WHEN QUANTITIES DO NOT
EXCEED THOSE MENTIONED. A BOX-TYPE MAGAZINE SHALL BE