HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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United States of America; (2) the identity, habits, conduct,
movements, whereabouts, affiliations, associations.
transactions, reputation, or character of any person,
association, organization, society or groups of persons,
firms, or corporations; (3) the credibility of witnesses or
other persons; (4) the whereabouts of missing persons; (5)
the location or recovery of lost or stolen property; (6) the
causes and origin of, or responsibility for, fires
accidents, damage, injuries, or losses to persons, firms,
associations, or corporations, or to real or personal
property; (7) the affiliation, connection, or relation of
any person, firm, or corporation with any official member or
representative thereof; (8) with reference to the conduct,
honesty, efficiency, loyalty, or activities of employees,
agents, contractors and subcontractors; (9) the securing of
evidence to be used before any investigating committee,
board of award, board of arbitration, or in the trial of any
civil or criminal cause. However, the term does not include
a person, firm, association, or corporation engaged
exclusively in the business of making investigations and
reports as to the financial standing, credit and financial
responsibility of persons, firms. associations, or
corporations nor to electrically controlled burglar or fire
alarm systems with a central unit, nor to any person, firm,
association, or corporation exclusively engaged in the
business of making reports for insurance or credit purposes
except when the making of those reports involves
investigation or surveillance normally performed by persons,
firms, associations, or corporations otherwise subject to
this section. Also it means the furnishing for hire or
reward of watchmen or guards or private patrolmen or other
persons to protect persons or property, either real or
personal, or for any other purpose whatsoever, except marine
guards or ship watchmen, whether stationed aboard ship or on
a pier. The term does not include and this subtitle does not
apply to any lawful activity of any board, body, commission,
or agency of the United States of America or of any state,
territory, or possession of the United States of America or
any county, municipality, or other political subdivision
thereof, or any officer or employee solely, exclusively, and
regularly employed by any of the foregoing; nor to any
attorney or counsellor at law in connection with the regular
practice of his profession, nor to any person employed
regularly as a full-time or part-time employee by any [such]
attorney or counsellor at law when engaged upon his
employer's business; nor to any employee, investigator, or
investigators solely, exclusively and regularly employed by
any person, firm, association, or corporation which is not
engaged in any of the businesses hereinbefore described in
items numbered one to nine, both inclusive, of this
subsection insofar as their acts may relate solely to the
business of their respective employers; nor to any person,
firm, association, or corporation licensed to do a business
of insurance of any nature under the insurance laws of this
State, nor to any employee or licensed agent thereof, NOR TO
ANY INDEPENDENT INSURANCE ADJUSTER; nor to any person, firm,
association, or corporation conducting any investigation