HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3269

(a)  Application for a license to manufacture 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 corporation, 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 an officer agent or employee 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 involving 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
provide 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 applicant, (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 citizenship. The State Fire
Marshal shall issue the license applied for unless he finds
that either the applicant or an officer, agent or employee
of the applicant who will be handling explosives, 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 involving 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 provide 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] EXPLOSIVES FOR
USE IN FIREARMS 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 nonresident 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