HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                        695

Application for a special police commission shall be made to
the Superintendent of the Maryland State Police upon such form as
he prescribes. An application shall be made by the employer of
the person to be commissioned and shall be required for each
individual for whom a special police commission is desired. All
persons to be commissioned shall be at least 18 years of age. The
application shall be accompanied by a fee of $75 to cover the
cost of investigation of the applicant. The fee is nonrefundable
if the application is denied. In no case shall a fee be charged
any agency of the State of Maryland, either the initial or
renewal fee. Notwithstanding the above fees, costs paid by the
Maryland State Police in securing records from any other source
shall be charged to the applicant; however, the charges assessed
against the applicant may not exceed [$12] THE FEE CHARGED BY THE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE FOR
A FINGERPRINT CARD RECORD CHECK.

Article 56 - Licenses

78.

(a) (1) The Superintendent, when satisfied from the
examination of any application and such further inquiry and
investigations as he shall deem proper as to the good character,
competency and integrity of the applicant and the persons named
in the application, shall issue and deliver to the applicant a
license to conduct such business, and to own, conduct or maintain
one or more bureaus, agencies, subagencies, offices or branch
offices for the conduct of such business at the location stated
in said application, together with as many copies of said license
as there are to be offices, bureaus, agencies, subagencies,
offices or branch offices, upon the payment by the applicant to
the Superintendent of a license fee which in the case of an
individual shall be four hundred dollars ($400.00), and in the
case of a firm, association or corporation shall be seven hundred
fifty dollars ($750.00) and upon the applicant executing and
delivering to the Superintendent a bond to the State and which
shall be for the benefit of any person injured by wilful,
malicious or wrongful act of the applicant, with one or more
sufficient sureties, which in the case of an individual shall be
three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), and in the case of a firm,
association or corporation five thousand dollars ($5,000.00),
which said bond shall be conditioned for the faithful and honest
conduct of such business by the applicant; provided, however,
that the aggregate liability of the surety to all the persons so
injured shall, in no event, exceed the penal sum of said bond,
and in the event said bond shall for any reason whatsoever be
cancelled, forfeited, or terminated by the surety or sureties,
then it shall be the duty of said surety or sureties to give
immediate notice thereof to the Superintendent; failure to do so
by said surety or sureties shall continue the said bond in full
force and effect until such notice of termination, forfeiture or
cancellation is received by the said Superintendent. The license
so granted by the Superintendent shall be valid for a period of
one year and shall expire April 30 of each year, but shall be