WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 5

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Incorrect description of precinct boundaries in Art. 33, § 22-6(b)(3).

Occurred: Ch. 4, Acts of the Second Special Session of 1991.
Article 38A - Fires and Investigations

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(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, and (6) proof of
liability insurance in the amount that the State Fire Prevention Commission sets. 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, and
(6) proof of liability insurance in the amount that the State Fire Prevention Commission
sets. 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 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 place or
places where the explosives will be stored, (4) the place or places where the explosives

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