234 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

after such application has been received, or in less time, if prac-
ticable, a certified copy, under their hands, of the names,
addresses, color and apes of all persons registered in any ward in
said city, or in any election precinct or district of said county for
the sum of fifteen dollars per ward in said city, and two dollars
for a single precinct, and for the sum of half a cent for each
voter's name on said registry in the counties, which said sum
shall be applied towards paying the expenses of making said
certified copies. It shall be the duty of the said supervisors to
make proper provision in advance,. so that they will be able to
make and furnish such copies when ordered, as hereinbefore
required.

1890, ch. 202.

23. Any person who feels aggrieved by the action of any
board of registry in refusing to register him as a qualified voter,
or in erasing or misspelling his name, or that of any other person,
on the registry, or in registering or failing to erase the name of
any fictitious, deceased or disqualified person, may, at any time,
either before or after the last session of the board of registry,
but not later than the Saturday next preceding the election, if in
the city of Baltimore, and not later than the Tuesday next pre-
ceding the election, if in the counties, file a petition, verified by
affidavit, in the circuit court for the county, or if the cause of
complaint arises in Baltimore city, in any court of Baltimore
city, setting forth the ground of his application, and asking to
have the registry corrected. The Court shall forthwith set the
petition for hearing, and direct summons to be issued requiring
the board of registry to attend at the hearing or by counsel; and
when the object of the petition is to strike off the name of any
person alleged to be fictitious, deceased or disqualified, summons
shall also be issued to such person, which shall be served by the
sheriff within the time therein designated, at his place of resi-
dence given in the registry. If the petition shall allege that any
person registered in any precinct does not reside in such precinct,
it shall be sufficient for the petitioner to show that the person to
whose registration he objects, did not at the time when he was
so registered, reside at the particular house or place described as
his residence on the registry; but the person to whose registration
objection is so made shall have the right to show by affirmative