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	Copies of lists to be furn- ished.	to be applied towards paying the expenses of printing the same. The said boards of supervisors shall furnish to any one making written application therefor, within ten days 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 ages 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. 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 pame of any fictitious, deceased or disqualified person, may, at
	Petitions by persons aggrievea.	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 preceding 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 sum- mons 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 residence given in the regis- try. If the petition shall allege that any person registered in any precinct does not reside in such precinct, it shall be suffi- cient 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 regis- tration objection is so made shall have the right to show by affirmative proof that, although he may not have had a legal residence at the place described by him as his residence at the