The Portland daily press., 1872-09-09

TO the Honorable Charles w. Walto n one
oftbe Justices of the Supreme Judicial
Court of the State of Maine.
VNHE undersigned Nathan Webb, Attorney Of the
Il United States OF America, for the District OF
Maine, being thereto duly authorized by the Honors-
bic Attorney General Of said United States,
respectfully represents that the said United
States DESTROYS Of purchasing for the erection Of
fort and battery certain tract or land situated
the town Of Cape Elizabeth, within the limits Of the
State of Maine, bounded and described as follows
Beginning at the sea shore the division line be-
tween the land belonging to George c. Thompson,
and the land recently bought by the United States Of
America, of Asa T. Webster thence BY said division
line West hfty-two rods and five links; thence North
twentyeight and half degrees West ten rods these
lines being the last two written in said George G..
Thompson's deed, as recorded in Cumberland Regis
try of Deeds, Book 2l6 page 465); thence North
eleven degrees East five hundred and thirty feet :
thence North sixty-eight degrees East, three hun
dred and thirty feet to low water line in Ship Cove
this course being one hundred feet Southwark from
the point whare the Northery boundary OF said
Thompson's hne intersects the high water line;
thence by the sea shore eastery and southery to the
point begun at,containing thirteen or less
together With right Of way thereto
That the owner Of said tract of land is supposed
dent of saJ csn Se and resi-
ing the same tract to the said United States.
That the said George 9. Thompson, owner as afore-
gard tC price from other cause to this appli-
cant and to the said United States unknown hath
refused and still does refuse to convey said Of
land and the righr of way thereto to said United
States.
Wherefore this applicant respectfully prays
your Honor to order notice OF this application to be
published in some newspaper in Portland, nearest
to where said tract Of land lies in each week for
the space Of four months, which notice shall con-
tain an accurate description Of the said tract Of land
together with the name Of the supposed owner, and
shallrequre all persons interested in said lands to
come forward on day to be specified in said notice,
and file their objections, If any they shall have TO the
proposed purchase.
And this applicant further prays that at the time
specified in said notice, jury may be empannelled
in the manner now provided by law, to assess the
value Of said lands at their fair value market value
and all damages sustained by the of the lands
so appropriated by Of such appropriations and
that such other and further proceedings may be had
in pursuance ofthe provisions Of Of the State
OF Maine entitled "An act for the REIMBURSEMENT to
the United States in cartain cases. of title lands for
sites Of light stations the and waters of the
State, approved February is, 1871, amended by an
act, entitled AN Act to amend Chapter six hundred
and forty nine of the private laws Of one thousand
eight hundred seyenty-One relating to light houses"
approved February 20, 1872, may be requisite to
convey to said United States good and absolute title
to the aforesaid tract of land and the right Of way
thereto against all persons whatsoever, and so will
ever pray. EEf va
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland
and State Of Maine, this fifteenth day of june A. d.
1872. ~ T NATHAN WEIR =
Attorney Of the United States, for the District Of
Maine. ...r.- .=