The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-12-04
Es, the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
ono Of the Justices Of the Supreme Ju-
sisciai Court of she Stnta of daine,


ygyHE undersigned, Nat han Webb Attorney of the
Il United States of America Tor the District Of
Maine duly ushorized agent of said United States
flr this purpose respectfully represents that the
United States aforesaid DESTROYS # purchasing
for the erection OF .rt and battery certain tract
Of land situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth in
the County of Cumberland, within the limits of the
State OF Maine particularly bounded and described
as ioows: BEGINNING at copper bolt in a rock on
the soutery side of the road leading from the coun-
ty road to the Portland Head Light House. said cop
per bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
from the county ROAD known as the shore d. thence
southcrly at light angles with said Light House
road seven hund ed and nineteen feet less
acopper bolt set in the line of stone WALL which
wall is the southerly boundary of land now or for
merl! OF benjamin b. Dyer; thence easterlj by said
stone wall about four hundred and wentyeight feet
TO the sea shore; thence northeasterly by The
shore to the point where the southery side line of
the road from county road to the Light House pro-
longed would strike the shore at low water line;
thence weser, on such prolongatlon of the souther
~ side line Of the road to the Light House to the first
bounis said described parcel of lani containing
about Dne That the sole owner of sail de-
scrhel tract If land is supposed to be one Benjamin
g. Dyer of Cane Elizabeth aforesaid and canable of
conveying the same to said United States. That the
said Benjamin B. Dyer, owner aforesaid OF said
tract OF land, from disagreement in regard to the
price of the same or from some other to this
applicant and to the said United States unknown
hath refused and still refuses to convey said tract Of
land to said United States;
wherefore, this applicant in behalf OF said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
of this application, conformable with the provisions
of the Act of the Legislature of the State of Maine
entitled "An act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites of
light stations on the coast and waters of the State'
approved Febt uary Is, 1871 amended by an act en-
i'll ID IAN Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
trty-nine OF the private laws of thousand eight
hun red and seventy-one relating to light houses %
approved February 90 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portland, nearest to where said tract
of land lies once in each week for the space of four
months which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scrittion of said tract of land together with the
name of the supposed owner and snail REQUIRE all
persons interested in said lands come forward on
day to be specified in said notice and file their obcc-
ions. if any they should have, to the proposed pur-
chase
and this applicant, in behalf of said United States,
further prays, that on the return day specified in
said notice jury may be empanneed in the manner
now provided by law to the val of said tract
oland at its fair market value and all damages sus-
taned by the owner of the lands so appropriated BY
reason OF such appro Ration, and that such other
and farther proceedings may be had in pursuance of
me aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State of
Name as may be requisite to convey to said United
States OF America good and absolute title 10 the
absye described tract Of land against all persons
whatsoever; and so will ever pray.
Dated at Portland in the County of Cumberland
the twenty-ninth day of October. A. d. 1872
-. NATHAN WEBB,
Maine. -