The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-06-18
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
no the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one Oh the Justices Of the Supreme Judi
ciRl COurt Of the Atu,. mi nansra


FHNHE undersigned, Nathan Webb Attorney If The
Il United States of America for tbe District of
Maine, being thereto authorized Inv fbe Hnnorable
Attorney General of said United States respectfnlly
represents that the said United States are esrous ~
purchasing for the erection Of a batter ami fort a
certain tract OF land situated in the tow n of Cape
Elizabeth within the limits of the State Of Msi,ie
bounded and described as follows, viz: Beginninv az
point on the southerly side Of the road eadinS To
the Portland Head Light House, eleven hundred ieet
from the county road known as the shore road thence
sOuthery at right angles with said Light House road
seven hundred and thirty feet to q stone wall being
the southerly boundary of land of Benjamin b. DYER
thence easterly four hundred feet by said wall to he
sea-shore thence norheastery by to land
now owned by the United States and occupied by HE
Portland Head Light House; thence west seven hun
dred and forty feet to the point begun at containing
nine acres more or less, together with the right Of
way thereto.
That the sole owner of said tract of land is SUD-
posed and believed TO be, one Benjamin b. Over a
resident of said Cape Elizabeth and capable of con
veyng the same tract TO the said United States That
the said Benjamin Il. Dyer, owner as aforesaid OF
said tract of land from disagreement in regard to
price or from other TO this applicant and
10 the SAID United States unknown, hath refused and
still does refuse to convey said tract of land and the
right 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
four months which notice shall contain an accurat,
description Of the said tract Of land, together Will
the name of the supposed owner, and shall require
all persons interested i'm said lands to come forward
day To be specified in said notice. and lille theiI
objections If any they should have to the proposed
| purchase. -
Anu ais applicant further pIays that at the time
specified in said notice, jury may be empanneled
in the manner now provided by law, TO assess tn,
value of said lands at their fair market value
all damages sustained by the of the lands ST
appropriated, by reason Of such appropriation;
that such other and further proceedings may be Had
in pursuance Of the provisions Of act Of the att
of Maine entitled ian act for the REIMBURSEMENT I,
the United States in certain Of titles to land
sor sites ofLght Stations on the coast and waters
''the State" Approved February IS, 1871. Amendf'
by an act entitled, "an act to amend chapter sil
hundred and forty-nine of the private laws Of
Thousand eight hundred and seyenty-one, reai in,
| "to light houses" App owed February 90 1877, a
may be requisite to convey to said United States,
good and absolute title to the aforesaid tract of
and the right of way thereto against all persons what
| soever and as In duty bound will ever pray.
| Dated at Portland, in the county Of Cumberland
and State Of Maine, this fifteenth day Of June, A. ID.
1872.
| .N.s IA. NATHAN WEBB,
| Attorney Of the United States for the District 0
/ Maine